Last week I fished the Lagoon with Mark and 11 year old Josiah from Canada. Windy conditions made it difficult
to keep track of the big fish so we elected to go for some slot sized fish. Mark was the first to hook up with a
small red on a baby bass jerk worm. He landed another red on the same bait and then Josiah caught his first
ever redfish on a gold jerk bait.















An excellent young angler, Josiah was ready for more. Mark caught one more red before the fish moved on as
did we. The next spot was full of trout and Josiah landed three of them with his gold worm.

Monday, I fished the Lagoon with Mike from Orlando. The march wind was howling but we found a few fish. The
first cast into a school of black drum with a plastic crab produced an upper slot trout. The next few dozen casts
were ignored but I did manage to finally land one drum around 15 lbs.















We could not convince any more black drum to bite but Mike landed his biggest red ever of 35" nearby on the
same  crab.
















We left the bigger fish and moved to some shallower water and each caught a few smaller reds and trout to
complete the slam.

Tuesday, I had the pleasure of hunting cobia with Captains Ron Presley and Tom Van Horn aboard Capt. Ron's
22 Pathfinder. Although the conditions were not ideal, we did spot seven cobia, cast to five and land two. Both
Cobia were caught on jumbo live shrimp. We saw a few tripletail, one of which I caught on a live pogie.

































Thursday, I fished with Bob from Orlando. We had a short window of calm winds in the morning and found a few
schools of fish. Using a new shad tail lure from Capt. Joe Hebert (captjoefishing.com), we caught and released
several reds using a gold and a mullet colored jig. The wind picked up and we moved to several other spots
throughout Mosquito Lagoon and caught several more reds and trout on a Capt. Joe Shredder in rootbeer and
pink.















Friday, I was joined by Chuck from Georgia and Todd of South Carolina. The day began overcast and breezy
and the fishing was slow with only a few small trout. The sun broke through and we went searching for some
bigger fish. We eventually came upon two schools of black drum and a school of over slot redfish. Chuck was
able to hook and land his first ever redfish, a 35” beauty.

















Todd hooked up next but a  small knot in his line got caught up on the reel and broke off. We stayed with the fish
for several hours but could not get another bite even with a variety of natural baits. We tried hard to get Todd his
first redfish but it was not to be. Several other locations did not even result in a sighting. Other anglers reported
slow or sporadic action as well.
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
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Fly and Light Tackle Fishing
Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River
321-229-2848
This is an archived Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report from  Capt. Chris Myers. I offer fly and light tackle fishing
charters in the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon for redfish. I specialize in sight fishing the shallow flats of
east central Florida. Please visit my current central Florida Fishing Report for the latest conditions. You can
find more information  on my the home page at - Mosquito Lagoon Redfish Charters