Capt. Chris Myers
May 11, 2010
Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report
The mullet and other baitfish have been returning to the Lagoons of east central Florida in full force. With the influx of food, the predator fish are feeding aggressively. Seatrout have become more plentiful and active and the redfish have begun feeding on the mullet as well. With the water temperatures now in the mid 80's, the tarpon will begin to return and I saw the first one of the year this week. The giant redfish are schooling and we have encountered fish over 30 pounds recently.
In the last week of April, I had Jim and Doug on board for an instructional charter. Faced with some windy conditions, casting was tough but we encountered numerous tailing redfish. Jim used a three inch DOA CAL bait in Arkansas Glow to fool a couple redfish.
The following day, the winds had died down and I went exploring some different areas with Capt. Drew. We caught both redfish and trout on DOA shrimp and CAL's.
By Friday, the wind was blowing hard again. Bob and Ricky had shots at numerous redfish during the day but landed only one.
Saturday and Sunday, I fished with David and his son Zach. We spent the first day trying to avoid the crowd from the tournament boats in the area. Zach's first redfish ever was a twenty pound bull.
He also caught several seatrout with the largest around seven pounds.
The following day was much less crowded and we had plenty of room to sight fish the flats. Zach landed four redfish to thirty inches.We spent the last hour casting to a school of redfish over twenty pounds but could not convince them to eat our offerings.
Mike and Danny fished with me on Tuesday of last week. We sight fished for redfish for a while getting shots at singles and small groups. We then moved out to the edges of the flats and I tied on some DOA Deadly Combos. Both guys caught some nice trout until they were tired of reeling them in. We decided to give the redfish another shot. Danny ended the day with an eighteen pound red.
This Saturday, British anglers Chris and Dave joined me in Mosquito Lagoon. We began the day targeting a school of large redfish. Dave hooked one that made several drag screaming runs before it was cut off by another fish in the school. We had several more shots at them but could not get them to eat.Our second stop revealed some big schools of redfish in shallow water. Chris quickly hooked up and landed one before some inconsiderate anglers surrounded our boat and chased the fish away.
We tried some trout fishing in deeper water. While a few were caught, and a few got away, we could not hit the magic spot. Chris landed one more redfish before we headed back to the ramp.
I look forward to some great fishing in the next few weeks. With all the baitfish around, the jacks, ladyfish, and tarpon will soon be arriving. The topwater bite is improving each day, especially early in the day.
Upcoming Seminars
The next Introduction to Fly Fishing Seminar will be at Mosquito Creek Outdoors on Saturday, May 22 at 10am. You must be registered for this free class. Call 407-464-2000.
Beginning on Saturday, May 29, Capt. Tom Van Horn and I will be starting our inshore saltwater fishing series at Mosquito Creek Outdoors. The first class will be Introduction to Flats Fishing. This monthly series will cover all aspects of inshore saltwater fishing. The classes are free and no registration is required.
May 29th - Flats Fishing Techniques
June 26th - Lines Leader & Knots
July 10th - Hard Baits
August 7th - Soft Plastics
September 18th - Natural & Live Bait
October 23rd- Fishing Tactics
November 20th - Paddle Fishing
All Mosquito Creek Fishing Clinics are Free and entire families are welcome.
Clinics begin at 10:00 AM in the Mosquito Creek "Outback" Paddle Sport Camping and Fishing Center and last approximately 2 hours.
June 12, I will be at the Coastal Angler Magazine Fishing and Boating Expo at Boaters Exchange in Rockledge. I will be speaking about Sight Fishing the Flats. Other speakers include Capt. Keith Kalbfleisch, Capt. John Kumiski, Jery McBride, and others. View details at http://boatersexchange.com/content08.asp?nav=145073&
Video How to Series
I have begun posting some instructional videos on YouTube on fishing the flats. I will be adding to this series as time permits. I will be choosing topics from issues I see affecting anglers success on a regular basis. If you have any suggestions for future episodes, send me an email. You can see the first two videos and subscribe to the series here -
Saltwater Fly Casting - Quick Cast
Casting and Presenting the DOA Shrimp on the Flats
Capt. Chris Myers
Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/
321-229-2848
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