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Indian River Lagoon
Capt. Tom Van Horn
April 4, 2003
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Indian Lagoon Coast Fishing Report
Indian Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, April 4, 2003
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
There I go thinking again! You see, I thought the word “ cold” was out of my vocabulary for the rest of the year, not! On Sunday, Mother Nature slapped us with a stiff cold blast, which really turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Once the front pasted, we were blessed with a week of super fishing conditions, and the temperature change kicked the bite up a notch.
The weather for tomorrow looks great for both inshore and offshore. Inshore on the lagoon, look for super slick water conditions at first light, perfect for that early morning top-water trout action. Later on in the day, look for the wind to begin to pick up out of the south. Near-shore, seas will be less than 2 feet, and once the sun gets high in the sky, you may have a chance to sight fish tripletail and those late season cobes.
This morning on the Mosquito Lagoon, it was so flat; you could see fish pushing from a mile away. I had the privilege to fish a tag team charter with Captain Kent Gibbins and a group of respectable anglers from north central Florida. In Kent’s boat, he had Clete Turner and Dale Judy, and in mine I had John Taylor and Damon (the fish slamming) Land. Within 15 minutes, we were on our first school of happy reds that didn’t mine playing for a while. Kent and I managed to pinch the school between our boats, taking numerous reds up to thirty inches. Later, we located a second school, and we experienced similar results. All fish were taken using live shrimp and cut ladyfish with the exception of our first respectable trout caught by Damon on a Chug-bug. On the Banana River, Captain Rodney Smith stated that the trout bite was tremendous.
Near-shore and off shore, the catching today was also outstanding. Captain Billy Bright reported that the cobia were present near-shore off the Cocoa Beach, taking their limit, the cobia and kingfish were hungry on pelican flats, the bottom fish were going off, and the tuna bite was hot on the other side of the stream.
So, my best advice to you is to forget about mowing the lawn, or anything else you may have planned, and hit the water for one of the best fishing days of the year. There will be a lot of people on the water tomorrow, so please be patient, safe, and catch-um-up.
As always, if you have questions or need information, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
[email protected]
www.irl-fishing.com
407-366-8085
866-790-8081
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