Three Days Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report
We fished three days on the Mosquito Lagoon this week, thus the Mosquito Lagoon Fishing report. The good news is that the cold weather caused the water temperature to drop, which is causing the water to clear somewhat. The bad news is the shocking loss of seagrass, which has to profoundly (and negatively) affect the productivity of the lagoon.
The Video Room-
Capt. Carol LeCompte of Reelivin Charters in Empire Louisiana sent me an email with this video clip-
This is very cool and well worth watching.
Robert Ridgeway sent me an email with this video clip-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2u9YcNGmoA
This is ridiculous, something a truck fisherman would use. Fish aren’t using technology to escape from us.
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Fishing!
As reported last week, Sunday, instead of watching playoff football I had a boat full of Chinese men out on Mosquito Lagoon. They LOVED the Deadly Combo. They caught a lot of trout, and ended getting eleven legal fish, no big ones, 15-18 inch trout. They had a great time, and so did I.
Monday Chris Webber and his buddy Tim met me at about 1 PM at Parrish Park. They were playing hooky from a conference for an afternoon. Chris showed up in shorts and flip-flops in spite of the fact it was 54 degreees and windy. Dress for the weather, not your fantasy! He was lucky I had my rain bibs with me. The dropping water temperature and hard NE wind did not bode well for angling success, and in fact, they only got one small fish each, Tim a redfish, Chris a seatrout. DOA CAL Shad was the lure- we did not even pull out the fly rod.
My friend Capt. Tom Van Horn just bought a pretty new Hewes Redfisher and on Wednesday he took me out for a spin. The morning was way too cold for me, and apparently for the fish, too. We did not get a bite until after 10 AM.
We looked inside Tiger Shoal. The bottom was almost bare, no seagrass. No fish either.
We looked inside some of the spoil islands. The bottom was almost bare, no seagrass. No fish, either.
Tom hit a short red using a jig. Then I hit a nice one, about seven pounds, on the DOA CAL Shad, followed up shortly afterwards by a fairly nice trout. We got a few more small trout in a couple of different places, and then at 1 PM called it a day.
Nice trout on a cold, gray day.
The lure was a three inch DOA CAL Shad.
Thursday Weldon and Joe Walshe, father and son, and their friend Dave joined me for some spin fishing on Mosquito Lagoon. They did pretty well all things considered, getting 15 or so trout to about 22 inches, and a half dozen redfish too. We actually were able to sight fish some of the reds, what a novel approach! Lures of choice were the three inch DOA CAL Shad and 1/8 ounch Johnson Minnow in both gold and silver. They were happy and so was I.
Dave got the fish of the day on a 1/8 ounce Johnson Minnow.
The CAL Shad did some damage, too.
Friday I was supposed to bag oyster shells at the Brevard Zoo but a deluge caused a cancellation of the program. I wrote a fishing report instead.
And that is the Three Days Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report.
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