Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, November 10, 2007
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka Florida
I know for a fact, time spent in the outdoors flushes your mind and sooths you soul, and after two weeks of nasty weather, I was more the eager to do some mind flushing and soul searching this past week. Although we experienced some cool clear days, blustery breezes and high and dirty water conditions in the lagoon made sight fishing tough on the flats and the seas sloppy offshore. Today the winds began to settle a little bit, so hopefully this weekend and the first part of next week we will see some excellent fishing conditions.
Although the weather this week was marginal, I did manage two different fly fishing trips into the Banana River No-Motor Zone, with limited results. My first excursion was with my good friend and lagoon mentor Captain John Kumiski, and between the two of us, we only caught one redfish and three snooklets. The weatherman called for light winds from the north, and as a seasoned salt, I knew that any wind prediction with a northerly component typically means a minimum of 15 knots, or N for nasty, which was the case.
My next adventure was with Steve Gamble, owner of and veteran fly fishing guide from the Gallatin River Lodge in Bozeman Montana (http://www.blogger.com/). Again we ventured into the NMZ just after daylight facing a northwest wind of 5-knots, good conditions for fishing the west shore of the zone. For the first few hours we struggled with low light conditions, but at around 9 AM both the sky and water cleared up and we had a good number of shots at redfish, large sea trout, and even snook, with no success. Steve even had three different redfish eat his fly and then come unbuttoned. Lasting only about an hour, our window of opportunity was soon closed by a building north wind and we returned to the landing stinking to high heaven.
For those of you planning to fish the lagoons this week, water conditions were high and dirty in a lot of locations, but the fish were plentiful. So, I would suggest slowing down and cover fishy locations thoroughly. Also, we did see some really nice black drum on the flats, but deep water and wind made seeing and casting to these fish problematical.
In closing, I would like to remind everyone to take a moment this weekend to thank those veterans both current and inactive for their gallant efforts to protect and fight for our freedom and our American values, God bless them and America.
Seminars and Events
November 17th 9am - 11am, Anglers for Conservation presents the Hook Kids on Fishing program at the Volusia County Fair Grounds, Coastal Angler Magazine's Boat Show & Fishing Expo. The first 100 kids will receive a new fishing rod, reel and tackle box on completion of the program.November 16th, 17th, and 18th, Coastal Angler Magazines Boating and Fishing Expo at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, the event features a full program of speakers and seminars. Hands on Angler Improvement Clinic presented by Mosquito Creek Outdoors, learn to rig soft plastic baits and utilized braided fishing line, knots, and leaders for inshore applications, and participants will receive free samples from RipTide, D.O.A, Woodies Rattles, and coupons redeemable at Mosquito Creek Outdoors while supplies last.
Call now to purchase your discounted holiday charter gift certificate for the 2008-fishing season.As always, if you have any questions or need more information, please contact me.Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
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