Scouting Trip To Catfish Creek

Went on a scouting trip to Catfish Creek with Elmo and Odie late this afternoon to see if anybody was catching fish prior to the cold front.

 We got to East Gator Creek road around 4:30pm where I immediately spooked a redfish in the area around the first culvert. 

Tried a couple cast to the fish but it was long gone so we moved around the area to Catfish Creek Loop.

The air temperature was 59 degrees and there was no wind over the water.  The fish I saw were super spooky and seemed to be pretty well worked over by fishermen.

As we passed by the first pond, the water was dead calm and no fish sign was visible anywhere so we moved up towards Catfish Creek Loop.

Peacocks Pocket road is closed till Feb. 15th of next year and when I spoke with the folks at the wildlife refuge, they said the road is still unsafe to travel. 

I spoke with two groups of fishermen who had cut baits out on the Indian River side of the road but they were still waiting for a bite.    As we chatted about the fishing conditions, both groups said that the redfish were hitting pretty good before the front but this afternoon looked like a bust.

It was getting as I slowly drove around the loop, I spotted a couple of guys in a Gheenoe poling around the deeper flats in the Indian River but they also didn't seem to be having any luck.

It was getting chilly and the dogs were getting restless so I took a pic or two of the sunset and headed for the hacienda to continue working on an aquarium stand I'm building for a 40 gallon tank.

Didn't get much fishing in but we all had a good time.

Till next time,
Tight Lines.