Dreams can and do come true; our dream (Kim’s and mine) to retire to Fort Pierce has become reality, at least for her. I’m not ready for retirement and I’m going to continue running fishing charters from the tidal regions of the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem!
We’re caught-up in moving as I’m writing this report and it always takes longer to “move” than expected. There has been no time to fish this past week, though I’m expecting to get out a day or two this coming week.
My north/south range will be from Sebastian to Stuart and most of my trips will be between the Barber Bridge and the power lines at Big Mud Creek. That’s a whole lot of water to offer potential clients!
Much of this water south of town along the east bank is wide open with miles of mangrove covered shorelines. The west bank is riddled with residential docks holding plenty of gamefish as well as dinner fish.
To the North the water is much more sheltered due to the narrowness of the lagoon. The population in this area is denser and we have lots of canals to hide in and docks that hold fish of all flavors.
One of the more exciting factors of fishing this region is the long list of fish we catch here. We routinely catch dozens of different species of fish in these waters as we target the usual spotted seatrout, redfish, snook, tarpon and pompano.
Stay tuned for future reports and photos from my little slice of heaven… It’s good to be back home!
Congrats on the move, and congrats (to your wife 🙂 for retirement. You couldn’t have asked for a better location for fishing. Look forward to some southern reports.