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Son in law's first red off the dock:

I was just there and loved the area. I was helping finalize the move so not much time spent on the water. Daughter has a dock on the canal so I got to wet a line a little. Caught trash including catfish and ladyfish and had something small stealing bait. My daughter did catch a mangrove snapper but ...

Thanks for all the information! Home closes in 2-3 weeks and I hope to be fishing there the first weekend of April with a little luck. Might just be from the dock at first but I don't mind fishing and not catching better than not fishing at all.

Thanks for all the replies. She might be seeing me more than she wants. Todd, she is not far from that ramp, head east down that canal and I am guessing she will be less than a quarter mile away. Hope to get there before the warm months so the snook might still be around and we can just fish off her...

That appears to be very close. They will be just west of the bridge on the western side of Riviera Bay. Aware of any bait stores near there?

Thanks for the info!

My daughter is buying a home on a canal leading to Riviera Bay in St. Pete. I am in Jax but will be visiting regularly. This looks like a great area for kayak fishing. Hoping I am right. Can anybody confirm? Is it mostly reds and trout? Other species that can be targeted? Do snook ever get up there?...

Weight capacity of 320 is too little for us fat boys.