Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report
Capt. Tom Van Horn
April 22, 2013
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, April 22, 2013
By Captain Tom Van Horn
Events and Seminars
Saturday May 4th, 4 pm to 8 pm, An Afternoon on the Lagoon, Cancer Benefit for Fire Fighter Stephen Whitney. The event will be held at Crackerjacks Seafood and Tiki Bar located on the Max Brewer Memorial Pier in Titusville, Florida. Come join us for cocktails for a cause and help provide financial support for Steve and his family as he fights inoperative stage 4 lung cancer. Donations can be made at any Wells Fargo Bank in the name of the Stephen Whitney Family Cancer Fund. For more details contact Tom Van Horn at [email protected] or call me at (407) 416-1187.
T Boriski Apparel: Check out our introductory offer of 12.99 for T Borski Apparel at www.tborskiapparel.com.
This Week's Fishing Report
We've finally started receiving some significant levels of rain on the Indian River Lagoon coast of Florida this past week, and water levels have increased on both the Lagoons and the St Johns River. Additionally along with this rainfall, higher nutrient levels from runoff are showing signs of increased alga levels in the water in the area of the Haulover Cannel
In the lagoons this past week, higher water levels have spread out the schools and they have been cruising the edges in close feeding on fiddler crabs. In addition, the larger sea trout have begun feeding on top-water plugs and soft plastics at first light in close on the shallow flats. Remember, the larger sea trout are all females and this is their spawning season, so please handle and release these larger females with extreme care.
In Port Canaveral and along the beach, bait pods of Atlantic menhaden have shown up in close to the beach south of the Cocoa Pier and some rather large tarpon are there as well. Squally conditions have limited near-shore fishing to larger vessels, so when seas settle down it's tarpon time on the Space Coast, and I cant wait!.
On the St Johns River, increased rainfall has water levels rising and the menhaden schools are showing up between the Government Cut and Mullet Lake Park with schooling largemouth bass and some sunshine bass feeding at first lights and dusk. Also, increased water levels and current should have the larger catfish on the move, so it's once again time to start soaking bait in the deeper bends of the river.
As always, if you need information or have any questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
www.irl-fishing.com
[email protected]
407-416-1187 on the water
For all of your outdoor needs, visit Mosquito Creek Outdoors at www.mosquitocreek.com, it's where your adventure begin.
More Fishing Reports:
