Cocoa Beach

From coast to coast we are covering the state of Florida on this trip.

We left the Gulf side and drove to the Cape Canaveral and then south to Cocoa Beach to catch up with my workmates for another meeting.

I managed to find a bait shop called, "SHUT UP & FISH" and picked up a variety of bait including finger mullet, clams, sand fleas, and shrimp.

The word was that the bluefish were running and that there were also pompano and whiting willing to do battle in the surf.

I had my trusty photographer (Tracy) nearby and she caught several shots of me soaking up the salt.



I had the 10 footer with a 4 oz weight and was winging it out beyond the breakers when I hooked this whiting.



We had a brief chat and I decided to return him to the deep.



I fished for a while longer and switched to the lighter rod as the tide was coming in.



I managed to hook and land a couple small jack cravelle and one hardhead catfish.





I'll display pictures of the jacks but I'll pass on Mr. Hardhead.




Ya'll come back now, hear?