2001 Reports

1 4 2001 went out edgewater area shrimped from 7 to 930 was a beautiful night took along the old lady left the kids at home caught a good gallon of med to large and 2 keeper trout 1 16.5 and one 17.5 inches long will again tonight. pig in the mud weeee
1/6/01 went to Port Canaveral for fishing since at the last moment I hear thru the grape vine that not a single shrimp to be found. Weather was great and fish were biting, the shrimp i bet are buried in till it warms a lil. Jethro

1/6/01 ! I went to the backwater last night and the water was right on schedule!!!!!! It was tough last night but I got 2 gallons by trolling for them but they were NOT running. Some sorry mothertrucker stole my boat trailer while I was gone shrimping right at the riverbreeze ramp!!!!!It was a piece of shirt trailer but the ONLY one I had!! Lucky (edited by Jethro)

1/07 went to Blackpoint but the water is so low the trout were few. Did see redfish, but didn't feel like wading and the ones near shore were always on the OTHER shoreline. Who let the birdwatchers out? Could have limited out on them. Only one bait shop had shrimp and they were dinky. If that tells you anything. saltycracker

1/9 Saw a few boats under the Titusville bridge running generators and deep lights snatching shrimp left to right. Could not sink my starfire deep enough but was able to get 1 for every 20 of theirs. Got disgusted and left @ 930 It looked like the light was driving them up, go figure. 50s with light NW wind. James
1/16
Haulover 1/19/01 8p.m. - 12pmwater temp 70 air temp 73 wind SW Shrimp in Gallons you got to be kidding, 10large to jumbo shrimp, nobody got squat, similar luck from those at Titusvillepier. Many members of the INS attempted but failed in their efforts tonight, 4boats at haulover and half a dozen at the pier with the shrimp evading capture. Dave


01/19/01, 9:30 - 1:30Location: Haulover, Water/Air temperature: ?/ Air temp was mild , Winddirection: South South West, Almost straight up the Canal Amount ofshrimp in gallons: 3 shrimp, large. Just good to be out there. Saltycracker


1/19/01 Went to Titsville Pier.Hooked up with Bigworm,nonDippin fool,C&R,Znarf, and Alabama with a cameoappearance by Dave & his partner. B.S. was running good.Shrimp werefair/poor but you couldnt catch'em. Too DEEP. Boxnet would NOT have worked asthey were swimmin up stream......forward too. Salty


1/19/01, Oak Hill/Edgewater, SW10+ ,Mid 60's 1/2 gallon, Worst Oakhill trip this year. Water was REALLYmoving but carried little shrimp. Several boats shrimping the main riverreported "about a gallon" which means that they probably did about asgood as me.Shrimp were large and jumbo. Brad


New moon 1/24, Oakhill, calm, 50s, 5gallons, Got there at sundown, the shrimp were running early and ran constantall night.


1/26, Oakhill, calm, 40s,3gallons, I started after dark and met up with Dave, and dipped during the outand incoming tides and left at 12. Jethro


1/26/01, Oak Hill- Lefils, Lightwinds, Covered the bottom of the bucket, Should have gone to Rbreeze. Brad


1-27-01 RiverBreeze, Barelycovered bottom of bucket It was slow. Didn't see any other boats doing muchbetter, and there were plenty of other boats. Still had fun. Snagger


1/27, Oak Hill, Watertemperature: 56, 5 shrimp, Seems I'm always a day or two out of sync. Dockman


1/27/01, Rail road bridge, 45degrees, WSW , Amount of your catch: six, Shrimped from dark until midnight.Few and far between. Maybe when it warms up next week they will bust loose.bugman


1/28, Oakhill, 58 degrees, calm, 3 dozen, dark till 830 small tomedium. Jethro


1/30, Oakhill, 72 degrees, SW @10mph, 1 gallon, 8pm - 12am, I kept rooting for the porpoise to swim under theboat and scare up the shrimp. Jethro


2/1, OakHill, 63 degrees, NW5-10mph, 1 gallon,6pm - 2am, Was a slow night of shrimping but had good companyand the weather cooperated.


2/1/01, The Insane Shrimp Possefrom Orange City was humiliated by the shrimp at Oak Hill last night to thetune of 30 shrimp. We only had one dip net because we had to use Clammys netpole as an antenna so we could watch Survivor. We decided to play some Survivorof our own when I bet Clammy two Moon Pies that he could not eat a live shrimp.I thought everyone on earth knew that when eating a live shrimp, you put it inyour mouth tail first and it will shoot itself down your throat backwards.Clammy tried to eat this jumbo shrimp headfirst and it speared him in thetonsil and got stuck. Clammy managed to throw up everything without dislodgingthe shrimp. What made this extra ugly was the fact that Clammy had just eatenan entire bag of fried gizzards from the Geneva Hooters (Handy Way) and theycreated a lumpy oil slick in the river that extended about a mile behind theboat. I finally had to reach in Clammys mouth with a pair of pliers to removethe shrimp. I want to get the shrimp mounted and am looking for a taxidermistwho will stuff it along with the two Moon Pies to hang on the wall in mytrailer. The Shrimp Slayer


2/2, Railroad bridge, 50 degree,n to NNW 20-25knots, Went to the railroad bridge and got 3 large blue crabs and30 shrimp. Bugman


2/5/01, Oakhill, 58 dropping to36, 3 gallons, Hit the backwater first and got 1/2 to 3/4 gallons then movedsouth in main channel. Didnt find them till 2 just south of Riverbreeze inmid-channel. Brad B


2/6/01, Haulover and Oakhill,68 @6pm - 43 @ 4am, wind was calm. 2.5 gallons, Went to HC at sundown, thepark is closed for the shuttle launch so had to travel around from the north.Got 3 dozen large to jumbo and one stray OH shrimp. Larry hooked a nice46" red, I got a 36". Finished our trip at RB to a total of 2.5gallons,
02/25/01, HC, 2 and not 2 galons either, 2 GDshrimp! I actually did better that the boat that loaded in front of me,he only caught one LOL. Keith

2/8

2/9/01 pm and 2/10/01 am,Riverbreeze, s/e pm s/w am, 1 1/2 gallons, Dipped 1/2 gallon from dark till 9pm. Dipped 1 gallon from 2 am till daylight. Went fishing at daylight caught 2keeper reds, 1 keeper trout, and 6 small reds. Snagger


2/10/01 Riverbreeze, 69 degrees,Little to no wind, Water temperature: 71, 1/2 Gal, Went to Oakhill Saturdaynight. We were south of Riverbreeze in amongst about 50 other boats. Eventhough high tide was at 3:45 am, we went at dark and stayed until about 9:30.Caught 1/2 Gallon on med-large shrimp. Not overly productive but had fun and itwas nice to be out of the house. Jabba


2/10/01, Dark until 9:30,Riverbreeze, Water/Air temperature: 74/71, Little to no wind, 1/2 gallon.Donald


2/10/01, HC, warm, 8 big shrimp:O( ,My first time out this year and I shoulda stayed home! Keith


