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Indian River Lagoon
Capt. Tom Van Horn
June 7, 2007
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, June 7, 2007
Complements of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka, Florida
Like the majority of May, fishing for the most part this past week was once again dominated by windy conditions, but the summer doldrums are just around the corner. Currently water conditions are dirty offshore, but once they clean up, look out.
My angling adventures this past week started on Friday June 1, before the arrival of tropical storm Barry, where I had the privilege of fishing two days with Steve Gamble from Bozeman, Montana. Steve is not only an avid fly angler, but also the owner and innkeeper of the Gallatin River Lodge (www.grlodge.com) in Bozeman, Montana. My original plan was to introduce Steve to some sight fishing for redfish in the No-Motor Zone, and then fish near-shore along the beach for tarpon, but as stated above, windy conditions frustrated our efforts.
On Friday, Steve and I paddled into the No-Motor Zone facing a steady state east wind of 15 knots, and our shots at redfish were limited. It was a very frustrating day on the water and our only catch for the day was a free-swimming hardhead catfish cruising around with a Cajun Thunder popping cork dragging behind.
Both Saturday and Sunday were blow out by Tropical Storm Barry as it quickly moved out of the Gulf of Mexico across the state.
On Monday Steve joined me for our second attempt at catching something, but instead of facing a 15 to 20 knot east wind, we were challenged by a 15 to 20 knot west wind. This time, we opted to fish from the deck of Three Quarter Time, and Steve did manage to jump a nice tarpon on an olive and white clouser, and missed several other fish, but again the end result was squat.
Currently, weather and sea condition have shown significant improvements, so this weekends weather should not be a challenge, but several other factors will require some flexibility and tolerance on the water. First, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 7:38 pm Friday afternoon, with a ten-minute launch window, and if it should scrub, a 24-hour turn around will move the launch to Saturday afternoon. This launch activity will close the southern access route to though the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, and close the southern end of the Mosquito Lagoon, Playlinda Beach, Black Point and the east shore of the IRL in Titusville. Additionally, the offshore launch safety zone will go into effect 4 hours before launch, and it extends 60-miles offshore from the Volusia County line south to Port Canaveral, monitor channel 16 for launch security updates. The second situation is the FSFA tournament is once again scheduled out of Port Canaveral on Saturday, and the SKA King Busters tournament out of St. Augustine is scheduled for Friday and Saturday. You may wonder why I mention the SKA event, but as usual, a good number of these go fast kingfish teams will be racing south into our waters.
Last but not least, Fathers Day is just around the corner, and Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka has planned a Fathers Day event on Saturday June 16th, which includes free fishing seminars by Captain Chris Myers and myself.
Seminar Schedule:
12pm to 2pm, Fishing basics for the entire family
Captains Chris Myers and Tom Van Horn
2pm to 3pm Fly Casting with Captain Chris Myers
3pm to 4 pm Kayak Fishing with Captain Tom Van Horn
As always, if you need more information or have questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
www.irl-fishing.com
407-416-1187 on the water
407-366-8085 landline
886-790-8081 toll free
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