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Mullet, Mullet Everywhere
Capt. Tom Van Horn
September 5, 2009
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, September 3, 2009
By Captain Tom Van Horn
First, let me wish all of you a happy and fishful Labor Day weekend. Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer for most of us, so it important to spend some time with family, and hopefully some time on the water. Other than some scattered rain showers, the weather and the seas look good for the weekend, and the easterly shift in prevailing wind should start the mullet moving soon.
This past week, my time on the water was limited to only two charters as again my fishing adventures drew me away from the water in attendance of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association Conference in Ocala. It's been a long time since I paid Ocala a visit, and I found a renewed fondness for the springs, creeks, and natural beauty in abundance just an hour's drive from Orlando. As a child my family and friends would spend weekends camping in the many parks and springs, and Ocala truly is a camper's and angler's paradise for which I have many fond memories.
Before my trip to FOWA, I spend a day fishing with Rob McCranie and Pete Telford from the west coast of Florida, and although the morning started out slow, we finally located several schools of both redfish and black drum and Pete completed the day with a Mosquito Lagoon Flats Slam, (redfish, sea trout, black drum). The schools of fish were very spooky as usual, so we switch to a wait and bait strategy and ended up catching 4 redfish, 2 black drum, and several nice sea trout. Our approach consisted of locating the schools of fish, staging ahead of them and letting the school swim over and pickup our baits and the new Trigger X Crab worked well in this situation.
My next adventure was yesterday where I spent the morning fishing with repeat clients Randy, Dale, and Ben Schwartz in an attempted to catch the first snook of the season, and Dale found success with a nice 30-inch snook caught on a Hall Em In Bustin Bob top-water plug. Other then that one significant snook, the trio missed numerous strikes including one snook break off that Randy experienced. For some reason the fish weren't seriously striking our offerings, and by noon the storms ran us off of the lagoon.
As always, if you have any questions or need information, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
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