Fishing in Mosquito Lagoon has been excellent during the last two weeks. Frequent cold fronts have dropped water temperatures, cleaned up the clarity, and moved lots of redfish, speckled trout, snook and black drum onto shallow Mosquito Lagoon flats. That will be the story for the next few months, as things won’t really change until later in February.
There’s a reason why the winter months yield jam packed calendars. Sight fishing will be some of the best of the year and numbers of fish caught will be epic. Days and weeks fill up way in advance…don’t wait till last minute. Only 5 days left open in December. Half of January is already full. February dates are starting to fill as well.
We’ve been finding great numbers of Redfish in Mosquito Lagoon during the first two weeks of December. Catching has also been very good with several days lately putting 10-20 redfish in the boat casting lures and live shrimp. Redfish have been in small schools and scattered singles. When it’s been warmer we are finding lots of tailing redfish. Fishing for redfish during the winter months is historically great in Mosquito Lagoon. Water is usually cold, clear and low…all necessary ingredients for big schools of redfish. As water levels drop the rest of the month and into January and February schools are going to grow in numbers. If you’re lucky enough to hit it right, we can put dozens of redfish in the boat during the day.
Spotted Sea Trout are quickly moving up out of the deeper creeks and basins of Mosquito Lagoon and onto shallow grass flats to chase bait and find warmer water. We’re seeing good numbers of big gator trout lounging in sand holes and lots of smaller fish schooling up in troughs where the baitfish are congregating. Most days lately have produced a dozen or more speckled trout on soft plastics and live shrimp. Live mullet have been tough to come by lately which is kind of limiting what success we could have on the big giant trout, but we just need a little more colder weather to push the mullet into deeper spots that make catching bait easier.
Had some great fishing for Snook a few weeks ago near Ponce Inlet and the Indian River Lagoon and then it tapered off a bit. Colder weather pushed them into deeper creeks and channels to warm up. We were averaging 20-30 snook a day the first week or so of the month, then it tapered off to just 10 in a few hours as things warmed up. More frequent cold weather will keep them in the holes which should stabilize the catching again. We’re getting all the snook on live shrimp, DOA shrimp, soft plastics, and plugs.
December is almost fully booked…only 5 days remain open. January is already half full, so only about 13 days still left open. February is now starting to book as well. I take last second scheduling if I have open days. Call me at 386-212-4931 or email to secure a date. Read my fishing charter page to view the top reasons why you should book your trip with me today. I look forward to fishing with you soon…
Pictures from the past month can be found on my website...http://www.floridasightfishing.com/report.htm
Sunday, December 16, 2018
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