Brevard Canal Report

[FlatsNBay]

No Pics today. I didn't even think about it.

On the water at 0700 with high hopes that any of the six sets of culvert pipes had some flow out of them because of all of the recent rains. Pipe 1 had no flow so I moved over to pipe 2. Bingo! The topwater bite was on. I caught 11 on a chrome Devil's Horse. The bite died so I planned on coming back to this particular culvert with a fluke later. Pipe 3 and 4 had no flow but I managed a couple on a Bandit 300 deep diving crankbait. While I was fishing, a really nice guy that was speck fishing idled by and stopped to talk with me and he complimeneted my boat. He was armed with a bunch of cane poles so off he went.

I didn't fish pipe 5 because there was a  different speck fisherman anchored right at the pipe so I moved along to the 6th pipe. I caught a couple more on the deep diver and big fish of the day (3 lbs.) on a Yum Mag Finesse Worm. Boy I really like that worm. It's nothing close to finesse and is 7 1/2 inches and is really fat. I have big plans for that worm.

Back to pipe 5 and this is when it got real interesting! I found a school of fish out deep in front of the pipe and I caught 1 fish after another on the deep diver. I was at 30 fish when the nice guy that I spoke with earlier comes idling by me and proceeded to set up in front of the pipe exactly where I was casting and catching the school of bass. I politely told the man that I was catching fish right where he was and he looked at me and threw out his anchor "Sploosh". I switched up to a Keitech swimbait on a jighead and proceeded to cast within a few feet of the guy's boat. I bounced the swimbait on the bottom and picked up 4 more bass when the guy says, "You are having a good day". He pulled up his anchor and off he went. I never got mad. They guy was really nice and friendly but didn't have a clue. If I didn't have my sights set on going back to pipe 2 with a fluke, I would of probably got mad. People have no clue now a days in either a car or a boat!!

Back to pipe 2 with a white fluke and the bite was on. I was catching them on every cast until I was worn out. I ended up with 52 bass and 1 speck. Top baits for the day were the Bandit 300 deep diver, Devil's Horse, and white fluke. Off the water at 1200. I smiled all the way home!

I know, I know.....pics or it didn't happern! LOL

[Capt. BassinLou]

   WTG Flats!! Thank you for sharing.

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Sounds like a great day with a few nutty moments.  We have all come across a few people who just have no clue.  Great patience!