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Fishing Reports
Chris Myers
November 18, 2006
Posted by Capt. Chris Myers
Longwood, FL 32779 United States
Email: info@floridafishinglessons.com
Current Report
The beginning of the week
brought some beautiful
weather to east central
Florida with sunny skies and
light winds. The water
temperature in the Mosquito
Lagoon is in the mid 60's
and the redfish have been
tailing aggressively. Each
day, I am seeing more and
more big trout and it looks
like it will be an excellent
winter for sight fishing.
I left the spinning rods in
the rack and used only my
flyrods during three days of
fishing the Lagoon. Monday,
I quickly landed four
redfish and one big trout. I
had a couple shots at black
drum but could not convince
them to eat. I left the reds
and went searching for a
snook to complete the slam
but did not see any.
Tuesday, I caught five reds
and one big trout using both
my five and seven weight
rods. I saw a buddy of mine
alone on his new boat so I
climbed aboard and poled him
for a while. We were able to
get into some very shallow
water and my friend had
shots a numerous redfish.
His casting, however, was a
bit rusty and he missed a
couple dozen fish and could
not get the hook to stick on
a few bites. He did break
the ice with a decent trout
he caught by dropping a soft
plastic crab into a small
sand hole.
Wednesday and Thursday
brought clouds, wind and
rain but by Friday the skies
had cleared. Despite a
rather stiff breeze for most
of the day, I decided to
stay with the fly and landed
sic reds. I again had some
shots at black drum that
would not eat and some big
reds that were not
interested in my tiny
fly.All the fish I caught
this week were in very
shallow water and most of
the reds were tailing. I
experimented with several
flies but the most success
came with a fly I made with
a piece of brown craft fur
and a few strands of copper
and gold flash on a #2 hook.
It lands softly which is
important when targeting
ultra shallow redfish.
Throughout the week I had
shots at dozens of fish. I
missed a few hooksets, had a
few follows, and lined
plenty of them. A slow
retrieve brought the best
results. Imparting too much
action to the fly sent the
fish fleeing in the opposite
direction.
Capt. Chris Myers
http://www.floridafishingless
ons.com
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