Well this must be the slowest shrimping season I have experienced. There are alot more reports but are posted in the forum.

1/1/06 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM, Rail Road Bridge, Clear with a breeze from the south, One gallon, Nice clear night with a breeze from the south. Stayed out at the RR Bridge from 7 PM to 12 AM caught about a gallon nice size. Water is still a little cloudy but you could still see a few feet down. David

01/01/06 Dark to midnigt, Titusville bridge, Cool, clear, slight breeze, 1 gallon, Weather was nice, shrimp made a pretty good run late. We should have had more but lost 5 out of 6 lights. About half were large the rest were medium and small.Others on bridge did much better than us. Tony and Ben

1-3-06 /6:00 - 10:30PM, RR Bridge, winds west to north west/temp at 56 deg. 3 3/4 gallons, Hit the RR bridge around 6pm with some friends down from the North east. as soon as we set up and turned on the lights, they began to run. The water was a little murky and visibility was poor below the surface, but the trout were every where and hungry forcing the shrimp to stay on top. The entire 4 hours gave us a good constant run of 4 to 5 shrimp a minute. They were mostly mediums to large with quite a few shrimp-zilla's to boot. We dipped a total of 13 trout as well battling for the shrimp. I don't think I've ever seen the trout so aggressive in such large numbers before!! When we left, they were still running about 2 or 3 every few minutes. Flats Brother

1/7/06, rr bridge, cold light winds 5-10 mph nw, 1.5 galllon, Set up south of rr bridge dipping was steady but 1 at a time. weather was cold but nice night left out around 2:30 Netted 154 with only with cotton not to bad. Sea ya on the H2O Ed the Red

01/07/06, Oak Hill, Cold, 1 gallon, Went for the first time this year, hoping the cold snap would get them moving. Put the boat in at the RV park, at Lefils we have a 5th wheel set up there. Only dipped about 1 gallon. It was cold. Rob

1/4/06 dark til 10:38, Marker 75 Oak Hill, calm no wind.. 2 gallons, Started out a little slow, but we were able to get 2 gallons by the end of the evening. Be careful everyone, those FWC are out and about! Don't forget to keep those anchor lights on at all times! $63. if you don't have it on... Busted

1/9/06, 11:00-01:30, RB, Temp 57 to 52, wind light NE, 20%clouds, 0.2 Gallons Large, Water still cloudy but cleared a little at times -few shrimp visible, more below -hope the frame netters did better than I did dipping. Half dozen+ boats out. Got there late, don't know if I missed anything. Still a good night just to be on the water - listening to country music (Pink Floyd)(Shrimp Like CCR). Entertainment was provided by somebody that ran aground hard speeding toward the creek. Figured out not to be backlit by anchor light - they see you dipping. Moved around a little to find some near the surface - tried not to cut anyone off. bert

1/13 Riverbreeze, calm no wind 68º water 58º air, 6 shrimp! Went out for the midnight start of the outgoing tide. Parking lot was empty but with about 12 trailers. Anchored up to my favorite spot but didn't see much once the current started outgoing.Hung out for 3 hours but the shrimp were just not there tobe seen. I'll try again soon. Jethro

1/15-16/06, RR Bridge, 37 deg, light breeze(sw), 0, Got there about 8pm, 10-12 boats. Dipped a few around 10pm. Visibility was zero as expected after the recent heavy winds. It got worse when the tide changed. Most boats left at midnight, we should have too. Long cold night with out a bucket full. Gotta go back soon!! SloMotion

1/18/06 10:30 PM, Haulover, Nice- Breezy, N/A, Put in around 7:30 PM. Fairly warm, nice breeze SSW. Saw four shrimp all night. Lots of seaweed with visibility marginal at best. Called it a night at 10:30 PM Shrimpmeister

2/04/06, rail road..titusville, wind northwest@40`s cold, 2.5 gal. got out early,water very rough,got soaked,glad we had dry clothes to change in too.Would have got 50 or 60 more if net had not flew out of boat,lights worked perfect,6 100 watt.110 volt. mike v,,,russ w

2/11 8:30pm, haulover, cool/ a lil rain, 4.5 gallons, Started slow then the rain stopped. Then it was on. Not a chanse to sit down. Most large and some jumbo. Great to live in the sunshine state ;) shrimpin4lifer