2/11/01, Riverbreeze, Airtemperature and direction: 58 N-NW 25knots, Water temperature: 70, 1-1.5Gallons, Cold and windy but the shrimp were very big. Jabba


Monday Feb. 12,2001 Riveerbreeze,Air temperature and direction: Cold, windy and wet, 2 Gallons, Good run,unfortunately 7-9' deep. Most shrimp caught by just holding the net down.Mostly large and jumbos. Would have loaded the boat if I had a box net. Brad B


2/13/01, The Insane Shrimp Posse from Orange Cityrounded up 1.5 Gallons of shrimp at Oak Hill last night. The shrimp wererunning deep so we just held our hoop nets about 5 feet under water and everytime we checked them we had between 3 and 6 shrimp. We also had a box net thatdid pretty good, but we have not perfected adjusting its depth. Around 11:30 aWildlife Officer stopped to check us and said we could only have one shrimp netper person and was going to give us a ticket, Before he could even startwriting the ticket Clammy had reached into the bottom drawer of his tackle boxand pulled out Polly Urethane his blow up girlfriend and started to inflateher. The cop was stunned and decided not to write us a ticket. I quit aroundMidnight. Clammy and Polly decided to stay out all night and celebrateValentines Day. The Shrimp Slayer


2/13/01 Riverbreeze, 68 degrees, foggy, wind fromthe north @ 10mph, 5 GALLONS, Best run all season or it could have been theBOXNET. All running deep maybe a gallon dipping. now ya got something to say inthe forum Alabama. Shrimped from dark till 1100pm. Jethro


2-13-2001 Oak Hill, 5 gallons, Just to confirmthe skrimps were there and as you said the box net was the ticket, goodshimping next to you guys, it took me about an hour longer but filled thebucket! Larry


2/14 -am 2/15 2000, RR Bridge, Air temperature anddirection: 70 and out of the south east about 5 kts, Water temperature: about63 - 65, 2 dozen Jumbos...and 1 Godzilla Shrimp, it was slow. should got therea little earlier, I think I cought the end of the run. about 10. Whole bunch oftrout and 1 red. CYA this weekend. Wagon Daddy
Wednesday February 14,2001, Riverbreeze, MildSouth 5-10, 1 gallon, Dipping was slow and they weren't running deep likeMonday nite. Just not running at all. Brad b


2/15/01, 68 degrees, south wind@10mph, 1.5gallons, did pretty good at first dark till 10 then it slooowed to one everyten minutes. The current was still flowing north when i left at 1230. I wassurprised at the high number of shrimpers out there and those two channelhogging barges. And yes the boxnet and boat is full of slime again. Jethro


02/17/01 7:00 - midnight, Sebatian Inlet, Airtemperature and direction: 70deg. wind(at inlet)from east 15-20, 104ct. med. tolarge, Wind was strong enough to almost blow the boat sideways in the current.Sorry I could'nt make the b-b-q . BTYO


02/22/01, Haulover, Cool breeze, Incoming current,25, Got out late, shrimped from 11:00 till 01:00. Caught 25 super jumbos. Theysure was tasty!! Riff

New moon 2/23
2/24/2001, Riverview, Air temperature anddirection: 75 and strong (15knot) SE wind, Water temperature: 69, 26 small/mediumGer


2/24/01 From dark till 4am, Haulover till 1030then to Oak Hill, Air temp was 72-68 degrees from the ESE, 5 gallons! Went outwith Saltycracker, got a few dozen large to medium @ HC then left for OH to theback waters north to fill the bucket with small- medium. Lots of work dippinsmall shrimp Jethro



2/26, Riverbreeze, Air temperature and direction:75 N, 2 Cocktails (12) + bait (4) ,Shrimped from dark til 8:30pm for 16 shrimp.That's 2.5 hours of my life I will never get back. Fished the docks until10:00pm. Caught 8 trout, 2 mangrove. Had 6 shrimp left over for a cocktail. Hadfun and it's still better than watching TV. Jabba


2/26, Shrimped incoming tide. Mistake. Forgotframe net at home. Mistake. Left before outgoing tide. Mistake. Dipped 1shrimp. Priceless. Paul


3-2-01, Riverbreeze, Air temperature anddirection: 66 degrees, wind light southwest, 3 gallons, Had a fairly steadynight with 3 of us dipping. Dipped from 7:30 to 11:30. Had a substantial amountof jumbos and larges. Got them all dipping, no frame net. We'll be coming backfor more in 2 weeks! Sea Ya! JUNIOR


3-2-01, Riverbreeze, A little over a gallon,Started the afternoon redfishing. Caught 8 reds keeping a 23 and a 25".Then a school of snook moved in. Only got one keeper to the boat 26 1/2"broke 2 others off, and then caught about 18 to 20 small ones (12 to 22")Went shrimping when it got dark and got a little over a gallon of shrimp. Greatday and good night. Snagger
3/3

03/04/01, riverbreeze, Air temperature anddirection: sw 60degs, Water temperature: approx.70, 9doz., picked up about11:30 shrimped till 2:00 had fun but got cooped hard.if you met coop then youknow what i mean cuzzydoo


03/07/01, riverbreeze, Air temperature anddirection: nw 10-15 cold cold cold, Water temperature: low 70, 2gal, latenight,tide change was around 12:00 a.m. cuzzy


03/08/01, The Insane Shrimp Posse from Orange Cityopened up a can of whoop ass on the shrimp at Haulover Canal to the tune of 2gallons of Super Maxi Jumbos. We were handicapped more than normal last nightdue to the fact that Clammy was half blind and The Shrimp Slayer had to tellhim when and where to dip. With hopes of improving his shrimping Clammy went toa discount laser eye surgery place in a Sanford strip mall and used a two forone coupon from the Penny Saver to get laser surgery on Thursday morning. HisIndian doctor named Bob said he should rest his eyes Thursday Night, But Clammyfigured if he christened his new eyeballs shrimping he would become a supershrimper like me. Clammy paid the extra $29.00 per eye for the Night VisionPackage, but personally I think it was a scam and I thought I saw Dr. Bobworking at the Titusville 7-11 last month. The Red Fish were also hitting inHaulover canal, but our fishing rods went flying out of the boat when Clammywent over the railroad tracks at 80mph on our way to shrimping. All in all it wasanother ISP success story, nobody hurt or arrested. The Shrimp Slayer


03/08/01 HC/ OH backwaters, 47 degrees and calm,Water temp was high 60s, 1 gallon large-jumbo/2 gallons small-medium. Meand Dave went ti HC at sundown and dipped some nice shrimp till 1030. I hadanother friend Vince come out in his boat and he did about as good. While I wasout there I mentioned to Dave that I haven't heard from "TheShimpslayer" in a while and talked about some of his colorful stories, when I thought I heard him mention "Wow what a red!" I believewe were in the same spot Clammy threw the net on the NASA guy. Got to thebackwaters of Edgewater at 1230 for the tide change. Right off the bat we weredipping small shrimp when the wind started from the west and it got cold.Dipped till 230 and headed back to Riverbreeze. Didn't see anyone dippingin edgewater, the wingnetters did not have their nets deployed and saw a fewdipping around the RB area. Got home at 4 and snoozed. Jethro


