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
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
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
2/9/01 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
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
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". Had one shrimp jumpinto the boat. David
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 ... ~ >"///>< 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" 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
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
4/18-19/01, 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
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
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 medium,not to many large.washing boat now,wont be out again for a few days.good luck if you go tonight.killian
5/2/01, Railraod bridge, 72 east wind 10 to 15 mph ,a dozen jumbos, Dipped till 10pm then went to RB and dipped from 11 to 230am. Got 2 gallons of medium and small. They were running when I got there and then they slacked off at 1am Jethro
5/2/01, Riverbreeze, 2 gal, mostly small. steady dipping everywhere from 10 to 1:30am. Ted
5/05/01, RB, Cool!, Cold! LOL, 3 1/2 Gallons, My first time in Oak Hill since i was a kid.Got there at Dusk and left at dawn. Ran good enough to keep us there. Thanks Jethro for the Info, except I never seen the 10' sign you were talking about.... Mudvein (Keith)
monday nite may 14th, 528 seawall bridge near the port, e/se 10-15, 45 shrimp, yep wind was blowing hard, mixed bag some jumbos, large, medium and smalls still better than the last 4 weeks a couple i met said they caught 40 saturday nite, happy shrimper. Susan
5/5, Oak Hill, Air temperature and direction: Cool cool and fairly dirty, 3 gals, started with the tide. Fast dipping 'till trailed off around 3 a.m. when we Left. Not too bad for 2 hours dipping. Baldy
5/6/01, haulover, low 70's east north, 1 gallen, near full moon. clear water,and pleasent brease. made for a beautiful night, with our family on the water. D.T. & the honey dippers
05/06/01, riverbreeze, mid 70 east/northeast, Water temperature: 75, 2 gals, Put in at riverbreeze,Got 2gals shrimped 0200 till 0600.Ran good at fir st then slowed up about 0330 wes o
5/10/01, R/B, warm-east north east, saw one shrimp, a nice night with wind 5-7 knots and a nice breeze.Not a good night shrimp wise.There were about 12 boats out and the loads averaged around 7-12 shrimp.hoppfully it will be better around the new moon. river rat
Friday May 11th, total of 6 shrimp not gallons just shrimp it was running real slow north of Riverbreeze. 5mi wind 77deg water temp Rob
Sat May 12th, 1-1/2 gallons Riverbreeze/south 2-3mi wind 76-77 water temp. Rob
5/15,16,17, Eau Gallie Causeway Relief Bridge, Wind SSW 10-12 mph, 20-30 a night, mixed sizes, The shrimp have been active from dark to about 10:30pm. Leroy
5/18/01 (Friday night), Oak Hill, 75 nsew, 83, 2 1/2 gallons, Never thick, but never thin from 1:00 'til 5:30 Lowe
5/19, RRbridge, Air temperature and direction: west, 1 gal, it rained untill dark then the shrimp ran like crazy for about three hours. River Rat,
05/21, cocoa, 58, all differant sizes only 1 in net they seem to be at the bottom jim quinn
5/21 monday nite, 528 seawall bridge at port, SE 10-15, 125 scrimps, wind blowing very hard, 3 jumbos, the rest smalls, mediums, & large. not bad for 3 hours. happy shrimper, susan
5/22, RR bridge, north east, 36 jumbos, realy windy around 11:00 after the storms the shrimp started running early presumably. They slowed down around 11:30. River Rat
5/23, RR bridge, 73 from northeast, 60 large, Started earley and stoped areond 9:30 River Rat
5/24, RRbridge, east,24 large, Vary slow. Maybe it will pick up around the full moon Rat River
5/25friday nite, 528 low bridge near kelly park, 10 little shrimpies, A major storm came through around 8:30 lasted until 9:45, did first pull on traps and only 8 shrimps, then 15 mins later the wind started blowing like 50 mph, thats what it felt like anyway and the current started whiping by, felt like haulover on a fast current, anyway everyones traps started getting pulled in, ran and saved 3 of mine but lost one but it was retrived by guy using a gaff hook looking for his, he lost 3 traps and the other people next to me lost 2 traps, shrimp still didn't show up in the current so we all left by 12:00. what a exciting nite. susan