2/15/06 02:30 - 04:30, RB, Temp 40F Light W wind 95%moon, 5 GAL (of Jellyfish, no shrimp; 1 shrimp & I missed him - & I'm sure he was giving me the bird. Could have caught a ton of jellyfish. Water clear until tide started going out - then 2' visibility. Anybody got a recipe for jellyfish? bert

2/16/06-----7:30-10:15, Railroad bridge-Titusville, Clear, wind calm, low sixties, Zilch, Beautiful nite with very little wind, water was calm....saw five shrimp, caught four, release four...were a zillion trout around boat hitting bait fish also water was full of small jelly fish, visiualability, not great but fair...strange season so far...about a dozen other boats but no one dipping...yet to come I guess..... don

2-17-2006, RR Bridge, Warm No wind, 13 shrimp, RR Bridge 2-17. Anchored east of ICW. Shrimped for 3 hours. Only 13 shrimp. Most everyine gone by 9 PM. pbond13

2/17/06, turtle mound, light wind 58 deg, one gallon good size, arived @ 4pm caught 6 small trout from 6:45 to 8:00 got 1 gallon water very cloudy tide very week. fab

Feb. 18th / 9:00 to 1:00, South of Riverbreeze, Beautiful, calm, 68 deg., wind NW,, .10 .10 for 10 shrimp. Water very cloudy, lots of green slime floating by. Night was beautiful though which made up for the shrimp not running. Boat motor problems didn't help either. Stay positive I always say. See ya'll out there! Good Shrimpin Everyone! John

feb. 21 2006, New Smyrna Beach, calm winds merky water, 2.5 gal. got out late set up fast it was slow but thay came one by one, panhead

2/25/06, New Smyrna Beach, cloudy with light brez, 5 gallons, the night started out very very slow.About six other boats in veiw.For two and a half hours we got ten shrimp. All the other boats left and the river came alive in one hour my girl freind and i filled the bucket it was insain thay were every were.Just go's to show you can not give up. Panhead Glenn

2/25/06 6:30 TO 12:30, HAULOVER CANAL, WINDY LITTLE RAIN, 2 1/2 GALLONS, STARTED AT DARK DIDN'T STOP TILL ABOUT 10:00! ALL NICE SIZE SHRIMP. DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO FISH!! SLICK6937

march 4 7:30 to 12:00, haulover, strong north wind and chilly, 2 gallons, went saturday night hoping to finally catch some shrimp. strong North wind with a strong current coming out of the lagoon. Caught two gallons all mainly mediums. Was glad to finally dip some shrimp. jtlevi

03/08/06-------7:30 till 3AM, Riverbreeze. S10-15MPH at least, strong..High Fifties, Approx...3 Gals, OH, the wind was howling from the South and along with outgoing tide made for fast current, miss more than caught,gone before you could react...but best nite so far this season...better dipper, probably could of MAX....but glad for what we got..Others boaters seemed to have a good nite also...so they are there. Don

3/8. railroad bridge, water temp 64º air temp 59º wind from east then se @ 5-15 mph clear sky, 1.5 gallons, Was a good night on the water but the shrimp were not as expected. Still was nice to get out of the house. Stayed till 12 am. Jethro

3/08 Sunset to 11pm, RR Bridge, SE 5mph, 2.5 gallons, I haven't been in a while so was excited to get out. Fairly steady from sundown until we left around 11pm. Would have stayed longer but work starts early (drat!) Current was pretty strong from the south most of the night. It seemed to lag a little around 9pm, but was picking up again before we left. Lot's of jellyfish, but the water looked pretty good. We were on the north side, closer to the shoreline than the channel. Think I saw Jethro there as well, closer to the channel. How'd ya do? jman

3/9 8PM till 1:30AM, Oak Hill - Riverbreeze, Strong S Wind good 15 Knots, low sixties, 3 Gallons, Just S of Riverbreeze, strong S. wind, water clarity was decent..shrimp came in spurts but steady, some of all sizes, still running when we left at 1:30, probably could of max if stayed longer but had a good night....second in a row...don

3/11/06 7pm - 12am, Eau Gallie Bridge, South wind, pretty breezy, Gallons? Just a few shrimp./ Went out about 4:30 to setup, first time out this year and needed something to go with the steak I was planning. They were pretty slow, but had fun and they were very tasty. Marty Swindle

