Last Updated on June 11, 2014
With the recent reports of Flounder moving through the Central Florida area I decided today would be a good day to give the Sunglow Fishing Pier a shot.
Driving through Port Orange, I stopped at Donald’s Bait and Tackle. I bought 2 dozen mud minnows and 2 dozen live shrimp. I was stacking the deck in my favor!
I arrived at the pier just before sunrise. Set up 2 rods, one with shrimp, one with mud minnows. I placed them in my favorite spots and the wait was on! And the wait continued! It was a very slow morning, nothing was hitting for the first 2 hours. The only thing that came over the rail on the entire pier was a small catfish caught a little deeper then I was fishing.
After the first 2 slow hours, the fish started to hit. Unfortunately, they were almost exclusively catfish. I caught about 10 of them, and I watch many others come over the rail. The only
decent fish caught was a nice sized whiting that I caught about 30 minutes before calling it a day!
As they say, a bad day fishing is better than a good day working!
Daniel Hagan has been fishing Florida’s shores since 1985 and writing about it for more than 20 years. As Managing Editor of FloridaShoreFishing.com, he shares firsthand experience covering surf and pier fishing, tackle, techniques, and Florida’s coastal species.