Travel report: Florida's Indian River Lagoon

[katchfish]

Thanks for the report.

Interesting variety of critters.

You might want visit that area in the summer first.

[BenCantrell]

Originally Posted by Salty

Nice variety! Looks like a fun day on the water. Just curious, what other states are you looking into? I have family in South Carolina. Haven't been able to fish there before, but it looks like there is plenty going on in that area.

Thank Salty, it was a fun day. I forgot to mention that I saw a 3 ft bonnethead shark and roughly 2 ft diameter stingray, but I wasn't prepared to catch either of them. I'm fortunate to have a work from home job (even before covid), so I'm thinking I'll go to a no state income tax state. FL and WA look like the two best options, because they both have access to saltwater fishing, which I'm not ready to give up. I love mountains too though, which FL does not have.

Originally Posted by katchfish

You might want visit that area in the summer first.

Yeah seriously, that is big concern. My other passion is running, and I don't know how people keep up with it there in the summer.

[PapaDave]

I've caught all of those species, BTW, pin fish are great bait.

I too am considering moving there. Grew up in south Florida.

You'll get used to the heat and the fishing is pretty good and the weather is usually conducive to kayak fishing, even offshore.