COLD FRONTS! COLD WATER! HIGH WINDS!

So what? The shrimp... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/549 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:58:06 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/545/t/3-8-report.html There's really 2 parts to last night so I'll split it up from dark to 11pm and 11 pm till 1am
The first half of the night there was not a breath of wind on the water. It was like sitting on a farm pond. The water clarity was crystal clean. It was so clean that i only used one light and i pinned it to the bottom and it was still super bright. The shrimp were real nervous last night and would spook at the least little movement or sound. I dipped most of my shrimp last night on the dark side of the boat as they were hitting my light field and then swimming across my bow to the other side.

Around 11pm the current went from barely moving to a locomotive and clouded up some. I set my other light out and the... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (mag) http://leenoga.com/topic/545 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:33:35 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/542/t/Anyone-going-tonight-3-8-.html ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (mag) http://leenoga.com/topic/542 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:45 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/541/t/Which-ramp-is-this-.html ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (mag) http://leenoga.com/topic/541 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:10:45 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/540/t/3-7-newbies-report.html I launched out of lopez yesterday around 4:30 pm. I set up on the south side of cm 8. The water depth was anywhere between 8-11 feet. It all depended on the wind/current. I could throw the anchor and be anywhere from 6-13feet. So it was a pronounced edge.
 At the most I had 7 boats in the area and they were all spread out. Only 2 of us set up on the west side.
Now I want to thank everyone on this site for helping me get ready for these shrimp but you forgot to mention a few things. :)
1- That little bastard is QUICK
2- They Got excellent eyesight
3- They can backflip/or swim outa the net faster than you can pull it out
Once i figured to more or less just let them swim into the net then pull the trigger on em I was OK. I missed the first 10 trying to figure it out. Between what i missed and what i had get back out the net I think I could have done 2 gallons last night.
Sizes was about 50/50 small/ meds
I think i should have moved... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (mag) http://leenoga.com/topic/540 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:44:29 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/538/t/03-07-10-Captain-s-Report-Sunday.html
Total:   3/4 gallon

Water Temp :  57.1
Current:  Weak to stagnate
Wind:  Mild to Non-existant
Water Clarity - Clear with solid debris
Frame Net  - Yield 6 shrimp, current so weak it would not deploy sock fully

We went 2.45 miles South of the Riverbreeze ramp. This put us between CM 9 and 9a on the West of Center in 11 foot of water. There were about 20 boats shrimping in this radius. The current was so weak the shrimp were squirreling North-South-East-West and making snow angels in the debris. They took... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/538 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:07:31 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/537/t/03-06-10-Riverbreeze-From-TimmyB.html feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/537 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:38:21 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/534/t/03-06-10-Riverbreeze-From-Member-OnTheWater.html
Point of interest... we may have a couple of future astronauts as well... when two of the young men weren't dipping, they were looking up to the clear sky and convinced me that they could view passing satellites!  Very interesting......
]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/534 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:48:05 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/533/t/03-06-10-Captain-s-Personal-Report-South-of-Riverbreeze.html 1 Gallons! -  

Cotton Disease:  Dunno Yet  [Read About Cotton Disease Here]

Sizes:  Will report once heads are popped.

Water Temp: 56.1
http://leenoga.com/topic/533 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:40:21 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/532/t/03-05-10-Riverbreeze-From-TimmyB.html 1.5 gallon. We were on the west side in like 9' of water. They were
running pretty deep. Most were medium but did get a few large. Have one
for the tourney that I have to take a pic of. Got a couple at 6.5" and
one at 7". We should be in the water around 5:30ish and think we are
going south a little tonight. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/532 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:25:23 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/529/t/03-05-10-From-Q.html Water temp was around 54.7.  Tug came through around 10-ish, and a lot of people called it quits then.  We got a gallon of mediums, large, and few jumbo's!  Not quite worth the trip from Brevard, so we won't go tomorrow night as we had planned.  Not until the water warms some. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/529 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:46:17 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/528/t/03-05-10-Riverbreeze-from-Rogue.html here some there.arrived about 7:00 set up and dipped intermittantly.
some large mostly med and no smalls. we were anchored just north of
riverbreeze.we didnt have any green lights so i tried the green plastic
bottle modified to go over one of my starfire lights. [as mentioned by
another member]one light with out the bottle cover (green).seems to me
that more shrimp were caught around the green light than the reg white
light.i recommend this little tip to anyone in a bind. we will evaluate
our booty in the a.m.,but i feel it to be somewhere in the 70/30 med lrg
range. we will def be back sat evening for another chance at paydirt .
right now i need to go see the sandman for a lil shut eye. almost forgot
the qnty was 1.75 to 2 galons for 3/3.5 hrs of good honest fun. go get
em folks ,its gotta get real good the more i learn from all the pros
... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/528 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:20:20 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/527/t/03-05-10-Riverbreeze-From-ShrimpNFish.html

