Mosquito Creek Outdoor's Indian River Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report,
August 14, 2010
By Captain Tom Van Horn
Upcoming Classes, Seminars and Events
Wednesday September 8th, Seminar on the "Fishing Fall Mullet Run" at the Backcountry Flyfishing Association meeting, 6:30 PM, Harmoni Market, 2305 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, Florida 32804
Saturday, September 18th, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers, Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Fishing the Fall Mullet Run" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.
Saturday October 2nd 10 AM - 5 PM, "Discover Fly Fishing Day" in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka Florida. Guides, Professionals and Factory representatives will be on hand all day to introduce new comers to fly fishing and discuss casting, destinations, tactics, and equipment.
Saturday, October 23rd, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers, Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Fall Fishing Tactics Redfish, Trout and Flounder" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.
Tuesday, November 9th, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Orlando Kayak Fishing Club Meeting (open to all) in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoor in Apopka Florida.
Saturday, November 20th, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers, Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Preparing for the Shad Run & Crappie Season & Shad Derby Meeting" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.
This Week's Report
Windy conditions this past week generated by a passing tropical low pressure system moving north through the Gulf of Mexico resulted in a shift in plans from fishing the near-shore waters out of Port Canaveral to fishing inshore in the Indian River Lagoon. One of the great attributes about living and fishing in Central Florida is the multitude of fishing options available year round. If conditions are too rough offshore, lighten up your tackle and hit the lagoon or one of our many fresh water lakes or rivers.
This past week I fish the Indian River Lagoon on two occasions with mixed results. On the first trip, I had the honor of fishing with the Dunkly party from Ohio, and the fishing was tough to say the least. At our first stop, we located a nice school of black drum, and two nice drum made the boat within the first hour. After drum school dissipated, we struggled to catch anything other than hardhead catfish for the remainder of the day with the exception of a huge 50-inch redfish brought to the boat by the tag team efforts of Casey and Mathew.
On my second charter I was privileged to once again fish with repeat clients Craig and Max Welch and their friend Ken from Texas. Again, the fishing was great, but the catching was even tougher than the trip before. Throughout the day we had shots at both redfish and black drum, and other than a mullet and a catfish taken on fly by Ken, we never put a single redfish or black drum in the boat. During the first two hours of the trip, we found multiple schools of big redfish with no takers, and near the end of the day we found the mother lode of black drum schools, and we never even got a bite, very frustrating. Without stretching the truth much, we must have had shots at a thousand fish, and if it wasn't for Ken's secret Texas mullet fly, we would have gotten skunked.
As of this writing, the seaward conditions have settled down, so look for Three Quarter Time to be busting out of Port Canaveral in the morning for some tarpon, snook and kingfish action along the beach, and I'll let you know how we did in my next report.
Mathew and Casey Double Teamed this Monster Redfish
Mathew's Black Drum on a Trigger X Crab
Trigger X Black DrumBlack .
As always, if you need information or have any questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
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407-416-1187 on the water
407-366-8085 land line
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