Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report - June 8, 2007

Summer finally arrived this week in east central Florida. For the first time in nearly three weeks, we have had
calm winds and warm temperatures. Hopefully, this weather pattern is here to stay. The past month was difficult
for sight fishing with sustained winds of twenty knots for days on end. I had to cancel my planned tarpon trip to
Homosassa due to wind but I was able to get in a few days of fly fishing for tarpon with Capt. John Kumiski in
and around Pine Island Sound. The water was cold and the fish were scattered but I was able to get a fish of
about 80 pounds on an EP minnow at the end of the second day. Last week, I took a trip to Stuart hoping for
some snook and tarpon action. Again, wind and cool water dampened those plans but we did catch a few nice
fish in the inlet including a large flounder on a DOA Swimming Mullet.























This Monday, I spent several hours fly fishing for small tarpon in the Indian River. I tried eight different flies but
never got a bite. A strong wind came up so I took shelter along the shore and caught a black drum on an EP
minnow fly meant for trout. I grew tired of fighting the wind and got out the spinning rod to catch four reds and a
trout on a 5" CAL tail in greenback color.

Tuesday, Capt. John Kumiski joined me for some fly fishing in the Indian River. The wind was not bad in the
morning and Capt. John quickly caught two trout over seven pounds on a popping bug.
























The wind came up early and the flyrod was not working. We switched to spinning rods and I caught a trout of six
pounds on a DOA Chug Head with a 5" black and gold tail. Capt. John used a topwater plug to land a few trout
and a ladyfish and finished off with another trout on a Baitbuster.

Wednesday, Tom and his father-in-law from Missouri joined me for some fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon. The
winds were light for  change but the clouds covered the sun the entire day. We were still able to find some
redfish due to the slick surface. Tom and Howard both landed a large redfish and had shots a quite a few others
throughout the day. The trout fishing was slow with only a few small fish on the DOA Deadly combo.














































Thursday, I was back in the Indian River Lagoon with Jose, and his son, Jose, from Puerto Rico. He wanted to
catch his first redfish. Although we had great weather, and plenty of bait was present, the reds were not as
cooperative as we hoped. Jose finally got his redfish after much effort along with a few trout. Jose Jr. had fun
with some catfish and landed a nice trout.










































The large redfish will remain schooled up throughout the summer in both the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River.
The smaller redfish schools have thinned out and there are more single fish cruising the flats. Big trout are still
holding in the shallow sand holes ambushing mullet schools. A few tarpon are in the Mosquito Lagoon and the
numbers will increase as the summer progresses.
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
Orlando Fishing Charters
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 - Orlando Fishing Guide