03/09/01 RIVERBREEZE, NOT AS MANY AS EXPECTED HAD A FUN NIGHT AS ALWAYS,TWOGALLONS AFTER CHUMMING. INCONCEIVABLE HOW MUCH CHUMMING HELPS THE SHHHIIMPPING.NIGHT STARTED WITH SOME MAGIVER WORK ON THE TRAILER, HAD TO BORROW SOMEBEARINGS TO MAKE THINGS WORK. WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THEM SOMEDAY.SHHIMMP STARTEDTURNING AROUND 3 AM , STAYED WAY PAST MY BEDTIME BUT TOOK A NAP ON WAY HOMEWILL TRY AGAIN REAL SOON ,HAVE WAY TOO MUCH MONEY INVESTED NOT TO. AS ALWAYSSHRIMP ON AND DONT FORGET THE SHRIMP CHUM...CUZZYDOO


3/11/01, indian river, 68 degrees southeast, 1shrimp, got the boat wet for the first time this year. at the least ran themotor for a good ten minutes to set the anchor. drop the lights alongside 5other fellow fishermen. was all excited to be there but the excitement wasshort lived. 1 shrimp at 10 after 7 and not a 1 after that. pulled up my lightand hauled my no shrimpping but out of there. can't wait to try again. Luisvillanueva


3/12/01,HAULOVER CANAL, 70 DEGREES 10 TO 15 S-SW, 2 shrimp, HIT THE WATER AT 8 AND LEFTAT 1AM. CAUGHT TWO LOUSY SHRIMP. WOULD HAVE USED THEM FOR BAIT IF THERE WEREANY FISH AROUND. SCADS OF RIVER GRASS,SEAWEED AND JELLYFISH. WATER VISIBILITYWAS A WHOLE 10 TO 12 INCHES...OH WELL, NEXT TIME. DIRTY HOWIE


3/13/01, Eau Gallie causeway relief bridge, westwind 10-12mph, temp in the 70's, 4 dozen large/jumbos, Dipped from8:30-11:30pm.The shrimp were very active,moving mostly north against a moderatesouth going current. Best catch of the year.. think rain... Leroy


3-13-2001, riverbreeze, calm, 1 1/2 gal, shrimpedacross from ramp, motor quit so had to row, most shrimp were mediums, all handdip, no box net tonight larry


03/14/01, Riverbreeze, Air temperature and direction:s/sw 10, Water temperature: 70, 2 gal med to large, Was a dark and stormynight, I was sitting at my shrimping station, when all of of sudden a jack nutin a white roballo appeared and anchored 10 feet up current from me. It realyupset me so i yelled SHIMP, SHIMP, SHIMP!.What to my my dismay they stayed allnight in my way. So my brothers making a pizza, oh ya, back to the shimping. AsI discovered on the last trip it does't hurt to use some chum , only this timeit went into the back of the boat all over my beverage can collection, what amess. Got about 250 shrimp 50/50 dipping and box net. All in all a fun night,no blue lights or puke stained clothes to explain to my wife, she likes it likethat. Be safe and dont anchor in front of me or I'll throw a big bag of mysecret chum on you back. Cuzzydoo.


3/14/01, River Breeze, Mild, calm, 1 1/2 gallons,Shrimp were running deep, unfortunately my friends frame net is not set upright to adjust for depth. I will fix that before next trip. Shrimp would runpretty good for a while and then quit then run again. Their hearts just weren'tin it. All in all not a bad nite.Since I was by myself it was the equivalent of3 gallons with one buddy and a limit with two, so no bitches. I just need a fewmore 5 gallon solo trips like last Wednesday so I can get the freezer full.Brad B


3/15/01, Haulover, 70s sw, 240 jumbos, ran wellfrom 10pm to 2:30am. perfect weather, current, and shrimp. everyone was doingwell. wasn't even that crowded. Ted


03/15/01, Riverbreeze, Mid 70's and variable, 11/2 gal, Once again Riverbreeze provided a night to remember. It all startedwith another day of avoiding work, as some of you know it is very hard to workwhen you have shimp on the brain. The water was dirty and full of weeds. Lotsof other boats on the water, most looked like they were dipping pretty steady.Shrimp ran early, around 7 PM. Stopped all together by 11 . Most memorable partof the evening was watching the 160 foot barge try to go thru the channel. Lotsof people seemed to think that if you anchor in the middle of the channel firstthen you don't have to move. People get a grip , and I don't mean on yourprivates. No chum used last night, maybe not enough barley, hops spring water.Till next time, shimp on... Cuzzydoo


3/16/01, Oak Hill, Westwind, 5 knots, About 1 1/2 gals,Wind blew hard before sundown. Tide was at 7 and shrimp started fairly good buttapered off. Water was dirty and shrimp were running deep until chased to thesurface by small trout. We quit at 10 and it's possible there was another runafter we left. Many jellyfish in certain areas. Rudy Enders


3/16/01, HC, 70s, W to NW, 6 dozen jumbos, waterwas messy but the shrimp came slow and steady with little current. Lots oftrout to push the shrimp to the surface. not many people out there so all inall it was an ok night. Jethro


3/17 went to River Breeze. Went to backwater andgot about 1/2gal. Only highlight was a small manta ray hauling ass around theboat catching micro-crap. Robert


3/17 Saturday, Riverbreeze, too cold for thechicks, 50 - 70 shrimp, We decided to do something crazy, and talked the wifesinto going with so that we could use the extra nets. We coaxed them with redwine and cheese. But when we got out there we unveiled the Natural Lights and Funyuns.Started out dipping right away, the women too, always remeber to bring tenjackets when you bring the chicks. They were freezing! Since we didn't bringthe red wine, they gave us some whine in return. We were forced to leave by 11,because of the ain't gonna get none, and I don't mean shrimp. Blew a tire andwas saved by the Geneva Handy Way. Thank God for light, and a quick changing ofthe tire so we could get the chicks home without anymore whine. Have fun andstay out of the way of the barge. That horn scares me. Cuzzydoo and his newcrew


3/17/01, Edgewater, Little over a gallon, Thoughtthat this would be the night. Had a couple of short runs early and then ashrimp here and there. Did learn some about using a box net. Snagger


03/18/01, Haulover, Freezing, 4 gallons, The worlddoesn't have enough acronyms, so I suggest DWAG for Dumb*ss With A Generator.Got out early, Strong winds and current moving west. Rained all night.Everythings peacful till some DWAG showed up. He finally wimped out due toweather, thank god, the racket was horrible. I know some folks whine about mycoleman lanterns, but at least the're quiet. Current slowed down about midnightand the shrimp started popping up. Had to leave at 3, and was still seeing emhere and there. Till next time <')))>< Riff


3/20/01, HC, 59 degrees West, 290 shrimp, Dave andI loaded up on 290 large to jumbo (mostly jumbos) at HC. From about 10pm to2am. The current was east to west and the wind was from west to east. Theweather didn't sound like a good shrimping day but we did well. Unfortunatelyor fortunately, only one other boat shared in the bounty. Ted


