mosquito lagoon redfish

Sean won a hard fought battle against this fifty inch beast of a redfish on a recent trip with Capt. Mark Wright. The battle scared breeder actually ate a small two inch chunk of mullet and nearly straightened out the 3/0 circle hook we were using!

We managed three trips over the last week. All three were windy and one was windy and wet. Tony spent a windy Monday morning tossing his usual top-water plugs to no avail. He did however manage a redfish a trout and a barracuda (yes a barracuda!) on a Z-Man Curly Tailz in the pearl white color.

Tuesday I took part in a multi-boat corporate charter and was forced to hide from the howling winds. Spot one only produced a trout and a few catfish. Spot two was another story. Sean caught a personal best redfish he will probably never improve on. His fifty inch behemoth easily topped the forty pound mark. The fish was battle scarred in several places though she certainly showed no signs of a disability! This monster ate a half of a frozen fingerling mullet, proving once again that elephants really do eat peanuts 😉

My final trip was Sunday morning and we hoped for a strong bite as we fished the several hours ahead of an approaching cold front. We had a pretty good spotted seatrout bite fishing near a hurricane demolished residential dock.

The thirteen and fourteen inch trout couldn’t resist the live shrimp we suspended under popping floats. The bottlenose dolphin couldn’t resist eating the trout as we released them back into the lagoon. Mother Nature is vicious and takes advantage of every opportunity that comes along.

Strengthening winds forced us to move and our next stop offered a slower bite, but with many different species in attendance. Yes, we caught more schoolie trout along with mangrove snapper, puffers, stingrays, catfish and one lonely redfish. All in all the threesome boated a bunch of fish before the front-line overtook us and forced us in.

As I’ve said before; don’t let the wind keep you from fishing. Be selective as to where you set up and move as necessary.