11-27-2001, 05:40 PM
This week's fishing report on the Mosquito Lagoon from Capt. Rob Blake updated November 27, 2001. <br><br>I've only had a few trips over the past week due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but for the most part the weather has been gorgeous. The catching, as it sometimes is, varied on the days we were out. <br><br>Sally Woodall and her son Steve ventured over from Sanford, Florida in hopes of having a positive first time Mosquito Lagoon experience. They did! Steve started the morning by catching a nice 6 ½ pound trout on a soft plastic jerkbait. Sally picked up a few juvenile trout herself, but Steve continued to find the chunky trout over the white sand potholes. Later in the morning, we got into three nice schools of reds (50+ fish each) and Sally nailed three on live shrimp to 10 pounds. Steve hooked up on both a gold spoon and a soft plastic jerkbait, but lost two out of four he hooked. One red bent the hook on a gold spoon completely straight before pulling free. We ended the day with 5 reds and a half dozen trout. <br><br>Pete Johannsen and his son Chris made the drive up from Jupiter, Florida in hopes of Chris catching his first redfish. Chris lives and works around New York City, therefore doesn't see too many redfish....;-) The morning began with a bang. Tailing schools of fish in 18 inches of water-and lots of them. Chris had several reds blow-up on his jerkbait, but somehow they didn't become attached to his line. Pete and Steve casted simultaneously to a large school of tailing fish, but only Pete hooked up. Shortly afterwards, he brought his 9 pound red to the boat for pics and a release. Later in the morning, Chris caught his own- a fish of about 8 ½ pounds. The schools didn't cooperate for very long, and we searched a lot of water for the rest of the charter. We ended up sightcasting to single, laid-up fish with soft plastics, none of which wanted to eat. A great morning with a tough ending. <br><br>This Monday's charter was a no-show, so Capt. John Kumiski and I went out for a little fly-fishing. What a gorgeous morning it was. The fish however, were mostly laid up and being very spooky. John caught two reds of about 25-30 inches and had shots at about 30 others. <br><br>When the next drop in temperature, the fishing will improve dramatically. This time of year, cold weather one week, warm the next isnt always the best for locating schooled-up fish. Look for more grouped and schooling fish after the next sustained cold front when the reds AND big trout huddle up for the winter. Winter brings awesome fishing opportunities without sweating your butt off in 90-degree temps. <br><br>Happy Holidays to all! <br><br>Capt. Rob Blake<br>www.redfishonfly.com<br>1-866-RED-DRUM<br>321-633-0923<br>321-544-5041 (cell)<br><br>Contact Capt. Rob at 1-866-RED-DRUM <br>or 321-633-0923 or 321-544-5041 (cell).