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Fishing Reports
Mosquito Lagoon Florida 6/15/07
June 16, 2007
Posted by Capt Chris Myers
Email: info@floridafishinglessons.com
Current Report
Fishing for redfish and
trout brought some nice
results this week on the
Mosquito Lagoon. Topwater
baits in the morning have
produced trout and soft
plastics work throughout the
day
Last Friday and Saturday, I
fished with brothers Mike
and Larry. They reserved one
of the islands in the Lagoon
for camping and spent a few
days fishing, camping, and
enjoying the launch of the
space shuttle. Our first day
fishing was calm but cloudy,
making sight fishing a
challenge. Larry caught a
redfish on his second cast
and landed another a while
later, both on a DOA CAL
tail. The fish were finning
and tailing in the shallow
water but were very spooky.
We moved out to some deeper
water and Mike landed a nice
redfish of about 34.
On day two, the competition
among the brothers was
heating up. It was cutthroat
fishing as they battled to
see who could catch the most
and biggest. Larry caught a
trout of about 18 and two
more redfish around 30.
Mike also caught a redfish
around 30. The smaller reds
were not cooperating and
most of the fish we saw were
buried in the grass.
Sunday and Monday, I fished
with Scott and his son
Scotty, from Ohio. The
mission was to get Scotty a
big redfish. Within and hour
or so, we had found a large
school of big redfish and
Scotty did an excellent job
of catching and fighting a
redfish that measured 40.
After having the hook pull
on another large fish, a few
other boats arrived and the
bite shut down. We moved to
a deeper grass flat and
Scotty caught his first
flounder on a 5 DOA CAL,
and his dad caught a trout
on the same bait. We moved
again and came across
another school of large
reds. Scotty caught one fish
from that school, another
beauty over 35.
The next day, Scotty caught
a 26 trout on a green 5
cal tail to start the day.
The fish squirted out of my
grasp and back into the
water before we could snap a
photo. We tried several
schools of big reds but
could not get them to eat.
Around mid day, we returned
to the flat where we had
started and began to see big
redfish and trout cruising
the flat. I tied on some
gold Baitbusters and Scotty
was soon hooked up to a
redfish of around 33. His
dad managed to get a nice
trout on the Baitbuster and
had several reds follow his
lure but did not hook up
Wednesday, Shane and his
wife Courtney too a break
from the theme parks to go
fishing on the Mosquito
Lagoon. We started out the
morning throwing chug bugs
and a DOA chug head/cal tail
combo and landed a few
trout. As the sun began to
rise, we went to a large
school of big redfish but
found them unwilling to eat.
We left those fish and made
a short run to another spot.
The couple quickly connected
with two 34 redfish.
A line of dark storms
drifted in off the beach and
forced us to run back near
the ramp to wait for them to
pass. The skies cleared and
we resumed fishing. The
reprieve, however, was
brief, and before long, we
found ourselves trying to
outrun a second wave of
storms.
Thursday, I fished out of
Port Canaveral with my
friend Rich aboard his 22'
bay boat. The bait was
scattered as were the fish.
I hooked up with a kingfish
of about 20 lbs only to have
the hook pull when it made a
sudden run under the boat.
Rich caught a king of about
15 lbs a while later. We had
a few short strikes and saw
a couple tarpon and jacks
but the action was slow.
With the summer weather
pattern now having arrived,
be prepared to see large
tarpon moving into the
Mosquito lagoon and Indian
River. During the summer, I
keep a heavier action rod
rigged with a Baitbuster on
board as you never know when
one of the silver kings will
show themselves.
Capt. Chris Myers
Central Florida Sight
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