Mosquito Lagoon and Tarpon Fishing Report
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This week’s Mosquito Lagoon and Tarpon Fishing Report:
Monday morning Scott Radloff and I braved 20-25 knot winds and thick overcast to try fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon. I got a redfish on my first cast. I would love to say “then it got better.” That may be a bit of an exageration. We did get a half dozen each of reds and trout though, including some very solid fish. And the overcast broke up, and the sun came out! The wind just kept a-honking, though. My lure of choice was an old Riptide Weedless jig outfitted with a four inch DOA CAL jerkbait. The last two fish we got on mullet pieces. We did better then we had any right to expect, that’s for sure.
Scott said I look scary while wearing the Sun Armor. That may be true, but who looks scarier, me…
I got several trout. This was the nicest.
…or Scott?
Scott was real happy with this 28 inch redfish.
Wednesday saw another 4 AM wake-up call and four hours of driving to fish with friend Rick again. I had shots at tarpon all day long (wasn’t sick this time either). On the best shot I had three fish closely examined the fly. All said no. I pulled it in and looked. It was fouled. 🙁 I hooked two small cobia that were following rays and lost both of them. Thus the day ended.
Thursday we tried again. Again I had shots most of the day. I had several “almosts” and got one bite on a black and purple streamer. I broke the fish off after beating it. It wasn’t very big, only about 50 pounds, but I got a real tarpon on a fly, something that had been missing from my repertoire lately. Gracias a Deus! They are such incredible fish!
Tarpon and I, mano a mano.
That is this week’s exciting version of the Mosquito Lagoon and Tarpon Fishing Report.
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John Kumiski
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