Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon
Capt. Joe Porcelli
August 3, 2005
Mosquito Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing in the Lagoon has been good on the flats for reds and trout. The trout have been feeding well on pigfish and mullet and we took several gators in the mix with a lot of slot size fish this week. Fish the flats drop offs and the west clinker islands. I like fishing the clinkers when the tide is moving. Watch out for those manatees around the clinkers, they travel up and down the outer edges of the islands in a north and south pattern. I have never seen so many manatees in all my life. I suspect that they will eat all the grass in the lagoon and they as well as the fish will fade away.
The reds have been tailing and crashing bait on all the lagoon flats. We have been pitching gulp shrimp and other gulp patterns at them. I have not seen so many reds in quite some time. The water is super low and finding the fish has never been so easy. Jacks and ladyfish have been crashing bait and we have taken a few while fishing for trout. Every now and again you will catch a flounder or two in the same aria. We have also been targeting the big reds that have easy targets when you can get to them. We have been taking plenty of them on mullet and cut ladyfish. Tarpon are here and their but I have not fisher them in the lagoon. Your best bet is at Ponce and just outside the jetties. Mullet and pogies has been the bait of choice for the silver kings. Remember the lagoon flats are real shallow so go slow.
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