spotted seatrout Mosquito Lagoon

Larry with one of his many respectable spotted seatrout that smashed his little gold spoon on a recent Mosquito Lagoon trip with Capt. Mark Wright

Lower than normal Springtime water levels and warmer than normal water temperature have not exactly stopped the spotted seatrout bite in either the Indian River Lagoon or Mosquito Lagoon. However, the redfish bite has certainly slowed down a bit. The redfish haven’t stopped altogether by any means; they’ve just changed their pattern.

For good morning action when it’s relatively calm you can’t go wrong with a walking top-water plug. Tossing a Tsunami K-9 or similar style lure around schools of finger mullet should offer plenty of action. If the bite seems slower than it should be try altering your retrieve beyond the typical cadence most of us associate with this technique. Often a speedier or an erratic stop and go retrieve will pique the interest of a trophy!

The usual suspects of Z-Man lures did well this past week in the form of three inch Minnowz, four inch Diezel Minnowz and of course the pearl colored Curly Tailz. All of these rigged on their outstanding Finesse Bulletz jighead. A very slow or stop and go retrieve was the clear winner in retrieval techniques.

A surprise lure gave huge results this week as Larry the Ancient Mariner unceremoniously cut a pre-rigged lure off the line of one of my charter rods and tied on something of his own. The little gold lure now adorning this rod is a fishing staple in the sweet waters of the great white north; an Al’s Goldfish spoon. This little jewel crushed the trout and also nabbed a couple of redfish as I pushed the boat into position of passing mullet schools.