Central Florida and Orlando Fishing Guide - Capt. Chris Myers - Mosquito
Lagoon Fishing Report

November 11, 2006

The clouds and rain cleared by Wednesday of this week but behind the front there were some strong winds. I
ventured out into the Mosquito Lagoon with Travis and Jennifer from Jacksonville who were enjoying their last
day of vacation. We began the day by anchoring and tossing out some cut bait while we waited for the last of
the clouds to pass by. The bite was slow but Jennifer landed her first ever redfish and had another shake the
hook.





















The clouds passed and the skies cleared but with the sun came a 20 knot wind from the northwest leaving us
few places to hide. We had the water to ourselves, however, and had multiple shots at redfish and some big
trout throughout the day. Travis had a few bites on the gold Baitbuster but never got hooked up. Spotting the
fish was easy but getting a bait in front of them proved to be difficult with the windy conditions. Jennifer's red
was the only fish that we caught all day.

Thursday, I received a call from Capt. Tom Van Horn that the big redfish were biting well in Ponce Inlet. I joined
him on board his Maverick. The bite was slow until the tide began falling. In less than two hours, we landed ten
redfish between 15 and 30 pounds using live pigfish and pinfish drifted along the bottom. I received similar
reports from Sebastian Inlet as well.























By Friday, the weather was perfect with calm winds and blue skies. I was joined by Bill and Dave from Avon
Park. These long time fishing friends had never fished the Mosquito Lagoon and wanted to experience some
of our great redfish action. Not long after we started, we came upon a shallow bank that was filled with both
tailing and cruising redfish. Neither Bill nor Dave had sight fished before and were surprised at the wariness of
these fish and their small strike zone. They both had a couple bites on a gold DOA jerk bait but the hook did
not stick. We attempted to change our luck by deploying some cut ladyfish in an area that was holding some
oversize reds. After much waiting, we finally got one 29"red to the boat.






















After trying for a while longer with no action, we moved to an area holding mullet schools in 2-3 feet of water.
Using a DOA Deadly Combo, the guys caught several trout each and had a few more which shook free.
Although the catching was slow, it was a perfect day to be on the water.

Look for redfish and big seatrout to be consistent in very shallow grass flats and sand holes. Small soft
plastics will allow you to make a quiet presentation to these spooky fish.

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