I was down at my place in Astor last week and decided to switch things up and hit the saltwater. I was fishing out of my feelfree Lure 11.5 kayak. First day I launched at Tomoka State Park and started in the basin and managed one jack before the wind chased me into the backwaters. Caught a ladyfish and thought I had another one but it turned out to be a decent spanish mackerel that I decided to bring home for lunch. Turned to put it in the cooler and FLIPPED the kayak! Couldn't believe how fast it happened. Had fished out of that yak for years and on some big lakes and had never come close to flipping it. Think it was because of an upright cooler I was using. Lost a rodholder, aluminum pliers, and my dang gopro. Also ruined my phone and lost the fish! lol
Second day was much more peaceful, launched at Sanchez park in Ormond and caught a variety of fish but they were all small; redfish, snook, jacks, ladyfish, mangrove snapper, and a ton of catfish.
Third day I went down to Port Orange and launched under the Dunlawton bridge. Started off slow so I ditched the popping cork I had been using with the live shrimp all week and tied on a lighter leader and started free lining the shrimp. Wasn't long before I hooked up with a 20" trout and 2 casts later in the same spot landed a 23" snook! Ended up catching a couple more slot trout and a small one, several jacks, mangrove snapper, and a bunch of catfish. Had something on that flew past me with my bait and when the line went tight the hook came back and hit me in the chest. lol All catches were released to catch again. It was a good time!(other than the flipping part :))