Aloha all... Capt Lee, you scared me into going out tonight with you high wind forecast for tomorrow night. And it was just a beautiful sunset on the lagoon so I thought I might try tonight instead of tomorrow! I am just back from my trip.

I set anchor about 6:30PM between G9 and G9A on the east side of channel edge. Water was 57 degrees, with slight chop from the north as the wind was coming directly from the north at only maybe 5mph or so (not as bad as I expected) air temp was not too bad either, in the mid 50s. Water clarity was not great... maybe 3 ft visibility. I shrimped for about 1.5 hours with "on-off" results... no big vein! So I tried trolling along the edge north weaving back and forth from the edge of the channel to the center until I did find a bit more action (maybe not a true "vein" of marching shrimp, but it had some steady groups that would come through, so I set up anchor there and set my frame... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/527 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:19:01 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/524/t/Howdy-Capt-n-Lee-from-some-Newbies.html
We have been lurkers on your blog since the New Years, but first time posters.  Dave lives in Edgewater, Mike is a new snowbird from MN.  We tried shrimpin' for the first time on New Years Eve at Oak Hill/RB.  Got skunked [saw one swim past], but the weather was fine that night.  Realized that we really did not know what we were doing out on the water, so we decided we needed some educatin'.

Ran into you launching your boat at Oak Hill/RB ramp about a month ago [?] while walking our dogs, and Mike chatted with y'all as you were launching 'Bite Me'.  Later we saw your fishin' report in Coastal Angler - which led us to this site.  It has been very helpful in trying to get the right equipment... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (ShrimpAye) http://leenoga.com/topic/524 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:06:15 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/521/t/New-to-forum.html We have been up twice already and the did ok with about a gallon each trip. Pondering this weekend as I type.
I was also wondering if anyone needed a Brand new shrimp trap I aquired in a trade of things. Not sure what they go for but will say I do LIKE COORS LIght. hint hint. I have no use for it and might even give it up as a prize for a contest or somthing. Well happy dipping and bith my boats have almost the same name. The Scout is Flyin By and the 29 is Flyin By II. IF you see me out swing by and say hi.   Bill ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Flyin By) http://leenoga.com/topic/521 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:20:32 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/516/t/Oak-Hill-March-1.html ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (Fish On) http://leenoga.com/topic/516 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:24:43 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/511/t/River-Breeze-2-27-28.html   ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (scubafishski) http://leenoga.com/topic/511 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:34 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/509/t/2-27-10.html


]]> feeds@kickapps.com (LilMissShrimper) http://leenoga.com/topic/509 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:29:46 PST http://leenoga.com/topic/505/t/2-26-10-NO-Limits-But-Darn-Close.html
They dipped around CM 73 and North of the ramp. Another friend went South of the ramp, and worked his way down towards CM 7 /Lopez. The size of the shrimp were mostly mediums, but there were smalls. The water has been dirty with a lot of jellies & grass. But, they were dipping in 8 ft of water. It appeared cleaner towards the middle of the channel.

Captains Comments:  The moon is gonna off set the effects of the cold water temps, if I were a betting woman. I would tell you to GO if you can handle the... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (CaptLeeNoga) http://leenoga.com/topic/505 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:52:46 PST