03/22/01, Haulover, Freezing, Half Gallon, Got onthe water about 5, Current went slack about 9. The few shrimp that were willingto grace us with their presence had to be divided up amongst 8 billion boats. Everybodyand their brother was shrimping tonight. The trout were'nt biting anything asfar as I could see. I had the same fingerling on my hook from dark till we leftat 0030. My better half used bait shrimp with no luck. At least there 'twerntno damn generators near the bridge!! Am I bitching? Naw I always sound thisway. A bad night shrimping beats the pants off a good night working!! Till nexttime <')))>< Riff


3/24/01, OH, low 50's SSE to SSW, Cold, 6 (7)shrimp, Windy, cold dipped 6 shrimp, One measured 7&quot;. Had one shrimp jumpinto the boat. David
New moon 3/25

3/28/01, HC, Air temperature and direction:70 E,200 jumbos, Wind gusting out of the E, moderate current flowing from IRL to ML.Dipped 200 from 9pm to 1am. About 10 boats out. Plus 1 lobster looking thing,possibly a mantis shrimp. Any good to eat? Ted


03/28/01, R B, comfortable SE wimds, coupledozen, Started out slow ,ended up slow. All in all another un evental night. Havea feeling ther're gona cut loose soon. The highlight was when RPF got threehuge jumbo mama jama's for cuzzy's next famly gathering . Good thing RPF wasalong again huh. Not many people out tonight , thats nice and quiet now son.Letus now partake in a little pizza break because we do not have enough shimp tofeed the whole shimping crew. With little regrets I must now (again) say nowand so forth and so on again now son. So if you are out on R B and here in thedistance someone yell shimp , shimp , shimp You had better steer clear. BecauseCuzzy and his crew are out to out-shimp you now son. Good night now . Cuzzy dooit again now son ... ~ >&quot;///>< Cuzzydoo


3/29/01, RB, south-southwest,gusty at times, 2gals. not many boats maybe cause of the rain did I mention the RAIN shrimpins defenitly not for the squimish,and never forget your foul weather gear(john).Had a good night except for the rain.You learn somthing new every trip.TIP-listen to the locals and vetrans.SHRIMP ON. cuzzydoo



03/30/01, RB, light sw, about 3gals. Dippin wasvery slow tried deeper water.The box net saved our a**'s.I don,t know whatsworse the rain or the mesquitos(the bugs)don't forget the repelant(john)8mantas yum!We would fill the freezer if we didn't eat shrimp every night.Tillnext time ,good luck.cuzzy doo and crew


4/1 Sunday the1st, from dark till about 1:45, HC, about a gallon, Beat the heck outta the 10 shrimp ive caught prior to t'nite! Keith


4/3/01, HC & RB, low 70s, water temp 71, around a gallon, Lots of fish action at HC, mullet fingerlings getting slammed, caught a 20&quot; trout but no shrimp, stayed there till 1030 and headed to OH where the shrimp were small to medium. stayed till 230, Jethro


4/3/01, HC, 70 DEGREES, SE WIND, 0, ARRIVED AT 8:30 AND STAYED TILL MIDNIGHT. DIDNT SEE ONE SHRIMP. NO FISH ACTION ON THE FINGERLINGS I CAUGHT ALTHOUGH I KNEW THEY WERE THERE. DIRTY HOWIE
4/4/01, E.G.CAUSEWAY AND MATHERS BRIDGE, 65 DEGREES W/STILL WINDS, 0, NICE NIGHT BUT ONLY SAW ONE WHICH CAUGHT ME FLATFOOTED. AT LEAST I GOT TO OPEN THE BOAT UP AND CLEAN THE CARBS. DIRTY HOWIE


4-5-2001, Riverbreeze, 4 gallons, got at Rbreeze about midnight, shrimped until 5a.m., they were running deep and the water was murky, box net got half I hand dipped the others, probably 60% large 40% mediums. Larry
04/05/01, Haulover, 1/2 gallon, Got out early, 1730 hrs, shrimped till 2330 or so. Strong breeze going west, slight current going east. Very few shrimp. Did catch 2 big trout using shrimp we caught!! Till next time <')))>< Riff


4/6, riverbreeze, 1 1/2 gal, went to riverbreeze last night thinking it would be quiet with the tournament being on sat. Boy was I wrong! Had to park in the very back of the park because there were so many boats on the water. Got lucky and found a covy whole and popped the old lady's cherry on shrimping. Have you ever had the butt end of an aluminum pole stuck in your eye socket by an excited female swinging around to show you her first shrimp? Real kodak moment! remember to tape those bugers up! other than the bad start, the night was great weather wise. Shrimp ran deep and the grass rolled in around 3 a.m. which sent me packing. barron


4/7, oakhill, 2 1/2 gal, nice night (morning) bright moon. lots of grass and junk the box net was useless so we resorted to the manual method. no jumbos but lots of large, we left around 5:30. went to the st johns and fished early. tried jigging weeds with shrimp,caught two 3lb bass and several warmouth. not a bad way to miss some sleep!! we'll try again tonite deadgrass
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4-9-01, Monday, Eau Gallie/Melbourne/Pineda, S-SE, 8-10mph, Big ZERO, There are no reports because it's slow,slow,slow. Three weeks a go, for about 3 or 4 days was the last shrimping frenzy, at least for this area of the river. Leroy


04-09-01, Haulover Canal, 4, Nice night out. Just wish there were some shrimp. Will try again this weekend. Nils


4/9/01, Eugalie Bridge, winds out of south at 12-15 m., nothing, tide flow not good. No one getting more than 1 to 3 for three or four hours waiting. (I enjoy your pages) JP


4/9/01, haulover canal, 70 @15-20, 7, nice night out but slim catch. the drive from melbourne is getting old. oh yea, skeeters galore. dirty howie


4- 10-01 H/C, east winds, 30 -40 Slow night. Lots of boats not to many people did as good as us. linesider


4-10-01, Pier at hwy44 New Smyrna, out of south, 2 1/2 gal, used frame net and 2 dipnets tide started about 1 am, left at 3:30 still runnin but slow pickins. when net was 2 ft underwater was the best time. tide was strong and frame net rose to surface the catch slowed down. Half of them where on top floating right into dipnet. harvey


4/10/01 Titusville Pier,Caught almost 4 gallons late last night. They ran deep but I was able to still do pretty well.Alabama


4/11/01, Riverbreeze, Wind S @ 10-15 mph, 76 degree air, 78 degree water, 5 gallons!, Took my brother-in-law and nephew out at dusk and dipped till 1130. Most were caught small to medium with the framenet set at the bottom. Lots of weed and jellyfish but worth the time sorting them out. The peak time was around 930 to 1030. Must have been good down towards Lopez as we heard lots of cheers and geers. Jethro


