I live right near the power plant in the distance there, the fishing really is that diverse in a small area. From mangrove snapper in the rivers to grouper in shallow water. If you have enough boat to go due west about 80mi you’ll be in the middle grounds too. And the lake just inland about 6mi offers crappie, bream and BIG bass. Great place to live for fishing.
Great video Jay! Love Crystal River. Fishing is awesome there. I live off of Fort Island Trail and have a great place river front. Great accomodations!
The only gripe I have with this reel is the weight, but that goes with the size of the reel ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I brought this salmon fishing up in Oswego, NY. I coupled it with a Cabela's Whuppin Stick. I had no problem pulling in a 14lb salmon. I will probably use this for surf fishing this summer and downgrade to a 3500 series Battle II next salmon season to save my wrists. All of the operations are butter smooth and the bail is nice and thick and has a solid flip to it. Everything about this reel is sturdy and strong. The drag system held up to the salmon and was also super smooth. I did use a scale to set the drag properly before going out to the river and this worked out tremendously. A bunch of other guys on the river would hook up and snap almost immediately. Just because you have a good drag system doesn't do anything if you don't set it correctly.
Same for me. I wanted to fish in the winter months. I live off fort Island trail and catch speckled trout, redfish, black drum, gar, largemouth bass, mangrove snapper, gaff top sailcats, hard heads and snook from or dock and tidal Creek.
I live right near the power plant in the distance there, the fishing really is that diverse in a small area. From mangrove snapper in the rivers to grouper in shallow water.
If you have enough boat to go due west about 80mi you’ll be in the middle grounds too. And the lake just inland about 6mi offers crappie, bream and BIG bass.
Great place to live for fishing.
Great video Jay! Love Crystal River. Fishing is awesome there. I live off of Fort Island Trail and have a great place river front. Great accomodations!
The only gripe I have with this reel is the weight, but that goes with the size of the reel ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxM68VkfsQhHaabDce1IwOCXuvumcpbZ_k . I brought this salmon fishing up in Oswego, NY. I coupled it with a Cabela's Whuppin Stick. I had no problem pulling in a 14lb salmon. I will probably use this for surf fishing this summer and downgrade to a 3500 series Battle II next salmon season to save my wrists. All of the operations are butter smooth and the bail is nice and thick and has a solid flip to it. Everything about this reel is sturdy and strong. The drag system held up to the salmon and was also super smooth. I did use a scale to set the drag properly before going out to the river and this worked out tremendously. A bunch of other guys on the river would hook up and snap almost immediately. Just because you have a good drag system doesn't do anything if you don't set it correctly.
I was able to just fish Crystal River for the first time and even in the hottest days of summer boy oh boy what a fishery.
That time of the year for catch-and-release
One of the main reasons I moved to Crystal River
Same for me. I wanted to fish in the winter months. I live off fort Island trail and catch speckled trout, redfish, black drum, gar, largemouth bass, mangrove snapper, gaff top sailcats, hard heads and snook from or dock and tidal Creek.
Love the vids!!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome
It’s that time of the year for gag
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