Indian river lagoon redfish

This past week’s trout bite was absolutely as good as it gets, which is a refreshing break from the struggles that we’ve had over the past few years in the Indian and Banana River Lagoons.

We continue to throw topwater plugs first thing in the morning and then switch to subsurface lures and soft plastic paddle-tails to fish throughout the rest of the day. Most of the trout are holding on long natural vegetated shorelines with some form of sea grass or algae nearby that they can use for cover to hide from the dolphins and to ambush bait fish.

Indian river lagoon seatrout

The red fish and black drum have been schooling in the deeper flats of the upper Indian River Lagoon from Cocoa North to Scottsmoore. These schools usually contain 50 to 350-fish each. We’ve been getting both species to hit Saltwater Assassin paddle-tails and lipped diving plugs like Rapala X-raps or suspending plugs like Rapala Subwalks or Twichin‘ Minnows. Most of the drum are running 20 to 35 pounds and the redfish in these schools are typically running 15 to 40 pounds. This action will only continue for about another week or two, so if you’re interested in getting in on this hot bite, give us a call (321-636-3728) and we’ll try to fit you into our schedule. You can also contact us or reserve your trip online at finelinefishingcharters.com.