This was our second trip with Southern Mayhem in the last 2 years. When I knew we were heading to Orlando over Christmas the first thing I did was check to see if Cole had an opening and thankfully he did. His knowledge of the species and habitat is second to none. His equipment is top notch. He works his tail off to give you a great experience and get you in fish.
The weather leading up to trip was unseasonably cold and a storm front had moved through the day prior. Cole reached that fishing had been tough but they were able to land a couple drum; he graciously offered for us to cancel our trip but we declined. It’s called fishing, not catching.
We started our day at 7 AM with the bait box full of mullet that Cole had already netted that morning. Started fishing some docks and was a little slow as the sun had not popped out enough to start warming the water. With that said I did have a really nice red fish that spit the hook at the boat. We moved into a marina looking for snook but no luck so on we went. Got into a canal around a dock for some sheepshead and found them. Cole had a variety of bait which allowed us to find that shrimp was on their menu! Also picked up a few mangrove here.
After working through this area we moved on to some mangrove off another canal. This is where the day was made. Started with some sight fishing as we worked our way into canal. Once in the canal we found black drum, spotted sea trout and snook.
We were able to land a couple eater drum which Cole was more than happy to fillet out for us to take back to our rental.
I cannot say enough good things about Southern Mayhem. Don’t pass on Captain Cole if he has an opening is all I can say!
This was our second trip with Southern Mayhem in the last 2 years. When I knew we were heading to Orlando over Christmas the...