4/11/01, RIVERBREEZE, 77, 1/2 GALLON, WENT TO RB LAST NIGHT AT DUSK. MET JETHRO AT THE RAMP. MOTORED SOUTH TO MARKER 9A. CAUGHT ABOUT 1/2 GALLON.THE WIND CHOPPED THE WATER AND WAS DIRTY. DRIFTED BACK TO RB I GUESS THE FRAMENET WAS THE TICKET. STOPPED AT HALLOVER ON THE WAY HOME NODDA. TUNACAN


4-11-01 Breeze Park.Oak Hill, 72 degrees out of the South,10-15 knts, 78, 1-2gals, Got started a little late, lots of trash, see Jethros report i agree. Harvey
4/11/2001, R/B, FROM EAST, 1/2---3/4 GAL, A BIG THANK YOU TO BIGWORM AND DIPPIN FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SHRIMP... C&R


4-12-01, River Breeze Park.Oak Hill, 72 degrees out of the South,5knots, 78, 3 gals, Getting bigger, had frame net. Runnin deep. Harvey
twice a week, last five weeks, 528 bridge seawall near cape canaveral, 4/ 11th, 50 jumbos, april 12, 70 jumbs, went april 11th&12th awesome jumbos, E/SE THAT WEEK, THE NEXT WEEK AND UNTIL THIS WEEK EVERYONE AVERAGE 6 TO 12 SHRIMP WINDS N/NE, I THINK THE NE WINDS KILLED THE RUNS, EVEN THIS MAY MOON WAS BAD, GOING TONITE WIND SUPPUSE TO BE E/SE. WISH ME LUCK,SUSAN


4/13/01, Riverbreeze, 75 degrees, calm, 3 gallons, Fair size medium a few large shrimp thanx to the framenet. Nice night to be out but the idiots next to us with the noisey generator with the mom with the mouth of a marine made it rough on the wife to stand f this f that. Then when we got to the ramp there were a few flat trailer tires due to roofing nails dumped at the ramp and caused a backup and wait to trailer out. Friday the 13th was what it was. Jethro
4/15

4/18-19/01, RB, 12am to 4, 56 degrees, mild south wind, calm, 5 Gallons!! The shrimp are so thick you can walk across the water on them!! mostly on the medium side, didn't take long to get them. Haven't seen them running like that in a while with clean water and no weeds and jellyfish! Jethro



4/20/01, oak hill, southerly 60,s 2 1/2 gallons mostly mediums a few large and jumbo ran from 1:00-3:30 steve


4/20/2001, Oak Hill, 3 gallons, Dipped an 8 inch shrimp. Got a couple of dozen JUMBOS. Meg
4/21 - 12am - 5am, RB, 60's from south, 2 1/2 gals Med,Large and Jumbos mixed, If we caught half as much as Jethro, then we had a GREAT night. At my spot they ran in spurts. Rick & Marsha
4/21/01, Put in @ Riverbreeze @ 10:30 and went south and caught over 3 gal. Shrimp ran good between 2 and 4. Most were medium size with a few big ones. Hope they start at HC soon. Redfish
New moon 4/23

4/24/01, HC, Light Breeze, Took my bro to HC last night. It was his first shrimping experience. 10P-2A. 6 shrimp! He forgot to bring his beginners luck. Diamond Dave
Melbourne bridges, 100 all year, no shrimp in melbourne all year and it sucks. Worst year yet and getting worse.Going to move up north real soon if this keeps up.I think your catching all of our shrimp up there.


4/28, Oak Hill, 60 degrees, east at 10, 4 1/2 gallons, Dipped from dark until 11:15. Just 2 of us, and it stayed fairly steady. Ran real hard around 9:00, then a good flurry after the barge went by around 11:00. Hope to do it again on Tues. Sea Ya! Junior


4/26 and 4/27, Oak Hill, 4/26 light East; 4/27 10+ Southeast, 4/26 - limit; 4/27 - 2 1/2 gallons, 4/26 (Friday night) any boob could have limited out -even with a blue net. The run was pretty much the best I have ever seen. Took a little less than an hour to limit. Any time looking in the water you could see 20 or 30 shrimp. And left then running like that. 4/27 Saturday) was just a little more work. Lowe


04/27/01 04/28/01, riverbreze, 70's NE, limit limit limit, Started shimping around dark both nights. Shimp went off on Friday for every one we netted two went by, but we had nothing to complain about. By far the most productive outing's this year. I alomost feel that the investment in all the gear was worth it. Will need a few more nights like the past few to convince my friends and family , maybe if I fill their fridge they will stop calling me the shimpless wonder.It may take a little more than a few shimp to rid myself of all the other things they call me. As always shimp on and enjoy the shimp of your labor... Cuzzydoo


4/27/01, Pineda, 75f. NE 10-15, Water temperature: 72f, 6 very bad night, no shrimp all year, Been shrimping down south all year and have yet to catch a good run. Trying to hit river breeze this weekend and have been watching for your reports. Thanks karl
4/30

5/01, riverbreeze, a little north of lopez, 65 degress, east around 10, 3 1/2 gallons, Started dipping around 9:00, and quit at 12:30. Had a good flurry early then again at 11:30. Back net got close to a gallon, the rest from dipping. Shrimp were mostly medium. Hoping for one more trip for this season. Sea Ya! Junior
4/28/01, Railroad Bridge, 70 /ENE, 2.5 GAL, WENT OUT AT 11:OO STAYED TILL 3:30 BIGGGGGG SHRIMP. Thought one was a lobster but it was a 14inch shrimp about fell overboard to get it. see you all friday night... Herb


5/1/01 Got to rb at 8:30.set up just south of lopez west side 11 feet of water.stayed till the tide change and got 4 1/2 gallons.couldnt get the last litle bit to limit.small to med

New moon 10/16

10/22/01, Oak Hill, few, Bottom of the bucket bairly, Caught about 50 mediums with a  small, Znarf

10/24, HC, 75 degrees, 0, No shrimp at HC yet . ted

10/26/01, riverbreeze, Cold as hell, 1/2 gallon, They were running pretty good but me and my son froze our asses off.
Been down in fla. to long I guess.Ginzo
 

10/30/01, Oak Hill area, windy out of the East, just under 3 gallons bairly, Just shy of 3 gallons by myself. Mostly mediums with several large mixed in. Very few smalls.
Outgoing started around 1am and I was anchored around 6 other boats. Nobody was dipping so I moved away from them several hundred yards. As soon as I lowered my lights I started seeing shrimp pour though. They were extremly deep so it was necessary to have my starfires weighted and down the full length of the cord. I was the only boat dipping still and sure enough it didnt take long for 2 of the boats to move over to where I was. One boat was no more than 20ft from me although he was very nice about it and asked me first. He immediatly started dipping shrimp. The other of the two boats had PVC mounted lights and was unable to see any shrimp due to the deep depth they were running.
The first few hours I dipped shrimp as fast as I could. As many as 5 at a time. They were coming through in pods of anywhere from 2-6 in close proximity to each other. The only problem I had was that due to the extreme depth they were running, I was only able to catch a few at a time. I ended up with just shy of 3 gallons in just 4 hours with the first two hours being the best. They eventually became too hard to see due to an increasing easterly wind and chop on the water. I sure wish I would have had a box net. It wouldnt have been any problem to catch a limit in the first 2 hours.
After talking with some of the other shrimpers, I found that they had anywhere from 1-3 dozen shrimp with the exception of the boat that was right next to me. He caught about 3/4 gallon. I think the reason I was doing so well was because the shrimp were able to swim right under my canoe due to its shallow draft. They ran away from my boat all night running from the west (my back) and curving to the north/northeast. The deeper draft boats probably just made them dive deeper or even spooked them. Znarf
11/01
11-02-01, riverbreeze, one gallon,Went to Riverbreeze Thurs..Got there at sunset and caught a few shrimp at end of the out going tide change..Moved around a couple times, had box net for late tide change and got some in that with only 50-60 thru dipping..Stayed up around ramp area and south just alittle..Better luck next time..D&D
 

