Kingfish and Tarpon
Capt. Tom Van Horn
June 9, 2011
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, June 7, 2011
Upcoming Seminars and Events
Saturday, June 11th Summer Kingfish
10: 00 - 12:00 "Free Seminars" instructed by Rapala Pro Staffer Rodney Sahr, "Summer Kingfish", located in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida, www.mosquitocreek.com.
This Weeks Fishing Report
Fishing this past week has shown improvement as the water temperatures along the beach have begun to warm up, the winds are starting to subside and the seas are settling down offshore. Summer weather patterns have begun to settle in, and the catching will begin to improve along the Indian River Lagoon Coast. Calmer mornings will provide for some great sight fishing and top-water plug action in the lagoon. Along the beach, the clean green water has begun to push in close bringing the kingfish, jumbo jacks, bonito, sharks and tarpon action near-shore. These conditions will provide some excellent catches in the weeks to come and continue to improve as long as the summer squalls stay away.
The lack of any significant rainfall in May has produced extremely low water level in the inshore lagoons, so shallow conditions and low dissolved oxygen levels have slowed the redfish bite in shallow. On the other hand, further out one the flats in two to three feet of water, the sea trout bite has been very good fishing early in the morning with top-water plugs like the Storm Chug Bug and Rapala Skitterwalks. The key has been to focus your efforts in areas of mullet schools. If the floating sea grass becomes a problem, the DOA CAL Tail rigged weedless with a DOA Chug Head works very well.
Along the beach, the bait schools are on the increase, and as the water cleans up, the kingfish will be moving in close to the beach. Currently, the tarpon bite is improving with most fish coming on live pogies fished in areas of rolling tarpon. Further out on 8AReef and along Pelican Flats, a mixed bag of dolphin, cobia and kingfish was reported, but the bite hasn't been consistent.
For up to date fishing forecast by all Coastal Angler Magazine Orlando captains visit:
http://coastalanglermag.com/orlando/.
As always, if you have any questions or need help, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
(407) 416-1187 on the water
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