Fishing has remained good the past few weeks even with the cold fronts and windy conditions that have greeted anglers on Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River. With dropping water levels slot redfish continue to school throughout the lagoon on the shallow grass flats. Approaching quietly by push pole will increase your success rate dramatically. Lately most of my charters have yielded double digit days using small soft plastics rigged weedless. Fly anglers are having good success with light colored shrimp patterns. Leading the fish so as not to spook them is key and can be the difference between landing 10 or 1.
Look for redfish in the 20+ pound range on the deeper drop offs when conditions allow. They have been tough to find lately and when we did find them our shots were few but the bite will only get better in the coming months.
Trout up to 9lb are still in the shallowest water you can find. Look for bait and you’ll find the gator trout. 1-3lb trout are plentiful in the 4-6ft depths. Bright colored flies & soft plastics are very effective.
Black Drum up to 50lb have been active in the afternoons in the south IRL. Black clousers, rattle rousers are good flies to try. Soft plastic crabs, live shrimp or cut blue crab will all draw strikes when put on a drums nose. Don’t expect them to chase a bait down you have to feed it to them.
The years off to a good start and the bite will only get better with rising water temps
Look for redfish in the 20+ pound range on the deeper drop offs when conditions allow. They have been tough to find lately and when we did find them our shots were few but the bite will only get better in the coming months.
Trout up to 9lb are still in the shallowest water you can find. Look for bait and you’ll find the gator trout. 1-3lb trout are plentiful in the 4-6ft depths. Bright colored flies & soft plastics are very effective.
Black Drum up to 50lb have been active in the afternoons in the south IRL. Black clousers, rattle rousers are good flies to try. Soft plastic crabs, live shrimp or cut blue crab will all draw strikes when put on a drums nose. Don’t expect them to chase a bait down you have to feed it to them.
The years off to a good start and the bite will only get better with rising water temps
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