11-02-01, River Breeze, Oak Hill FL, 1:00 am - 6:00amHalf gallon of mixed size,  Water temp 76. Wind was fairly calm and warm. T-shirt weather. Did'nt see anyone doing much and it took til daybreak to get the 1/2 Gal. I figured the tide to turn at 2:11 and at 1:00 it was turning. Wind was from the E at 5 - 10 mph. Chuckuita
 

11/3, Edgewater, 1200-5, 2 gals. About half and half. Had some nice shrimp in the bucket, bama

11/08

11/9/01, riverbreeze, cool but nice, Got a doz. they were running deep. People with box nets said they were getting half gal. Left at midnite. Maybe tomorrow nite. Water was real dirty.Ginzo

Went 11-10, Riverbreeze, Calm, 0, what a waste..We knew better but oh well..Caught one poor little shrimp which we let go..What wrong with us ha ha.. Box net nothing... D &D

11/10 6-12 pm, Haulover Canal, Clear Cool Very Calm, 0, Absolutely beautiful night but no shrimp at all. About a dozen boats out noone dipping.Fished crabs for Reds also no luck. Just great to be out on such a gorgeous night. Robert

11/11, Oak Hill, clear/3-4mp.winds, 10 shrimp, Our first try this season, hope it
gets better. Good Luck
Diana @ Greg

11/11, Haulover Canal, cool 57 degrees with variable light winds, 0 shrimp, saw 2 mullet and heard the black drum grunting but wouldn't bite the puny shrimp I got at the bait shop on hw 1 in Titusville near Garden Street. Will never go to that shop again since they were pulling all the big shrimp out and tossing them in the tub called hand picks. That hand picking should be done before I purchase shrimp and not remove them in front of me! He will not get my business ever again. Anyway around 1030 left for Riverbreeze for the outgoing tide but after the report I received before I left I flipped a coin twice and was tails so I decided to head home. Other than that, was a nice night on the water but so little action after being at Sebastian Inlet fishing this weekend. Jethro

New moon 11/15

11/18/01, RB, N.E. 15-20, 7 shrimp, Did a little better two weeks ago.Tide was going out when we got there the wind was holding them back.nothing funny to tell,got borred quick.Dave got 2 big ones on his first trip.It's hard to explain how good the shrimping gets with a night like lastnight.Hopefully the next report will tell about the motherload. cuzzydoo CUZZYDIDN'T

11/19/01 RB, calm variable winds, 0 shrimp, the water was like coffee so we sat there till 730. There was only one other boat so we went to Canaveral for snook. Lots of bait and yes there was snook caught. Don't think there will be a shrimp run this holiday but I could be wrong. Jethro

11/21/01 Wednesday Night, Riverbreeze, Wind NW -N less than 5mph, Started Shrimping a little North of Riverbreeze at 10pm. Good current flow, but didn't see but 2 shrimp. Current stopped flowing out about 12:30 so we fished some docklights. Ended up getting 7 shrimp total. 5 came in the frame net that was working real deep. Med-smalls. Hope they run soon! Shane
11/22
11/23/01 Riverbreeze, partly cloudy and breezy, oooooooo, on the water @ 830 and went south to the channel marker, saw 2 shrimp as soon as the lights went in the water. waited long time and the wife got one and long time later i got six more. small to jumbo off the water at 1230. never have seen it so dead, no life in the water and no sea bird action. had a visit by one porpoise a couple of times. more people and boats than critters. once again went to the party and the entertainment forgot to stop in. wes and company

11/25/01, 10:00-2:30, BETHUNE BEACH, AWSOME, WEATHER WAS GREAT 2-3FT. WAVES GLASSEY FUN J.B'S FOR LUNCH.RUN SHRIMP RUN. CUZZY

11/24/01, oak hill, wind s/s/e 10-15, 9 whole shrimp meds, big al

11/28, Riverbreeze, Oak Hill, 0-5 out of the SE, shrimped from 11:30pm till 2:30am Got a few nice shrimp. Meds & Large. Final tally was about 70 shrimp. Dipped most all of them. Frame net did get about 15-20. Shrimp were running fast & deep. Missed quite a few.
Shane

11/30/01, Riverbreeze, Wind Calm, 1.5gl, Arrived at Riverbreeze 11:30 p.m. and stayed until around 3 a.m. Clear sky, temp around 60. It was really a great night to be on the water.Tide turned around midnight. I am new to shrimping and had the frame net fowled for a couple hrs so we dipped most of the 1.5gl. Did straighten the frame net and got around 20 in it. I just wanted to say thanks for your advice and all the information on your webpage. The tide turned just as you predicted  Oak Hill Tides  and we had a great time. All in all a great trip. newy

11/30/01, Edgewater, Wasnt that bad a night got bout 2 gals went down in edgewater cause got there early and since no wind tide seemed to be on time a mix of small and med a few larges still dont know how they work out the gal system but my 5 gal bucket was just about half full hope all had same if not better luck. Ken

11/30/01,Oak Hill, Went to Oak Hill friday 11-30-01, 9pm to 2am, light breeze from the south, Lopez fish camp, nice night out, saw one shrimp, caught a bunch of little trout. hopefully next time. Ken

11-30-01, Went to Haulover on Fri Night, Caught about 24 Shrimp Timed The Tide Wrong Stayed till 3:00 am, Tide Was Just Starting to Turn, Had My Kids Along They Were Ready to Go , So if anyone knows if they picked up after 3:00am ,let Me Know J.B

12/02/01, Cocoa, While fishing off 520 between Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach, managed to get 2 gallons of med-large. AlyKat924

12/6 Went to Oak Hill (marker 9a) last night (Thurs) from 1830 to 2230 hrs got almost 2 gals of nice shrimp mostly large, they were running steady but on the slow side but it stayed interesting - I was the only boat there, and when a porpoise came flying thur the lights with water all over the boat I thought I had been had. Had to chang my pants. Had a pretty good current, and water was clean and clear for the most part. Wind was NE changing to SE , all in all a very good evening on the water. Dick O'Leary

12/7, The Insane Shrimp Posse from Orange City were fisted by the shrimp last night at Oak Hill and almost killed by NASA Special Forces when we strayed South of Haulover Canal. At the recommendation of Clammy’s almost wife Clamette we tried using black lights to illuminate the shrimp. We rigged up 10 black light bulbs to the generator and it made everything in and around the boat glow like an 80’s Disco. The inside of Clammys skiff is white also so we were blinded by the glowing boat.
Clammy was fishing for trout and ended up getting hooked in the head with a gold spoon. It was bleeding real badly so we wrapped a towel around his head to stop the bleeding. After finding no shrimp at Oak Hill we headed south to Haulover Canal, but because we were blinded by the black lights Clammy missed the turn and strayed into the NASA security area. Next thing we know there is a Blackhawk Helicopter hovering beside us with a 50 cal machine gun pointed at us. We were finally able to explain to them that Clammy was not wearing a turban and why the boat was glowing. After an exhaustive cavity search they let us go. We didn’t get any shrimp, but nobody got hurt or arrested. Another Insane Shrimp Posse success story.
 

