Shad Run is in Full Swing
Capt. Tom Van Horn
January 25, 2011
Indian River Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, January 23, 2011
By Captain Tom Van Horn
Upcoming Seminars and Events
Shad and Crappie Derby registration materials are available at all sign-up locations, so visit http:www.cfshadderby.com for details on the nearest sign-up location to you. Also, be sure to sign up for the free 2 months of Sea Tow, courtesy of Sea Tow Central Florida Lakes.
Saturday, February 5th, 10: 00 - 12:00 Winter Lagoon Fishing Tactics
www.mosquitocreek.com.
February 12, 2011 Shad
Rally 11:00 - 2 PM at the Jolly Gator Fish Camp next to CS Lee Park, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn, Chris Myers and Charlie McCullough, Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Preparing for the Shad Run ". Event also features sponsor displays, giveaways, boat displays and demos, and a raffle to support the Hook Kids on Fishing Program."Free Seminars" instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn, Chris Myers, "Winter Tactics for Redfish, Black Drum and Sea Trout", located in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida,
This Week's Fishing Report
Along with the arrival of last week's full moon, the crappie moved up into their shallow shoreline spawning locations. Once concentrations were located, many anglers limited out in less than an hour with many large females taken.
As always the case this time of year, a passing cold front made fishing challenging bringing plenty of wind, rain and colder conditions. As the weather settles this week, the larger females will move off of the beds and return to their deeper staging locations as the smaller males will remain shallow guarding the beds. As the full moon wanes, spawning activity should settle down until the arrival of new moon phase.
As for shad, good concentrations of hickory shad have arrived in the St Johns River sections between Lake Monroe and Puzzle Lake. Many anglers are reporting excellent catches with Steve Chapman, host of Fishing Florida Radio, reported catching 18 hickory shad on fly on one trip last week. It was also reported that some larger American Shad are starting to show up with good concentrations being reported in the Lake Woodruff area.
My plans are to spend the next few days on the river pursuing shad on fly, so I'll keep you informed on the progress of the run.
On the Lagoons, water levels are up a little from last week before the front, and sight fishing for redfish will be good, especially when the wind settles down. Also, good numbers of sea trout are coming from those deeper dark mucky bottom locations adjacent to shallow flats, and anglers I talked to are having their best success on niteglow DOA Shrimp fished extremely slow.
In closing, I would like to encourage everyone to join me in fishing the Central Florida Shad and Crappie Derby. The derby is free for anglers and we have some great prizes, so visit www.cfshadderby.com to view the current leaders and locate the nearest sign-up location.
As always, if you need information or have any questions, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast fishing Charters
(407) 416-1187 on the water
http://www.irl-fishing.com
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