coco bch

[kermit lewis]

plan on trailering my 16' skiff down in feb. to visit mom.
shes lives in coco bch. for about a week. would very much appreacate
any tips on light tackle speices. and if i can purchase a weekly out of state
license.
still chasing rockfish up here at va.bch. looks like gona be a good season.
tks

[Salmo trutta]

We used to catch all type of fish from the C beach peir. Lots of whiting, sometimes a bluefish blitz even with fish up to 5 or 6 pounds, some jack, a red fish, black drum, sheeps head..... Not too familiar with the mosquito lagoon or back water areas but would like to be. One day I'll give that area a good try. I've seen some guys around this time of year fish hard blue grab on the bottom under a bridge over a piece of the banana river right before you enter cocoa beach at night. They caught a few black drum pushing 60 pounds from shore at the bridge there but lost more than a few too.

I also fished Va waters yesterday. Did pretty well jigging the pilings.

Good luck.

[kermit lewis]

tks salmo
this will be the first time taking the skiff down.
15* right now here.

[rwferr]

My parents spend the winter down there and when I go, usually Jan-March, I have done a lot of surf fishing. You can buy a short term license as well. There is a good bait shop right in Cocoa Beach. Can't remember the name of it but its in a strip mall one block off the beach. I have caught blues, whiting, pompano, black drum and jacks. Pompano is one of the best fish I ever ate. I know a lot of people also fish in the Banana and Indian Rivers and that Mosquito lagoon. If you took your own boat that might be a good place to try.

[kermit lewis]

tks rwferr
looking forward to getting out of this 20* weather.