12/7, fryday night 11to3, oakhill marker-7, wind ne @ 70 deg, 16 shrimp, large-med. And one jumbo, the size of 50cent peace 7inch. long. Had a good time. Thanks for the insite Jethro!!!!Tide was at 12-1. Diana&Greg

12/7/01, Riverbreeze, 50 shrimp, 50 shrimp (small to large mixed bag) decent outgoing tide from 9pm to 11:30pm. packed up and went to HC - caught two big reds - 35" and 42".
ted

12/8 Haulover then Riverbreeze, S winds @ 10mph then calm, Water was 76 degrees and air 73, 3/4 gallon, Conditions were right for HC but the shrimp did not cooperate so went for the outgoing tide at Oakhill. Tide started out at 8:30pm and the shrimp ran deep but started popping up at beginning of slack tide at 2am. Better than the 3 shrimp I saw at the Skyway Bridge in St. Pete last night. Jethro

New moon 12/14

12/18/01 Monsters were in OakHill last night. Probably to Edgewater by tonight. Got just under 2 gal and we were just goofin around. More BSing than shrimping. They aren't running as good as of 8pm tonight but looked like they were picking up. Vince at Kelly's will tell you the secrets while you wait for your sub to be made. The pizza will learn ya more cause it takes longer. saltycracker

12/19/01 2:00AM, Edgewater - Out of Cameron's Boat Ramp, Very Chilly, 2 doz dipped-4 lbs from friends Wing Net, Medium to Large shrimp running very deep. The guys were out from 2:00am till 6:00. Entered at Cameron's Boat Ramp in Edgewater and shrimped the immediate area. Went to Riverbreeze first, no one there so went back to Cameron's
Cindy

12/19 dark to 10:30, South of Riverbreze, light breeze from SE, 1 gallon, First trip for my 2 daughters and wife in the Party Barge. They had a blast and I think thier hooked. A little slow early but things picked up later. Thanks for the time you spend on your page. We had the most luck having the starfires on the bottom in about 4 foot of water. Bull Bill Dike
 

12-20-01, Haulover Canal, clear,no wind@52 deg.1 gallon, Did Haulover canal last night for a few hours. Only had a certain window that I could go so I went for a scout.Got about a gallon from 12:30 til' 4:30 am.Tide was down but most were monsters.Think I'll try Oak hill at outgoing tonight.surely the cold snap will wake some of them up!!
Garen Nunn

12/20/01, RB, Nw 5-7, 12 Doz, went to RB, near lopez. The tide appears to have changed a little early. Wind was NW around 5-7, and it was a little brisk. The shrimp ran slow but showed up. They also ran real deep. About half a hour before the tide changed they turned on good for a while, we were the only boat left. Shrimp ran large to jumbo no small. Finished up with about 12 doz. Not a bad start but could pick up some for us next trip. Bill J

12-21-01, about 9pm-10pm, haulover, wind se @ 70 deg.,i only caught 1 shrimp, Things were looking good for the night about 13 boats out on the water. I was just taking the boat out for a test shrimp run. everything was looking good. then my light broke for some reason guess we will have to try again tonight. I will be more prepared. Good night gone to waste. This is a great site. LittlebShrimpy

12/22/01 7:30 to 10:30, Riverbreeze, Cilly and breezy, 3 gl, Went to Riverbreeze around 7:30 and dipped almost 3 gl by 10:30. We decided that we might have our limit with the shimp in the frame net. I started to bring it in and it was heavy with shrimp.Very exciting to feel the weight. I got the net about 2ft from the boat and that little plastic thingy gave way from the weight. Wow that net got light fast. Lesson learned (tie knot in back of net) All in all a great evening. Don

12/22 7:30pm - 1am, Riverbreeze, P. cloudy Wind east -10 65 deg, 2 gal med/large, not many shrimp running on top, only dipped 5-10. All others were gotten from box net or using the L. Piefer technique Chris


12/22/01, Oakhill, Windy, 3+ gals, It was a early tide got there about 3:30 in the afternnon. Wind was out of SE maybe 10mph then calmed around 10pm.Front of boat @4ft of water, rear of boat @ 8+ft. Shrimp were running DEEP!!!!
We went the night before and did just as good.Hoping the full moon coming will make our Limit next weekend. I want to thank Jethro for this web Page it is a great help to us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scott

12-22=01, 7-11p.m. Oak hill, Lopez, wind E @63 deg.1 1/2 gallons, dropped in at Lopez went over to the break of the channel by marker bouy.seemed like the shrimp were coming from the shallows.did o.k. through the night but the water was cloudy and the shrimp were going deep quick.plus a few windy intervals of gusts came through and picked the water up and that sure didn't help visibility but all in all had a good night and no down time. Fshbonz

12-23-01, Oak hill, terrible, 0, Went back to Oak hill thinkin that the wind might break a little and give us a few shrimp,well that wasn't the case at all wind was strong and the water was capping at 8;30 when we got there but stayed for an hour anyway,the Gods were not smiling tonight.saw maybe a dozen,released 'em and called it a night. will get back to 'em after the holiday. Fshbonz

12/23, RB, s.e.15mph. w/ gusts, about 3gals.Capt.DOO DOO is out of town so we hooked up with RHINO D.what a big diffrance 1 light not 5,john boat not 20ft. center console.did anyone hear a big splash about 12 2miles south of RB?that was me over the side of the jboat.we netted about 2doz.the rest came from the frame net deep deep deep.good luck and stay dry.CUZZY

12/23/01, oakhill, South southwest wind, 1.5 gallons, Putted around looking for a vein untill about 10:30. Finally found a place to the south where they where mayburping so we ancored. Caught shrimp steady for an hour or so. Would have done better but the box ney broke on yhe first pull. Oh whell, some better than none. Captain May Pop Daddy.

