Central Florida Fishing Guide Capt. Chris Myers - Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report

Central Florida Fishing Charters with Capt. Chris Myers - Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report
April 7, 2007

The weather the past couple weeks has been up and down with some high winds and some days of no wind. The fishing, like
the weather, has been up and down with some great days, and some not so perfect days. The redfish, however are still
schooled up and plentiful, The big seatrout have returned to the flats and are beginning to eat. The key to fishing has been to
find the schools of mullet. They have been becoming more plentiful each week and the game fish are near the bait.

During the last week of March, I fished several days. On Monday, I fished with my wife in the Melbourne area. Shortly after
dawn, the winds were pushing twenty knots and the Indian River looked like a washing machine. We tried to salvage the day
by hiding from the wind in Crane Creek and the Eau Gallie River. Using 3" CAL tails on jigheads and a rootbeer DOA shrimp,
we caught a snapper, four small snook, and a bass.

Wednesday, I fished with George and Kyle. We started the day on some black drum but after a couple hours of effort, we
could not get one of them to bite. We moved to some shallower flats and encountered several schools of redfish, some large
seatrout, and quite a few tailing reds. George and Kyle both had strikes while throwing a 4" CAL tail in Arkansas Shiner but
could not get the hook to stick for more than a couple seconds. A stiff wind in the afternoon made casting tough and we
finished with only one trout to the boat.

The next day, my father and brother joined me for my brother's first trip to Mosquito Lagoon. Though he is a fishing novice,
my brother managed to get a redfish and five trout to the boat and they had multiple shots at cruising reds throughout the
day. All fish were caught on 4" CAL tails and DOA shrimp.

By Friday, the weather had turned sour and it was cool, cloudy, and windy when we began the day. Bernie and his son,
Kevin, had hoped to get some shots at redfish. Although we saw a few schools of fish, the cloud cover made it almost
impossible to see them until it was too late. The wind kept us from being able to keep up with the fish and we headed in early
with only one trout caught.

The beginning of this week brought some improvement in the weather. Monday, I fished the Mosquito Lagoon with my friend
Paul. We threw 5" CAL tails in green back color almost the entire day. Paul started off with a couple nice trout then it was my
turn. I landed two redfish on the jerk bait and then a trout on a green baitfish pattern fly. We ended the day both having
caught redfish and trout and landed eleven fish.

Tuesday, Jack and his son Curt, from Wisconsin, took their first trip to Mosquito Lagoon. They were both excellent fishermen
and within ten minutes, Jack had the first trout of the day to the boat. Using a 4" DOA CAL tail in Arkansas glow with a
Woodies rattle, the father and son team caught a total of ten redfish and trout on a beautiful spring day.

By Saturday, a cold front had moved through the area dropping both the water level and temperature. It will continue to
remain cool through Monday and then climb steadily. Look for redfish to be tailing especially late in the day. They will take a
well presented soft plastic bait but they may not see your lure while their head is in the grass. Cast past the tailing fish, bring
your lure right in front of their nose and wait for them to raise their head. Give your bait the slightest twitch for an instant
strike.