Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
Guided Fishing Trips Near Orlando
Light Tackle and Fly
Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River
The fishing and catching in the Mosquito Lagoon have varied with the weather
during the past week. Last Monday, I fished on a breezy day with Scott, Tom,
and Smitty from Maryland. We found a school of big redfish at our first stop but,
with the sun still low, the guys had a tough time seeing them and could not quite
get a cast in front of the school before they vanished. At our second stop, we
had two bites from black drum but the fish shook free before we landed them.
This was followed up by a couple of redfish that Scott landed. The third flat
produced two  progressively bigger redfish, one for Smitty and the biggest one
for Tom.


































































Tuesday and Wednesday brought a cold front with high winds and rain.
Thursday was the coldest day of the week with the temperature still at 38
degrees when Blaine and Rick from Indiana stepped onto my boat at 8am.  
Despite having great visibility, we didn't see a lot of fish but the guys did have
shots at small schools of redfish, a few large schools of drum, and singles and
pairs of redfish from 5-20 pounds. Rick used a 3 inch DOA CAL in the new
watermelon seed color to fool the only redfish we caught all day.





















Friday was a bit warmer and I was joined by the father and son team of Pat and
Matt from New York City. Matt started the day off on a good note landing an 18
pound black drum.






















Unfortunately, Matt forgot his polarized glasses and as the sun got higher, he
had a hard time seeing the fish. Throughout the day, we encountered schools of
redfish including one that was holding fish of 15-30 pounds, as well as numerous
single redfish and large trout. The lures never quite seemed to get into the fish's
strike zone, however and the drum turned out to be the only catch of the day.

Saturday, the weather was perfect. Calm, sunny, and near 80 degrees. I fished
with Rich from Connecticut who was enjoying a break from the sub-freezing
temperatures. His first cast to a school of fish resulted in a redfish around 17
pounds, his biggest ever.























He followed this up at our second stop by catching another redfish and a trout on
a DOA CAL. Rich had some shots at some 30 pound reds but they were put on
alert by a boat that drove up on us and would not eat. Rich spent the rest of the
day casting to numerous redfish, black drum, and trout, and managed to land
three more reds before we reluctantly called it quits.

By Monday, the nice weather was gone. The winds ahead of an approaching
cold front were topping 20 and the clouds were rolling in. Jeff and Vick were
some hard core anglers who wanted to give it a try despite the tough conditions.
Many of the spots we fished Saturday were no muddied up by the wind. We did
not see a lot of fish and many that we did see were only a few feet from the boat.
The guys each caught one redfish and had a few bites before an approaching
storm cell chased us back to the ramp.























As the winds calm down and the temperatures rise over the next few days, look
for the fish to be back on the shallow flats searching for small crabs. If you are
getting good presentations to fish but they will not eat, try using the smallest lure
you can effectively cast. Fly fishermen will have good success throwing tiny crab
patterns in olive, black or brown. If the water is calm, you may need a leader of
12 feet or more to keep from spooking the fish.
February 19, 2008
Your Orlando Fishing Guide
Capt. Chris Myers
Fly and Light tackle Fishing Mosquito Lagoon
321-229-2848