Banana River No-Motor Zone Tailing Drum

Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report,
December 11, 2008
By Captain Tom Van Horn

With thunder rumbling outside on the leading edge of a strong cold front, it's fitting that I tell you about some of the best fishing I've experienced on the Indian River Lagoon coast all year. We all live for those unforgettable days on the water with crystal clear calm conditions and tailing fish everywhere, but in most cases those days only exist in our dreams. Well I'm here to say that not only did we have one of those days last week, we had a week of such conditions, and as this strong weather front pushes through, we may again be blessed with comparable circumstances by this weekend.


My good friend Captain Chris Myers on the pole as I cast to a tailing redfish from my Kay-noe. Photo by Paul Macinnis.

My adventures this past week were shared between friend and clients, and on each occasion we paddled into the Banana River No-Motor Zone, and we were rewarded by good numbers of quality black drum and redfish. At first, the fish were few and far between, but as the water warmed up they became more abundant, and on each occasion we found plenty of black drum and redfish mixed in together. For me the bait of choice was the D.O.A. Shrimp and Crab in darker colors, but fly anglers also connected as well. Although the fish were tailing happily, there were not always eager to take our presentations, but we still manager to find a few takers, and the sight of all of those happy fish was still very rewarding.

Captain Chris removers his fly from an eager redfish.

All in all, the fishing was outstanding this past week, and I'm looking forward to the passing of this most recent front and some more great fishing next week.

As always, if you have any questions or need information, please contact me.

Good luck and good fishing,


Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
www.irl-fishing.com
407-416-1187 on the water
407-366-8085 landline

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