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Fishing Report for Homosassa, Florida

Capt. Mike Locklear
November 9, 2002
Homosassa - Saltwater Fishing Report

Hoomosassa Trout Are Biting!

Homosassa fishing has been great lately. The season has changed and we are now in our fall/winter patterns. We have had two fronts move through in the last 10 days and the fishing has improved greatly for spotted sea trout.

My favorite client ladies in the world who have fished with me for more than 15 years straight returned for their annual trip. They live in Tampa and the drive is only about an hour with the new Suncoast Parkway. I decided to cancel them on Friday November 1 because the cold front was moving through and they like the conditions right, so I moved them to Monday.

It was the right thing to do, as Carly Simon would say. Madeline, Helen and Leslie met me at MacRae’s of Homosassa for an all day outing. Madeline always brings me a Cuban sandwich from Ybor City. Man, those are good.

As I cruised down the Homosassa River and out Mason Creek through the Chassowitzka National Wild Refuge my thoughts were how beautiful this area is with vast marshes, hardwood islands and abundant wildlife. Almost every morning we see bald eagles, ospreys, herons, egrets and porpoises.

Our first stop was a place that has hard rocky bottom with kelp or rock grass growing up to four feet in length about the size of a football field. The trout were not cooperative at first, but after the third drift, the fish began to turn on. We started picking them up one at a time and everyone in the boat landed a nice keeper trout between 16-18 inches.

As the tide rose we moved inshore between the islands and the trout were there, too. We put a few more in the box and decided to go redfishing. Within minutes, Leslie landed a bronze beauty of about 22 inches. We ran out shrimp quickly as the ones I had were leftovers from the day before and the bait shops were out of shrimp today. Se we went back trout fishing.

At one point during the highest tide we began catching redfish and trout over 20 inches on our Cajun Thunder cork rigs with Cotee twin tails in peril color. Leslie and I both caught a keeper red, which gave the girls their limit of redfish. Before the day was out Helen landed a 20-inch trout, which completed her limit of 5 trout. We fell short by one fish having all the ladies a limit catch each. Four of the fish were over 20 inches. What a catch for these fine Florida schoolteachers.

Well folks, I have a lot more to report on but it will have to wait until I get back from Georgia deer hunting. My guide buddies, Captains’ Jim Long, Charlie Harris, Ray Wallace and my son are all going hunting. The fish will get a break! My son and I ready to roll and daylight is burning, so I got to go

Have a nice week.

Capt. Mike

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