Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
Cocoa Beach Fishing Guide
Cocoa  Beach Fishing Charters
Light Tackle and Fly
Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River
November 18, 2006
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Your Cocoa Beach Fishing Guide
Capt. Chris Myers
Light tackle & Fly Fishing Mosquito Lagoon
321-229-2848


The beginning of the week brought some beautiful weather to east central Florida with sunny skies and light
winds. The water temperature in the Mosquito Lagoon is in the mid 60's and the redfish have been tailing
aggressively. Each day, I am seeing more and more big trout and it looks like it will be an excellent winter for
sight fishing.

I left the spinning rods in the rack and used only my flyrods during three days of fishing the Lagoon. Monday, I
quickly landed four redfish and one big trout. I had a couple shots at black drum but could not convince them to
eat. I left the reds and went searching for a snook to complete the slam but did not see any.

Tuesday, I caught five reds and one big trout using both my five and seven weight rods. I saw a buddy of mine
alone on his new boat so I climbed aboard and poled him for a while. We were able to get into some very shallow
water and my friend had shots a numerous redfish. His casting, however, was a bit rusty and he missed a couple
dozen fish and could not get the hook to stick on a few bites. He did break the ice with a decent trout he caught
by dropping a soft plastic crab into a small sand hole.

Wednesday and Thursday brought clouds, wind and rain but by Friday the skies had cleared. Despite a rather
stiff breeze for most of the day, I decided to stay with the fly and landed sic reds. I again had some shots at black
drum that would not eat and some big reds that were not interested in my tiny fly.

All the fish I caught this week were in very shallow water and most of the reds were tailing. I experimented with
several flies but the most success came with a fly I made with a piece of brown craft fur and a few strands of
copper and gold flash on a #2 hook. It lands softly which is important when targeting ultra shallow reds.















Throughout the week I had shots at dozens of fish. I missed a few hooksets, had a few follows, and lined plenty
of them. A slow retrieve brought the best results. Imparting too much action to the fly sent the fish fleeing in the
opposite direction.
fly fishing for redfish
cocoa beach redfish on fly