5/28, 5/29 Riverbreeze, 5 gallons both nights!! The tide started early and they were running thick and loaded the buckets no later than 10pm. Dizzy
5/29/01, Oak Hill, SW winds @ 7mph, Water was 79 degrees, 5 gallons, The shimp were everywhere right at dark. Not many boats out and had them all to myself. Couldn't ask for a better trip, although they ran small to medium and a couple jumbos, it was my best night all season! Got home by 12am. Rickie
5/30, RB, calm, 80 degrees, water 78, 4.5 gallons, They ran good before the tide change and then were off and on and gave up at 0300. Don
5/31/01, River Breeze, calm, 76 degrees, water temp was 80, 3.5 gallons, water was cloudy with minimal weeds and jellyfish. got there at 9pm and the shrimp were running during slack tide. they turned on at 11:15 when the tide rolled out. Catfish and pogies all around the lights as the lightning storm passed by. Slowed down around 130am and left at 2. The Three Js John, Jeff, and Jethro
5/31, OH, 2 gallons, Dipped 1 1/2 gallons in the first two hours after the tide turned around 11:00. After that I spent the rest of the night(4:AM) for another 1/2 gallon. Thought I was going to fill the bucket but the bottom dropped out. Richard
6/2/01, riverbreeze, Air 75 deg se, 4 gallons, ALL SMALL WITH A FEW MEDIUMS THROWN IN. ARRIVED AT 11:15 AND STARTED DIPPING IMMEDIATELY. GOOD RUN WHEN TIDE BEGAN MOVING TILL ABOUT 3 AM. DIRTY HOWIE
june 2, sat. nite, haulover, 1 gallon, current was perfect, moon was nice, just not enough shrimp for 5 hours work, clinging on to grass mostly still was fun. happy shrimper susan
6/5, RB, 4 Gallons, Had trouble with the trailer on the way to RB. Didn't arrive till 4:14 A.M. Left at 5:30 with almost a full bucket of mostly med. to large. I have never seen the waters so thick with shrimp. Look for me in the morning , I'll be there!!! Had trouble with the trailer on the way to RB. Richard
6/7/01, River Breeze, 70s; SW, 2 dozen, Slow shrimping - tide stopped running about 9:45 PM & so did the shrimp. Saw a lot of little blue crabs and some speedy fish that kept zipping about crashing into the nets and boat (yellowtails I think). Left at 10:30 PM, not many shrimp but had fun. Ed & Lorna
6/9, riverbreeze, 5 doz., Current changed at 10:30. Went home. Next weekend I hope.Ginzo
6/9, RRbridge, kept shifting, 2-1/2 gal, got kind of rough for a whyl then it calmed right down. They were running till about 1:30 river rat
6-15-01, haulover, low 80's 4 shrimp and 4 trout keepers after storm passed we were able to go out after 9pm and stayed 1am all went good except blow out on trailer.... Vincent
6/15 riverbreeze, 1 gal, The water was very dirty, the shirmp were all med. size. Seems to me the rain made made the water dirty. Still better the sitting in front of the tube. Ginzo
6/16, riverbreeze, 1 doz. 1 doz. shrimp 1/2 doz. trout, At least I caught diner. Ginzo
6/22, melbourne, 10-15 sw wind, lots of rain earlier, 170+ most shrimp all year just dipping. you missed it jim, from 11-2 6-8 inchers were everywhere It must be the rain. brett
7/28/01 Racy Point, SE wind, 82 degrees, 5 gallons, was out at 3pm to 430 and found the boats found some dots on the bottom finder and casted approximatley 6 dozen on the first cast. I used the fast sinking net next and caught too many to count. All were between medium to large with no smalls. After casting about 20 times I had my limit! Sunday went out again and caught 16 medium white. Either the finder was not working or I hit the mother lode area the day before. Boomer
4 Aug 01, shands dock, sw 10-15kts, 30 lg, we went for the night on the dock, went out in the boat before dark to find them, 2 and 3 per cast...not good waited for the tide to come in and stayed for the 2hours after turn numbers never changed. Night before were in them 10 to 12 per cast. same time same conditions. chad
August 19, 2001, Racy Point, HOT, 4 single shrimp, Went out about noon for 2 hours. no luck. K Jordan
8/18/01, Shands dock, Green cove spgs., Hot, gallons: <1, 11pm-2am. 1-2 medium to large/ cast Rob
8-19-01 11:30a-4:00p, Federal Point, Palatka, 93/80(?) West wind 5, <2 gl, whole lotta work for a few shrimp. Phillip Griggs
