Mud Creek
Posted February 22nd, 2004 @ 06:46pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Today I went to Mud Creek near the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant for a little fishin'. I found the place after about 90 minutes of driving, parked, and put in at Little Mud Creek. Mud? What mud? The bottom is hard, packed sand.
I paddled out and headed south, fishing the shoreline. It was low tide, just at the start of incoming. I looked for swirls or unusual water movement, but it was difficult in the rising chop. I had a few bites right at the boat - probably a small jack crevalle or trout.
I arrived at Big Mud Creek only to find that access was blocked. Apparently the power plant doesn't like boat traffic these days. Pity - that was going to be my main fishing point for the day. I rounded the corner and found a few trout with a black/silver/orange SS Minnow (like the one seen here):
I eventually grew tired, realized I'd forgotten my sunscreen, and headed home. While heading home I trolled the SS Minnow and nabbed a 2 lb jack crevalle. Yes, today I've got that "you wore sunglasses and a hat and got a funny looking sunburn" type of sunburn.
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Posted 24 Feb 2004 at 2:08am #
Nice fish. Man... I wish I lived somewhere where I could say "sunburn" and "February" in the same sentence. 🙁
Posted 09 Mar 2004 at 3:51pm #
So, I went back to Mud Creek today. Caught nothing. Zip, zilch, nada. Saw a redfish or two but couldn't cast to 'em. Paddled about three miles straight into a wind that was strong enough to troll simply by drifting....
Posted 01 Jun 2004 at 9:27pm #
GREAT FISH, ME AND A BUDDY WENT UP THERE THIS WEEKEND....053104, HAD A TARPON ROLL ON US AT HERMANS BAY WHILE WADING. SO MUCH BAIT IN THE WATER...WE ARRIVED AT 6:00 AM...AT HIGH TIDE...NO LUCK..WENT TO THE ATLANTIC JUST NORTH OF POWER PLANT..A FEW WHITING AND TWO SAND SHARKS IN THE SURF...ANY ADVICE FOR THIS AREA..I HAVE A 14 FT. FLAT BOTTOM I WANT TO TAKE THERE...I CAN GIVE YOU VERY GOOD FISHING LOCATIONS IN FLAMINGO AND THE UPPER KEYS AS I GREW UP THERE....AGAIN NICE TROUT.