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Full MoonHave you ever thought about how much the moon has to do with
fishing? Here it is past the full moon. I can tell you this, about four or five
days before the full moon the fish are just slow to bite. It takes about two or
three days after the full moon to get a good bite going. This might not be true
everwhere, but from my 45 years of experience here in the Mosquito lagoon, that
is the way it has always been.I have been out at night when the moon was bright
and there was no wind. You could see and hear the fish feeding. Think about it,
a big Red or a big Trout laying on the bottom looking up at a bait fish on top
of the water or just under the surface. The moonlight casting a shadow off of
the bait, it's just like daytime on a bright night. It makes it hard fishing
around the full moon. This is when the shrimp will start their run to the inlet.
There is plenty of food at night around the full moon for the big fish to
eat.Now for the report; It has been a slow bite this week. Feb. 11th thru the
15th. There was plenty of reds the first trip on the 11th but only two keepers.
School after school and not one would bite anything. We threw everything we had
on the boat at them. Live mullet, cut mullet, cut ladyfish, live shrimp, dead
shrimp, gold spoons, berkly gulp, DOA shrimp and still no takers. It was that
way all the way up to the 16th with few exceptions and then they started bitting
better. This next week will probably be a better week.The whitting have been
bitting good in the surf on shrimp and sand fleas. The sheephead have been
bitting good closer to the inlet. A good bait to try on the sheephead is,
believe it or not, barnacles. So until next time good fishing to you all and
remember a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work!Captain NealEmail:
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