Central Indian River Lagoon
Capt. Ron Bielefeld
October 15, 2005
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. Ron Bielefeld's Indian River Lagoon Trout, Snook, and Redfish Fishing Report-Sebastian Area
The bait run is definitely on and the snook, trout, reds, jacks, and ladyfish are taking advantage of the abundant food. If you want, you can catch a jack just about every cast most times of the day. Snook and trout have been very active at times and when you hit the time right you can catch a trout or snook just about every cast and they are not all small either. We have caught and lost some large fish over the past few days. Early mornings, late evenings, and middays have produced good catches of snook and trout around the Sebastian area depending on conditions. An excess of rain has been an issue and has resulted in very murky water, but the forecast for the next several days looks better. Hopefully the water will start cleaning up a bit.
Find the schools of finger mullet and you will find fish. This time of year I like to move around until I see fish attacking bait and then move in for some action. Search mangrove shorelines, docks, and submerged points for activity. Top-water plugs such as the Rapala Skitter Walk and the Storm Thunder Dog, diving plugs such as the Yo-Zuri 3D Fingerling, and jigs with soft plastics such as the Rip-Tide Flats Chub and the DOA Cal Split-Tail Shad and Shrimp all have been productive. Fish the top-water plugs early and late otherwise stick to the subsurface stuff. For the trout work your jigs and other lures slowly. More aggressive retrieves have tended to net a lot of jacks and ladyfish. Don’t give up on an area if you are catching a lot of jacks. Once you have worked them over and wore them out a bit the snook and trout will have a chance at your lures and you will start to catch more of these species. Pay attention to the current flow, if you can, retrieve your lure in the direction of the current. This replicates the natural movement of bait and has been the difference between catching a few fish versus catching a boat full. Until next time, Tight-Lines to all.
Sincererly,
Capt. Ron
Tight-Lines Inshore Guide Service
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