Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon
Capt. Joe Porcelli
September 23, 2006
Mosquito Lagoon - Saltwater Fishing Report
Since the water level is up a foot or two in the Mosquito lagoon it has spread the fish out. When drifting your favorite flat you will see trout, sheepshead, ladyfish, blackdrum, flounder, jacks, redfish and a tarpon every now in again. Yesterday we had a tarpon roll forty feet away from us on one of the flats. I cast a Gulp Jerk Shad at him twitched it a few times and he busted it. You could almost say it was over before it begun. But it is about the crash for me, I just want to see the show then let him go. The water being up has allowed tarpon to roam further up on the flats. Look for the big mullet and you will pretty much be in the middle of all the action. If you are just drifting and casting ahead of the boat with Gulp Jerk shad, try to hit all the white spots. Remember it is better to cast past your target and bring it back and drop it in. That way your splash won’t scare the fish.
Another thing you might see while drifting the flats is sleeping redfish. This week on a charter I was on the bow with my clients Tera and Terry Williams. I spotter a sleeping redfish about twelve feet ahead. I said don’t move, I pitched a Gulp Crab at the fish now eight feet away and slid it down his head. That woke him up, then he looked up, and sucked that Gulp crab in. I handed the rod over to Terry and he was hooked up. This fish ate five feet from the boat and us. Some anglers never get to witness such a close encounter with a sleeping red. Many will never see one, usually they will be deep in the grass wedged in like a hot dog in a bun. Plus they camo. themselves to the grass color and they are sitting still. You usually never cast, you either pitch or just drop the Gulp in front of them at a rods length. I think the Gulp sent is like smelling salt to sleeping reds. Many of my clients have caught countless sleeping fish and will catch many more. Big Reds and snook at the rocks, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, tarpon in the river and more bait than you have ever seen. Last I would like to announce that Jeff Stellinga and I won the Team of the year points for the Fl. E. division. Remember: Think
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