3/25/06 11pm-4am, oakhill, cold north wind, 4 gallons. i've only been shrimp'n 3 times. saturday night there were only two other boats on the water shrimping. i thought for sure it was going to be a slow night, but as soon as the tide started to drop it was on!! it was in the 40's with a cold north wind, but after an hour or so i was to busy to really notice it. we only had 2 lights but it worked out pretty well. i'd say at least 50% of our catch were caught trying to sneek through the dark spot between the lights. it was alot of fun. i'm glad i braved the cold. dano

3-25-06, 10:30 til 02:00, Le Fils, wind NW at 10+ @42 deg. no moon, aprox 5 gal. March-25/26 was our annual Troop campout at Mosquito lagoon on the spoil islands. With the wind out of the north, cold and no moon, we figured shrimpin would be poor at best. Were we in for a surprise. On the way from the island, we noticed shrimp all around us, good sign. But when we got to Le Fils, there was only one other boat. Anchored about 10:30, tide didn't start north til about 11:30 and then they came and fairly steady. We took 5 boys in each boat, all first timers. Stopped shrimpin at 02:00, and not because the shrimp stopped but because the boys were tired and cold. Caught mostly medium, some large and a few jumbos. A good time was had by all. Shrimpin Scout

4/5/06 8:30 till 1:00 am, South of RiverBreeze, Water Temp 74, clear with light wind, 3 Gallons, Set up around marker 5 @ 8:30...Alot of boats on the river for wednesday night. 3 gallon mostly mediums. Tom Tedrick

tue 9:00 4/12/2006, hanover canal, tep 68 wind 15 to 25, 4 gal mosly small 10%large, came over from spring hill florida west coast 3 times first time this year we got shrimp 4 gal mostly small 10% large. the next day got 1 gal at haover canal the wind was bab 15 to 25 mh. ray hert

4/13/06, Mather's Bridge area, First time out this year. Went out in the boat around Mather's bridge area and dropped a few traps. Only caught one single shrimp in about 3 hours. Did catch a few trout though while waiting. Hopefully, Marty Swindle and I will make it up to Oak Hill or Haulover SOON! AYCE Shrimp

4/17/06 2;00am-6:00, Sebastian Inlet, Clear 75 Deg,water temp 74 west wind 15m, 150 yankee fish bait size,small,small, non stop action,hardly had a chance to drink a beer, or light a cigarette. running in groups of 3-4,too bad these were the size of the shrimp the bait shops sell the yankee folk that come down and fish.Great west wind pushing those shrimp out of the river and into the inlet,not to mention the brisk current.Oh well maybe next time. Scotty-Melbourne Scotty

4/24 --4/25, Riverbreeze, clear, ssw winds, Temp.????A good one gal plus, Got to Riverbreeze early and set-up at 10:30 PM, waited for tide to turn around 11:45,as soon as it turn they came steady for about hour/hour & a Half and then they died down to a trickle...left around 3:20 AM...no mosquitoes, water was clean but visibility not that great, about 2-3 feet....all in all, a good nite for being so late in season....small to medium, not to many large..worht the trip to us....good luck..don

10/26, RB, being a newbie, and haveing a new boat to shrimp off of this year, my buddy and i went out last night. put in at river breeze, went south and ancored at the only dock with a strip light all the way down the side {la theas?}. the wind was strong out of the south. we were the only boat on the water, eccept for two commercial guys that showed up an hour or so after us. we only mannaged to cover the bottom of the bucket, but most were large. they were deep and the commercial guys with thier frame nets, did well. couldn't hear him to well, danb wind, but he did say that it was a pretty good night. didn't help us...no frame net. Dano

11/09/06, Went to River Breeze last Thursday night. Had a bunch of shrimp lights that we had repaired from two years ago and decided to test them out. Tide was running good, but the shrimp were not. Only caught a total of 24 shrimp and we used the frame net as well. Later! Jusadozenboys

11/10, RB, First time out this season...set-up about 7:30 PM until 10:30PM, total of 30 med. to small shrimp...set-up south of ramp at normal spot...water clarity was poor as usual...about the same as last year..personally I think the water clarity around RiverBreeze is geting worse by the year..quite a few boats on water but seem like no one was dipping that much. so whatever this is worth to someone...good luck...don

11/11, Went to Edgewater on Sat night to test the lights and equiptment... one shrimp w/ the frame and one squid with the dip... Current was decent and the visibility wasn't good but all in all a beautiful night on the water... looking forward to a great year... freespirit

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