| Capt. Chris Myers. I specialize in sight fishing the flats for redfish, This is an archived Mosquito Lagoon flats fishing report from drum, and trout in central Florida. I offer half and full day fishing trips for one or two anglers with light tackle and fly. Fishing is near This is an archived Mosquito Lagoon flats fishing report from Orlando, Cocoa Beach, Daytona Beach, and New Smyrna Beach. If you would like to book a charter or need more information, you can contact me at 321-229-2848. This past week brought some excellent fishing to Mosquito Lagoon. Calm winds, clear water, and hundreds of tailing redfish made the sight fishing about as good as it gets. The redfish could be found in groups of 10-200 slowly roaming the flats feeding on small shrimp and crabs. My clients for the day were new to sight fishing and found it challenging to cast to the schools. Combine an adrenaline rush with a lack of casting practice and even a group of 100 fish can be hard to hit. The DOA shrimp did hit its mark several times and resulted in instant bites. The following day, a dozen redfish came to the boat. Some were caught on a black and purple bunny booger fly and the rest on the 1/4 ounce DOA shrimp on watermelon holographic. On Wednesday, I had Dean from Rhode Island on board. He was an excellent caster and, as luck would have it, the weather turned sour and most of the tailing fish vanished. We saw tailing fish four times during the cloudy and windy morning and Dean put the DOA shrimp on the mark every time and was immediately hooked up. He also used a 4inch CAL tail to land several trout, a flounder, and another redfish. The day after Thanksgiving, the wind was blowing when we arrived and by mid-morning it was blowing at a sustained 21 mph. Throw in lots of clouds and some dirty water and our hopes of sight fishing were dashed. I put on a couple 5.5 inch DOA CAL tails, added a Woodies Rattle, and had Mike and his son Brian cast in areas we hoped were holding fish. Soon, Mike was hooked up with a nice redfish on his Arkansas glow colored bait. Things were slow the rest of the morning but Brian finally landed his first redfish right before we headed in. A front will be moving through on Monday followed by some much cooler weather the remainder of the week. This may help clear up the algae bloom which is still causing cloudy water in many places in the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River. The tailing redfish action should remain excellent through December and the schools should get even more plentiful. |
Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report -November 27, 2011
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