Central Florida and Orlando Fishing Guide Capt. Chris Myers Fishing Report

Hot weather and hot fishing continue to be the story. There are a variety of fish to be
caught right now in Mosquito Lagoon and the north Indian River Lagoon. If one
species will not cooperate, another one surely will. Be prepared to change your tactics
if necessary.

Monday, I began the day tarpon fishing. On the first cast to a big fish, I was hooked
up. In an unusual occurrence, the line broke and the fish was free. A short while later,
I cast my Baitbuster to another rolling tarpon and was hooked up again. This time, the
fish stayed on. A quick boatside photo was taken and the fish was released.

The tarpon action slowed so I went in search of other species. At my second spot, I
caught 2 snook on the holographic shrimp. Now it was off to look for a red and a trout.
I tied on a shallow running Baitbuster and hit the flats. The trout was a bit small but the
two reds I landed were both over 27 inches. With the grand slam complete, I went
home.

The next Day, I went back to look for tarpon again. I only had about 10 shots the
entire morning but one of them resulted in a fish around 70 pounds being released.
After the tarpon stopped rolling, I headed back.

Thursday and Friday, I chartered Robbie and his son Chad. They made a trip up from
south Florida to experience Mosquito Lagoon. Our objective was to do some sight
fishing. We began Thursday by looking for some tarpon. We only saw about five and
had no good shots. The rest of the day, they had steady shots at redfish and huge
trout. Robbie landed a trout and a 33 inch redfish on a DOA CAL.

With two thirds of a slam complete, we tried for a snook but could not find them. On
Saturday, we tried for some tarpon again. This time resulted in a few legitimate shots
but no hookups. As on the previous day, they had shots at redfish of all sizes
including a good number of tailing and cruising fish in very shallow water. Robbie
connected with a trout and later watched a redfish eat his holographic CAL tail about
20 feet from the boat. Although Dad won the first redfish wager, Robbie finished
strong with a bigger redfish a short while later.