12/23 8pm, RiverBreeze, Wind E@10-15, 68 Deg, M Cloudy, 1 gallon, It started with a girl pulling out in front of me on 44 just W of Deland. Capt Chris, Lil Gary, and Dennis the Menace jumped the ditch Duke boys style with Capt Chris' Suburban 4X4 pulling his 23 1/2 ft Cobia. Female drove away without even stopping to see if anyone was hurt. Amazingly, there was no damage to persons, boat, trailer, or truck (dont know how, but I not complaining). Got to RB, Wind stiff from the east. The few shrimp that were running were running really deep. Did not see any shrimp on the surface. Then we saw people swimming in the intercoastal and started laughing. They were up close to the boat in front of us (1-200 yards) and hanging on to something. A cooler suddenly floated by us, so I got the video camera out. When I zoomed in, the were not in the water voluntarily, they had sunk their boat and the only thing visible was the bow. The boat in front of us was trying to assist, but they only had a smaller bass boat and was not able to pull the sunken vessel. So with the luck I was having that evening the current pulled them down right into my anchor lines. One of the shipwrecked crewman "capt Larry" swam to my boat. After cutting my anchor line, we used my boat to pull them back to the ramp at river breeze, breaking the rope numberous times and making plenty of people nervous and angry..all of this was recorded on video :-) Meanwhile, Capt Larry left his passenger Keenan out in the water with his vessel trying to keep the boat right side up, while Larry was in my boat trying to stay warm. We got them back to the ramp and they were gone when we left at 2am, so they must have gotten it out of the water, or it completely sunk and now lives in the intercoastal waterway. Larry was nervous about what he was going to tell his wife...he offered me a case of beer and gave me a "god bless you" We should have gotten 2-2 1/2 gallons with the box net if we had sat in the same place all night, however I am just happy I made it home safely at this point. Did I mention Larry said this was only the second time he had this boat out? Chris

12/26/01, Riverbreeze, wind 10-15 mph at 39 degrees, water 59, 3 gallons small, medium and some large, The tide started out about 11pm and the shrimp were running deep. Had to move one time since some idiot had to park right upstream from us because they saw us dipping. The river was empty and wide open. (inconsiderate move on their part) If you see the channel is without boats don't park right in front of another boat! There is the whole river. Give yourself and others that consideration. This will  make for a good trip and no negative confrontations. It was so cold my guests wanted to leave and so we left the shrimp running at 130am. I know we could have limited out if we stayed another hour but thats the way it goes. Jethro

12/26 Railroad bridge,  got about a gallon but stayed till 2............Killian

12/26, Riverbreeze, 2-gal, Just south of Riverbreeze Park, dipped all of them, 8:30-1:30
Greenfisher

12/26/01 1:00AM, LOPEZ FISHCAMP, COLD!!, 4 GALLONS, STARTED AT HAULOVER 11:00 NOTHING HAPPENING LEFT AT 12:30 WENT TO OAKHILL LOPEZ FISHCAMP DIPPED FROM 1:00AM - 4:00AM. COLD NO WIND AT FIRST 3:00 BECAME WINDY LEFT WITH 3.5 TO 4.0 GALLONS NICE SIZE SHRIMP.JT AND SQUIRREL

12/27-12/28, Riverbreeze, calm 46 drgrees,3.5 gallons, Went for the outgoing tide at 1130 with JohnB. Saw a blackdrum drift by and dipped most of our catch. Maybe got half a gallon with the framenet. This is a first for me to not get the majority in it. Finished up around 5am when the tide stopped. Tally... 40% large - jumbo, 50% medium, 10% bait. Good luck this weekend, Im shrimped out for a while. Note: My competitor has claimed he had his reports site since 1996, where are those reports? Hmmm is there honesty there? I can only find reports on his site since he officially opened in 2000. Why would he need to post the reports from my site without my permission? now I know why he emailed and IMed me for all that information on shrimping. Now he's an expert.  Jethro

12/28/01 10:45PM-3:00AM, LOPEZ FISHCAMP, GREAT!!!! 50 DEGRESS 5 M.P.H WINDS, 5.O GALLONS, GOT THERE JUST AT HIGH TIDE SHRIMP STARTED MOVING ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATTER. THEY WERE RUNNING ABOUT 3FT DEEP. AS TIME WENT ON THEY STARTED COMING TO THE TOP,WE CALL THEM THE STUIPEDS CAUSE THIER EASY TO CATCH. GOT OUR LIMIT 5.0 GALLONS,LEFT AT 3:00AM NICE DRIVE HOME SEE YA TO NITE GOOD LUCK!!!!
JT & SQUIRREL

12/27/01, SAINT JOHNS RIVER, WEATHER WAS GREAT, 0, CAN`T WAIT TILL FISHING!!!!!!!!!!! ET

Dec. 28/29, Oak Hill, Wind S at 5, 20 shrimp, Tide ran well but the shrimp did not. Everybody else was doing about the same outside Le Fils. Left at 3 am.Robert
 

Dec 28 8:30 til midnight, New Smyrna Pier underneath 44, 50's slight breeze, 4 shrimp, Caught the high tide at 8:30 p.m. Waited for a sign of life ... Saw one blue crab then caught 4 shrimp and a good buzz over the next 3 and a half hours.
AJ
12/29/2001,Tide ran well but the shrimp did not. Everybody else was doing about the same outside Le Fils. Left at 3 am. south of riverbreeze, calm,dry,about 50degrees, Four gallons, We launched at 2:30 a.m. The tide was already running out. The weather radar had just cleared and the wind was very light. We dipped several dozen big shrimp the first hour or so. Then steadily dipped mediums until about 5:30. Our box net must not have been deep enough as we only got 2 dozen in it. We ended up with 4 gallons of decent sized shrimp.Pretty nice trip,except for having to fuss at someone for rudely parking right in front of us..Love your site! Alan n Meg Nalagem

12/29 Riverbreeze,I didn't shrimp but was heading out to fish and witnessed two boats come in both with 5 gallons that were caught from 3am till 6. They were large to jumbo shrimp! Jethro

12/29-30 We got 1.5 gals shrimping from 11:45 till 4:30.  I built a frame net and it worked
pretty well.  They where running real, real deep, the water was gin clear for the first half of the tide, and the moon was very bright which I think pushed them down. They where about 20% large, 40% med, and 40% small.  There where alot of boats out there.  Really pretty night. They came in bunches every 2-4 minutes minutes for the first 2 hours and then pretty much dried up from 1:30 till 4:30.  I shrimped pretty much in the same place we did the 2 nights before (1 mile south of RB). JohnB

29-30/01, South of Riverbreeze, 4.95765 gallons, Ran preety well. Dipped most. Went to the mater getting hole and they were burping up pretty well. Though it was pretty funny when two boats parked in front of us and didn't see mutch as we were steady dipping. Almost got some venison on the way there, the way I don't like on the grill. Captain May Pop Daddy

12/30/01 marker 5, little chilly, 2.5 gals. Dipped most, only got a few in box net. I will be spending new years on the river, dipping. Good Luck All. Ginzo

12/31, 630 to 930, RB, moon light through the clouds,breeze, half a gallon, went in at rb and south to the first marker the water very clear and the shrimp were very deep,no frame net so dipped as best we could.seemed to get more at slack tide and on the first of the incomming.got mostly large and some jumbos.first time out with my newly aquired poontoon boat and now have new ideas to implement We and Judy

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