Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors
The summer doldrums held fast this past week on the east central coast of Florida with hot calm days providing for some assumes sight fishing conditions. Although the fishing conditions were magnificent, the catching wasn't great. We did manage some assume fish, but it feels like a bit of cold water (Labrador Current) may be starting to push in. The bait this week was in very close to the beach making it tough to catch, and the inshore kingfish were few and far between.
On Monday I fished with my good friends Mark Blyth and Larry Carter and our goal was simply to find something to pull hard. Like mentioned earlier, the pogies (Atlantic Menhaden) were hard to catch. After securing several dozen pogies, we move over to the Port Canaveral buoy line and ended our day with one cuda, and one large Jack caravalle.
Mark Blyth's Jumbo Jack Cravalle
On my next adventure I was joined by Roland VanArsdale and his son Roland and catching bait and fish was tough. The bait was still in close to the beach, only this time the swells and surf was much larger. We worked a number of different areas from the Buoy Line to the bight, and we only managed two large barracudas, but we still had fun.
Cliff's Mosquito Lagoon Gator
Today, I the pleasure of fishing in a four boat group charter out of JB's Fish Camp in New Smyrna Beach. In my boat, I fishing with Cliff Hendrickson, Evan Landis, and Allen Peacock, and the unique thing about the group was we were all native Florida crackers from Orlando. We started out working the docks and oyster bars around JB's managing only a few sea trout and ladyfish, and we finished up on Tiger Shoals where Cliff caught his largest gator trout to date.
For those of you fishing this weekend, remember there is a professional redfish tournament in the lagoon tomorrow, so be prepared for crowed waters.
Last but not least, Sandi and I are in the process of purchasing the Coastal Angler Magazine franchise for the greater Orlando area. We will be distributing 10,000 copies in central Florida featuring fishing forecast and articles about outdoor adventure right here in Orlando, so be sure to check your local boating, tackle, and outdoor retailer and pick up a copy, it's free!
As always, if you need information or have any questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
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