April 2012
Capt. Patrick Rood
April 10, 2012
Mosquito Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Here we are already in the month of April this year seems to be flying by. The bait has moved in the ICW and Lagoon system with large schools of mullet moving across the flats.This is the start to the summer time pattern for our fishery with
both Trout and Red fish being found mixed in with the schools of bait. Look for the trout to hold on the shallow grass flats early in the morning and moving to the deeper edges as the sun gets higher in the sky. These fish can be caught with several
different baits like top water plugs early in the morning and moving to a soft plastic under a popping cork later in the day. If live bait is more your style you can't go wrong with a live finger mullet, pin fish or a live shrimp under a cork. As the weather
continues to warm so will the water temps along with the rise in water level will cause the Red fish to start splitting away from the schools to the shallow grass flats in search of new food source. Look for these fish to be tailing and cruising on the grass
early in the morning and moving to the pot holes and edges later in the day. They can be caught on a variety of baits from Auqa Dream Spoons to live shrimp . We also still have our large Black drum being caught from the center of Mosquito Lagoon to
the Indian River Lagoon they can be caught on shrimp , half blue crab or anything in a soft plastic that looks like a small crustacean. The winds have been blowing constantly for the last couple of weeks so it has been hard to get a accurate cobia bite
but look in about 35 to 45 feet of water and find the rays most likely this time of year there will one or two swimming with them. While out there do not neglect floating debris there has been some nice triple tail caught off of buoys and floating debris while looking for Cobia.
Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386) 566-1394
Target Species:
Red fish,Trout,Cobia,Black Drum,Tarpon
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