Weather or Not: the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon Fish
Capt. John Kumiski
March 12, 2012
Titusville - Saltwater Fishing Report
The Orlando Area Fishing Report from Spotted Tail 3.10.12
Last Saturday 10 brave souls attended my Show and Tell Seminar on the Merritt Island NWR. Here's hat a couple of them had to say:
-"thank you for a great outing Saturday. Super informative and I feel much better prepared to do exploring on my own. You held nothing back and I look forward to putting your advice and counsel into action." Doug Whitmer
-"Hope I thanked you for a very nice day last Saturday. Got a lot from it and you use your teaching background VERY well." Dalen Mills
We had a good time and all of us learned something.
And now we get to the fishing. I was supposed to run an on-the-water seminar on Sunday. However, the lightning, rain, and 30 mph winds accompanying a cold front convinced me that would not be a good idea.
The water temperature, as measured by the gauge at Haulover Canal, dropped six degrees Sunday due to that front.
Monday morning Sam and Dave (not the soul men), son and father, joined me for what turned out to mostly be a brisk morning boat ride. The air was chilly when we came out of Haulover in a largely fruitless search for fish. We did see a couple of redfish and Sam got a dink on the DOA Shrimp. That was it.
Since it was a half day I used the afternoon to go scouting. I found a few reds and managed to get two bites (both of which I missed) but the fish were widely scattered and hard to find.
Wednesday it was overcast and blowing 20 out of the southeast. Eric Hustedt, a fly fisher and Ph.D. from Nashville, wanted to go anyway. We came out of Haulover and a wave came over the bow of the boat. The water was filthy.
Eric managed to get a trout on a rattle fly. It was a dink, to be sure, but he got it on a fly in those horrible conditions. He had the sense to switch to blind casting with a spin rod.
Using a DOA Shrimp he managed two redfish and several more trout, much to my surprise. We were out until 330.
Thursday Jim McDonall, a fly fisher and Ph.D. from New York, joined me for a half day. Given my success in the Mosquito Lagoon the previous two trips I did some gambling and launched at Parrish Park. The gamble did not pay off very well.
We did not see a fish in the first spot. Only found a few trout and exactly three black drum in the second. Nothing in the third. We flushed a small and spooky school of reds in the fourth, at which we did not get a shot. And in the fifth there were quite a few trout. They did not bite. There were also a few large redfish. They did not allow us into casting range before disappearing.
Then it was time to go. So Thursday was a big fat bagel.
Wind and oncoming lung crud prevented me from searching more in the afternoon. I slept much of the day yesterday, coughing and sneezing while awake.
Life is great and I love my work!
Life is short. Go Fishing!
John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com
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