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Fishing Reports
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast
May 31, 2006
Posted by Captain Tom Van Horn
Chuluota, FL 32766 USA
Email: captain@irl-fishing.com
Current Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast
Fishing Forecast, June 2006
Mosquito Coast Fishing
Charters
Theres no doubt summer has
arrived on the Indian River
Lagoon coast. With
temperatures and humidity
levels rising, its wise to
concentrate your angling
efforts during cool hours of
early morning, late
afternoon, and night.
Fishing in June, July, and
August requires some
adjustments in your fishing
routine, but it doesnt mean
the fish arent biting.
June will provide some of
the best opportunities for
shallow water anglers to
tackle major fish along the
Lagoon coast.
Near-shore opportunities are
typically the best you will
see all year for skinny
water boats along the
beach. June is the time of
year when the kingfish move
in close shadowing schools
of Atlantic menhaden
(pogies) along the beach and
in the Port Canaveral buoy
line. When the summer
doldrums set in, the waters
clear, and the seas flatten
out, the window of
opportunity opens for flat
bottom boats. Also along
the beach, look for the
tarpon and shark number to
increase, and lets not
forget the large schools of
jack carvalle and the
tripletail fishery will be
cranking up. Remember,
snook season closes this
week, so lets give them a
chance to relax and get
jiggie. I try not to target
them, and if I do manage to
catch one, I handle it
gently and release it with
care.
Offshore, look for the
dolphin bite to slow as the
schools begin to spread
out. The kingfish
concentration will remain
good along the inshore reefs
and wrecks of 8A Reef and
Pelican Flats slow trolling
with live pogies producing
the most action. Bottom
fishing will remain good for
snapper and grouper until
the first summer squall
blows in and muddies up the
water.
On the flats, focus your
efforts between 5am and 9am,
and in the late afternoon
after the thunderstorms
dissipate. Night fishing
will also produce descent
catches of redfish and
trout. When fishing the
flats at night, I prefer
fishing real slow with glow
in the dark shrimp imitation
baits like the RipTide
Realistic Shrimp with a
Woodies Rattle Capsule
inserted. If you can only
fish during the heat of the
day, target docks with
deepwater access. In the
early morning look for trout
and redfish up in the skinny
water around concentration
of bait, and toss them your
favorite top water plug.
Also look for schools of bay
anchovies (glass minnows) in
deeper waters. These
schools can be located by
watching for small terns and
other sea birds working, and
they usually are shadowed by
concentrations of small
trout and ladyfish.
Also remember as the days
heat up, long battles will
kill the larger fish, if you
plan on targeting them, you
may want to step up your
tackle to shorten the
battle. Also leave them in
the water as much as
possible, and revive them
completely before releasing
them.
As always, if you need more
information or have
questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
captain@irl-fishing
www.irl-fishing.com
407-366-8085
866-790-8081 toll free
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