Indian River Dolphin

As my wife and I took a ride around Gator Creek Road this afternoon, the first thing we spotted was a pod of dolphin surrounding a school of redfish in the Indian River. 

As we pulled into the first entrance, Karen spotted the school meandering around the line of concrete erosion brakes that parallel the causeway.

The dolphin were obviously on a school of redfish so I pulled out my cell phone and took this brief video below before moving on.

As we drove away from the action, I noticed that there were several fishermen along the banks of the river.  

The air temps were in the low 90s and the fish were obviously not cooperating with the fishermen.

We drove around the dirt road taking pictures of the waterfowl who were doing much better catching dinner in the mud flats.  

A Fish and Game officer from Alabama was pulling out of Catfish Creek Loop, so I stopped to ask him some questions about Peacocks Pocket road

They are working on repairing the roads in the refuge and according to him, they are pretty much finished with Peacocks Pocket but, he did not know if the managers of the refuge were going to allow vehicle traffic to the public.

About 3 years ago when I spoke with the refuge manager, I was told that the road would be open within a year.   When I mentioned that to the Alabama officer, he said that budgeting caused the delay.  

I thanked him for the information and we both proceeded on our way.

As I drove up to the barrier at Peacocks Pocket road at the entrance to Catfish Creek loop, two anglers with a bucket of live shrimp were walking out from behind the barrier.  

I asked them if they were catching any sea trout or reds and they reported that they had caught a few snook.  According to one of the guys, they were good size; in the 30 inch plus category.

I made a mental not to walk the road again when I get back from work again.  The last time I walked Peacocks Pocket, I picked up a few sea trout and two nice snook.

                                                      

Anyway, I thanked them for the fishing report and headed back to get an ice cream cone before heading home.

Too hot to fish the area this afternoon and I wasn't feeling up to walking the Pocket road.

Till next time,

Tight Lines.