Forum: Fishing Reports

Summer 2013 is knocking on the door, water temperatures on the rise, subtropical baitfish and birds such as the beautiful pink Rosette Spoonbill have come back from the south. Big schools of mullet have returned to the flats of Mosquito Lagoon Florida, afternoon rain showers are beginning, live...

After a very mild mid winter, March arrived with chilly winter conditions in east central Florida, dropping water temps back into the upper 50’s for much of the month. Spring time is great for backcountry mixed bag fishing, returning from south Florida are the schools of inshore migrating gamefish...

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We were having an early Spring 2013 here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida before March arrived with winter like temperatures. February’s water temperatures had been mostly in the mid to upper 60’s, now back down into the 50’s. Spring things happening early include Manatee sightings, and Jack Crevalle,...

Gotta hand it to this guy. He knows how to get his lunch :cool: ad7yQ_t6iUI

Winter 2013 has turned into mostly mild to warm with a few chilly days mixed in here on Mosquito Lagoon in East Central Florida. Water temps have ranged from mid to upper 50’s to the mid 60’s F, in some ways more of an early spring fishing pattern during the warmer days. Many of the Redfish schools...

Welcome to 2013, we have had a great year of fishing here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida, ending with a fun December, winter cold has set in, water temp has been 55”F in the open water and lower on the flats in the morning. Our sunny pretty winter days are prime sight fishing with clear water and...

Early winter like conditions have arrived this November 2012 on Mosquito Lagoon Florida, on yesterday mornings charter trip water temp was 57’ to 61’ F through the morning on the flats I was fishing, Redfish have begun to school and the water is clearing. Although water levels remain high,...

Seems like a hundred years ago. I think this was in '08 or '09.

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Fishing has been great here on Mosquito Lagoon this October 2012, water temperatures have dropped, reading 73’F a couple days ago, as the water becomes clearer moving towards winter, sight fishing the flats will only improve even more. Redfish and Seatrout will begin to gather into their winter...

Autumn 2012 has arrived, the long hot Florida summer behind us, cooler mornings feel great as we get on the water as the sun is rising. Redfish and Seatrout catching has been great the last few weeks here on the flats of Mosquito Lagoon, as well as mixed bag fishing in the backcountry waters. Mixed...

wonder where the other 3 are?

I've been watching Pollock Fishing on History Channel's Modern Marvels. This episode followed the 21 day adventure of The Alaska Queen in The Bering Sea doing the Pollock deal. I've seen bits and pieces of it before but watched the whole show today. It's cool to see the way all that chit is...

The action was great. Groceries, not so much. Lots of small specs. One small striper and one big arsed croaker. All mixed in with small spot and white perch. SS "barney" rigs with #4 flicker snelled Bear Paws and Bloodworms.

Gotta hand it to him, he's pretty persistent. After five or six "casts" with that piece of bread, he gets a nice catch :cool: uBuPiC3ArL8

School is starting, fall is coming next month, the end of another summer here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida. The beginning of the slower tourist season means less boat traffic, cooling water temperatures, and I am looking forward to the autumn fishing pattern to start. This last month has been...

There's a couple ads, then the deal gets really interesting. Back in the day, I used M80's tied to rocks as depth charges but this one takes the cake. http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000106670

I had been "talking" to Mark Becker thru the Mowire and made a date to head up to OI and The Shoals with him aboard the original Dog Daze. I had never been in a small boat and thought nothing about riding into the abyss. Little did I know what was in store. I met Mark about 4:30 in the morning...

Some things are branded into my memory bank: The semi annual trip had been planned for a couple months. Always did our fall trip when the world series began. Back then there was nothing but The Charlotte Observer reports done by Tom Higgins to let us know what was going on down at the coast...

July 2012 is winding down here on Mosquito Lagoon and we are having another fun summer of fishing here in East Central Florida. Lots of Redfish and Seatrout catching during the last several weeks. Our water levels rose very high and have fallen back low again after Tropical Storm Debby sat over the...

Just for you:

The fishmojo photo data base is a wonderful thing. I was looking through it the other day. Brandon was 11 and whipped our arses on the lake :cool: A few days later and the same results. This one swam off but I doubt he made it :(

Looks like Budman had a decent trip with Cato(?). I would have had the guys at the dock clean it but maybe Lou wanted go by RDT for Mr Knowitall to get a pic for their picture section :P

We have had a fun May with many charter trips, lots of good Redfish and Seatrout caught on my Mosquito Lagoon flats fishing charters and fun big numbers of Trout, Jacks, Ladyfish, Bluefish and more on my backcountry mixed bag trips. Summer is upon us with the kids out of school any day now. June is...

no driving on the beach here

The boy is a Myrtle staying on the 23rd floor of his bosses condo. He went to Apache pier yesterday evening and caught several sea mullet and a few 10" blues. He will report back later.

May 2012 brings the beginning of summer fishing patterns to Mosquito Lagoon Florida. I had a great April with loads of fun charter trips, many Redfish were caught sight fishing on the grass flats, some great Seatrout also as these are the main 2 target species here on the Lagoon. With low water...

Saw you asked for it, If you didn't get it at Cato's - here it is

March was a fun fishing month with transition patterns here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida, early spring with the warm winter we had, some Redfish remain in their cool water schools, while others have left school, going out on their own in small groups, pairs, and singles. With mullet schools beginning...

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March 2012 is here and spring fishing patterns are beginning, February was a great month for me with lots of fishing charters and many fish caught. We had the warmest winter in many years, expecting a great warm spring coming up. Here are some pictures of happy clients with some of the good fish we...