Category Archives: Fishes

Fishes, Summer Fishing

A Nice Snook From This Afternoon At Honeymoon Island State Park

There’s a back story behind this video. So, I caught this snook, then right after while I was trying to get the camera on my phone going a catfish grabbed the bare hook and yanked the pole in the water. I thought it might be gone. I got in the water. I walked around, and swam around looking for it on the bottom. I came across a taught line across the bottom. It led me to the rod. I pulled it out of the water, then reeled up the line only to find a catfish on the end of the line. Unbelievable. I’ve never seen a catfish eat just a hook. One did today. What a fish tale. I’m glad I got my nearly new 150 dollar fishing pole back. The reel might end up freezing up, but at least I got the rod back. So, that’s the story behind the video.

Fishes, Spring Fishing

Trout Fishing 3-Rooker Island in March

It was a late start considering the time of day. It was an early start considering what time I wake up. I got on the water in the early afternoon. It was a beautiful day today with murky water in some places and clear water in other. After a short trip through the intra-coastal waterway I quickly made it out to 3-rooker. I thought I saw my buddy Tyler in is Pathfinder so I decided to head out to where he might have been going, out to three rooker to enjoy the beautiful beach. Upon arrival and after a short drive down the rows of boats moored along the beach I realized he wasn’t out there. While driving I saw a boater catch a nice trout. I looked into the water in the area, “scouting” as they call it to see whatever I could see. I thought for sure snook were starting to arrive on the beaches for their spawn. After trying to catch them for a while with no luck I still thought they were snook. I was telling everyone who was fishing in the area, hey, there are snook over here. After a short while a couple boys walked over and started fishing with me. We tried for a while to catch them to no avail. It wasn’t until about 5 in the afternoon when the bite started to turn on. Stephen, the boy who got the spot figured out, who also asked if he could use my cast net to catch bait, finally hooked into a nice speckled trout. Thankfully he caught all the pinfish we needed to slay ’em. From there it was one after another. It was a great day of fishing with some really great people.

Fishes, New Smyrna Beach, Surfing News, Uncategorized

Riley Petrovich Was Attacked By A Shark

Shark attacks are surprisingly common on the east coast of Florida near the armpit of the state at a beach dubbed the shark bite capital of the world, a spot that has more shark attacks annually than any other spot on the planet. This is thanks to the many surfers playing at a spot known as shark feeding grounds. Every year most shark attacks happen during one month according to shark bite record keeping. Those attacks occur in the month of August.

This year one of our own have felt the pressure of a medium sized shark clamping down its jaws. Near the beginning of the month during a surf trip to New Smyrna Beach Riley Petrovich was attacked by the hungry predator. He had a lot to say about the experience.

According to Riley the bite happened quick. It wasn’t something he could see coming. The shark didn’t circle him, he didn’t see any fin swimming near him. He was standing in the water on the inside of the sand bar closer to the beach when suddenly something quickly clamped down. I asked, did you punch it in the nose like they say to do? It was just way to quick, he said. It bit then let go; it was just instantly gone as fast as it happened. It wasn’t a thrashing around where his life flashed before his eyes. It just quickly bit, and let go. It was like a taste test, and he wasn’t something the shark liked very much.

He was very fortunate, just a case of mistaken identity. He didn’t sustain any major injuries like torn muscles or missing toes. He says that he feels like this was a good experience, that instead of being afraid to get back in the water he feels confident that the fish in the water aren’t very dangerous, and that he knows what could happen, a mental preparedness. And after this experience, he’s not afraid of those little fishes that swim around at the beach.