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Mosquito Lagoon & North Indian River Lagoon
Capt. Chris Myers
April 9, 2007
Mosquito Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Some big seatrout have been on the flats the past couple weeks throughout the Mosquito Lagoon and north Indian River Lagoon. To find these fish, look for schools of finger mullet in areas with 1-2 feet of water with a bottom that has grass mixed with sand holes. Big trout will be staging in the holes waiting to ambush a passing mullet. Sight fishing for these fish requires a keen eye, a quick accurate cast, and extreme stealth. If you see a big trout that is moving, it has probably sensed your presence and will rarely bite. Trout are ambush feeders and utilize there camouflage to hide along the edge of the grass.
My favorite baits for big trout are a 5" DOA CAL jerk bait in a green or Arkansas Shiner color or a DOA Baitbuster. If you are not sight fishing, make long casts in likely areas and work the jerk bait with a twitch/pause action and the Biatbuster with a steady retrieve. Although topwater plugs can also be effective for big trout, I find i get more bites and spook less fish with the soft plastics. The largest trout are all females that are in the middle of the spring spawn. They are not as hardy as redfish so please handle them with care.
Speaking of redfish, there are still plenty of schools on the shallow flats. Yesterday, my angler had shots at over twenty different schools of redfish on just one flat. The schools ranged from 50 to 200 fish. Sounds like easy fishing, right? Out of all those fish, he caught only one redfish and one trout that was following a school of reds. Why? Lack of casting accuracy. The baits have to be in front of the fish for them to eat it. Failure to practice casting before the fish are all around the boat is the number one reason people do not catch more fish while flats fishing. Speed and accuracy are the most important factors with this style of fishing. In general, the better you cast, the more you can catch.
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