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Indian River Lagoon
Capt. Tom Van Horn
August 9, 2007
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report
Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, August 8, 2007
Complements of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka Florida
The summer heat is on, but don’t let it change your life too much. This past week we’ve been under extreme heat warnings with heat indexes averaging over 100 degrees by noon, but that doesn’t mean the fishing hasn’t been good. You just have to plan your outdoors adventures accordingly and pay closer attention to the details.
This past week my adventures started out with several early morning inshore charters on the lagoon, and when I say early, I’m talking about being on the water casting to fish when the morning sky begins to light up. I know it adds a certain degree of difficulty to the equation, launching your boat, traveling across the lagoon safely, and than locating and catching fish in the predawn darkness, but don’t knock it until you have tried it. The predawn hours during the summer are the most enjoyable and productive, and if properly planned out ahead of time, perfectly safe. Remember, life is there to live, how we live our lives is up to us, and nobody gets out of it alive.
The top water trout bite was good last week with a number of handsome over slot fish devouring Rapala Skitter Walks during low light periods. The floating and matted sea grass is a hindrance, but our patience paid off with some specks in the 5 to 6 pound range.
Additionally, we found some nice sea trout, redfish, and snook, holding under the floating mats of widgeon grass in close to the shoreline, and a fluke style bait like the RipTide Flats Chum rigged weed less on a #4 Copper Head hook, retrieved over the top of the grass resulted in some explosive strikes. On the other hand, the redfish were also located in very close to the shoreline harassing finger mullet, and a well-placed plastic fluke style bait worked well as long as you get into a position to present the bait ahead of the fish.
Moving out near-shore just off of the beach, the kingfish bite is as good as it gets. The near-shore waters are crystal clear, and calm conditions have allowed anglers to pursue kingfish even in kayaks. Heavy concentrations of pre spawn smokers have settled in along the beach in depths ranging from 15 to 40 feet, with bonito, blacktip sharks, large yellow jacks and some cobia mixed in. The best action has resulted from slow trolling live pogies (Atlantic menhaden) on steel stinger rigs, but here’s where the problem lies. Live bait has been extremely difficult to locate and catch, so many anglers are spending a lot of time and fuel running the beach looking for bait. What bait I found this past week was located in very close to the beach in 5 to 6 feet of water, so I would suggest trolling large diving plugs and spoons, or purchasing some frozen Spanish sardines before you leave the dock.
Last but not least, I would like to inform all of the ladies about the Mosquito Creek Outdoor Ladies Social Angler Seminar and Wine Tasting scheduled for September 29th from 10am to 3pm. This free event is designed to teach the ladies the basic fundaments needed to enjoy fishing with their family and friends. Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Woman in The Outdoors, and Coastal Angler Magazine sponsors the event and it features speakers like Robin (Fish Girl) Folsom and Captain Rodney Smith of Coastal Angler Magazine, Captain Chris Myers D.O.A. Pro Staff, and Captain Tom Van Horn RipTide Pro Staff. For more details contact me or go to https://www.mosquitocreek.com
As always, if you have questions or need information, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
www.irl-fishing.com
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