Just a quick update this week. I’ve been mostly running between the Pineda Causeway and Mathers Bridge in the Banana River, and from Dragon Pointe to Crane Creek in the Indian River. There’s been a lot of bait balls consisting of tiny fry, which I believe to be small anchovies. When these are present, some unknown fish have been tearing them up, but not biting anything that I’ve offered. I’m thinking it might be leatherjackets. Near Crane Creek and Eau Gallie River, when these anchovies are present, the snook and tarpon have been nearby.

Catching bait has been very spread out, but if you put the time in, you can net white mullet, striped mullet, croakers, and mojarra. The menhaden are still here, but not in the same numbers. Tarpon are still present in good numbers in both the Eau Gallie River and Crane Creek.

Wildlife report: I saw my first loggerhead sea turtle in the Banana River near Pineda (I have it on video that I need to find), and sharks are still all over the Crane Creek/Eau Gallie River area. This week I have a quick video of catching my first shark in the lagoon; a baby bull shark next to Ballard Park.