Central Florida Sight Fishing Charters
Florida Flats Fishing Trips
Light Tackle and Fly
Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River
April 14, 2008
The water levels in Mosquito Lagoon have risen nearly a foot in the last
couple weeks. This makes places that have been nearly dry for a couple
months accessible. It also means the fish can spread out into areas they
have been unable to reach. Water temperatures had risen into the 80's but a
cold front passed through last night and the overnight lows will be in the
40's. Behind the front will also be several days of wind.

Wind is what we had plenty of the first two days of last week. On Monday, I
fished with Louis and Ron, two Orlando physicians. It was a breezy and
cloudy day making sight fishing difficult. We found several schools of redfish
that didn't seem to mind the weather.












































After catching a few reds, we changed locations and Ron caught the fish of
the day, a 30 inch seatrout.























We finished up the day with another redfish for Louis and a few more trout.

Tuesday, the wind was blowing at 20-25 at first light. Despite the dreary
outlook, I set out with Harold hoping conditions would improve. The wind
never did stop but Harold managed to fool five redfish on 3 and 4 inch DOA
CALs.






















The following morning, Harold and I arrived to find calm waters and warmer
temperatures. He started the morning throwing a DOA Baitbuster.  A few
redfish tried to eat his lure and missed but a decent trout did catch the
mullet imitation. Throughout the day, we encountered quite a few spooky
large trout and some cruising and tailing redfish. Harold landed five redfish
with CAL tails in morning glory and watermelon seed colors.

Thursday, California resident Javier came out for a day of fishing on
Mosquito Lagoon before he returned home from a conference. At our first
stop, we were greeted with several schools of finning redfish. Javier had
three redfish to the boat within the first half hour. The redfish moved on but
we encountered plenty of black drum and Javier hooked five and landed
three.






















We took off in search of a nice trout to complete his slam. We finally found  
one around 24 inches long willing to eat a 3 inch CAL.

Friday, Texas natives Kirk and Rusty made their first trip to Mosquito
Lagoon. After finding some uncooperative fish at the first stop, Rusty landed
a black drum.






















Both guys caught some trout on a DOA Deadly Combo to 21 inches but the
bite was not what I had hoped. We went back to looking for redfish. At our
next stop, Kirk landed a 32 inch redfish.






















We made one more move and found redfish everywhere. Unfortunately, the
guys had only a few minutes left to fish before they had to leave to catch a
plane home. Rusty completed his slam with a 27 inch redfish.























After dropping them off at the ramp, I went back out to check one more spot.
I landed two trout over 24 inches and a redfish all on a 3 inch CAL in
watermelon seed.

With the higher water levels, it may be necessary to do a bit of searching to
find the fish. Look in areas you have not visited when the levels were low.
When you find them, they have been willing to eat well placed soft plastics.
Dark colors such as the mostly black morning glory and the dark green
watermelon seed have been very effective.
Your Central Florida Fishing Guide
Capt. Chris Myers
Fly and Light Tackle Fishing in Mosquito Lagoon
321-229-2848