Capt. Chris Myers
May 20, 2009
Fishing Report
It has now been raining for three straight days here in central Florida. While we had been experiencing a drought, it was quite nice not to have any mosquitoes at the boat ramp. With some areas having received over 12 inches of rain this week, the mosquitoes will be out in full force. Fortunately, they do not bother us on the water.
We certainly needed the rain but after being off the water for 6 days now, I am ready to get back to some fishing. My trips for this week were cancelled and the weather may not improve until Friday. The first tropical system of the season is upon us and is moving through slowly.
Last week, I had the chance to fish some places significantly south of my home waters. Monday's trip resulted in one tarpon jumped and 6 snook brought to the boat. Tuesday, I fished in Stuart with my friend Capt. Wayne Magdalena. We cast to some tarpon for a couple hours with only a few bites and no fish jumped. The flats were full of mullet but the trout and snook were few and far between. I caught a few trout on a 5" CAL tail and landed a decent flounder on the holographic DOA shrimp.
Thursday, I travelled to Fort Pierce to fish with Capt. Mark Nichols. The morning bite was slow but when the tide started moving, the fish turned on. Using the holographic DOA shrimp, we caught at least 20 snook between us, several trout, and even a small grouper. An excellent day of catching.
snook
Back in Mosquito Lagoon, the water has risen nearly a foot this week. Should it remain at that level, it will open up areas that have been too shallow to fish this year. With few, if any, boats on the water this week, the fish should have a chance to relax and get happy in their new found feeding grounds.
Upcoming Seminars
This weekend, I will be speaking at the annual Fishstock event in New Smyrna Beach. I will be on at 1pm both Saturday and Sunday talking about catching tarpon in an around central Florida. The seminars will run from 11-4pm. A complete list of the speakers can be found here - http://fishstock.com/index.jsp?articleID=51865
In addition to the seminars, there will be boats on display, vendors, kids events, fly fishing demos, and food. Directions to the event can be found here - http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs070/1102056358485/img/8.jpg?a=1102586201738
On June 13, Capt. Tom Van Horn and I will present the third in our series of inshore fishing seminars at Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka. This class will cover fishing the flats with soft plastic baits. If you want to learn to catch fish on soft plastic artificials, this is the class for you. We will demonstrate how to use these baits in the indoor pool so participants can see the exact techniques to use for catching more fish. The free class starts at 10am and no registration is required.
Capt. Chris Myers
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/
321-229-2848
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