...caught some trout and had shots at some jacks but the highlight of the day came when 13 year old Nathan cast a DOA CAL to several tailing redfish. It landed perfectly and as he twitched the bait near ...
Swimbaits and how they have Evolved
Today there are more choices than ever. Sometimes it is just to much to understand all of the different styles to choose from. I will try to help those understan...
...und of the fly line landing on the water. I switched over to a DOA shrimp and caught a red on the first cast. By late morning, the wind cranked up and the clouds moved in making sight fishing much tou...
Redfish
by Captain Drew Cavanaugh
Capt. Drew Cavanaugh
Mosquito Lagoon - New Smyrna Beach/Daytona
November 20th, 2009 - Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report
The past few days here in east central Florida the weather on the Mosquito...
...urselves and we had to learn about it from an Englishman who lives in Kansas!) is beautiful but hard to cast from. We decided to take turns.
By arrival it was still daylight and we saw no disturbance...
... effectively control (keep tension on) the line is if you can use your rod-holding hand to do it. so, I cast with the right hand and shift to the left hand so I can reel with the right, BUT, when the ...
It was another week of outstanding weather here in central Florida and the sight fishing for redfish is as good as it gets right now. Big schools of redfish are prowling the flats of Mosquito Lagoons ...
...ith direction with a flick of the wrist. You can use them from shore or for trolling. You only need to cast one time if you fish in rivers because the current provides the power to go where you want....
...of the redfish we fished for were very spooky and did not come to the fly well. However, a well placed cast from a long distance did work well. Seatrout were easy but the sizes were not overly impre...
...ther kept me off the water most days. We cancelled Monday's
trip due to wind. Wednesday, the forecast was for moderate winds but it blew 15-20 all
day. The goal of my charter with Mike from N...
... were blowing around 20. Unable to see any fish in the low light, we spent the first couple hours blind casting and picked up one redfish. By late morning, the sun came out but the wind continued blow...
...m getting hard strikes or snagged on the river bottom the minnow hardly ever takes any beating. You can cast and recast if you are trying to fish the current and letting the minnow drift it works real...
Fishing for redfish and trout in the Mosquito Lagoon and north Indian River remains consistent with fish willing to eat throughout the day despite the high water temperatures. A few large tarpon have ...
Boca Grande, Fl.
3 Sept.2009
Snook season is open now, but that doesn't mean much to me. I fish them all year and practise catch and release. The funny thing is the redfish are being super ac...
Quick And Easy Way To Troll For Crappie!
The nice thing about having a boat is that you can troll to find the crappie schools. Some fisherman spend all day trolling weather they catch any crappie o...
...common sense and logic, it doesn't have to be so hard. If you know how to match the basic tools you can cast faster and more accurately and make your fishing time more enjoyable. We all know the...
...opped 20 knots and the sun never shined. Those who did fish had best results soaking cut baits or blind casting lures as cloudy skies and dirty water made sight fishing nearly impossible. This week, h...
Tips and Technique http://www.bottlecaplure.com/tips.php
The Bottle Cap Lure Tips & Techniques
1.) The Bottle Cap Lure has 3 bearings inside that make it rattle when you give it ...
...been landed, we went looking for some black drum. We found a school of them and Capt. John made several casts with a brown Merkin style crab. The lone redfish among the black drum...
...500 or more fish per day. Our success has been limited. Windy conditions and clear water require long casts that are very accurate. Refusals are common. Sometimes even perfect casts are turned dow...
Back in February, my wife booked a cottage in Maine for our Labor Day vacation. She said that the house was right on the water and I could fish every day. I fish almost exclusively for trout and the...
... during the past few weeks. The catching, however, has varied. High winds on many trips have made sight casting to these spooky fish difficult. If you can manage to get a lure in front of the fish, th...
November 30, 2007
INSHORE:
Another beautiful week of fishing weather allowed holiday anglers to embark on adventures along the Treasure Coast. The seas calmed down enough for boats to venture o...
... use spinning gear due to the weather. We found several schools of redfish and some black drum as well. Casting was tough and the fish were in a bit of shock from the sudden temperature drop. Jim mana...
With very low water levels in the Mosquito Lagoon, the redfish have less areas to roam making them easier to find, on most days. Tailing and finning reds have been plentiful. Persistent clouds and haz...
...t to be easier to find than to catch. The most frustrating part of the day came when Jim made a perfect cast to a school of about 200 giant reds. Just as the fish were approaching his bait, a bird fle...
September 12th, 2009/Report
Fall is starting to be felt in the air. The past several weeks you could just feel the ever so slight changes of the weather in your bones. Labor Day comes and goes, kid...
...y of 19 inches but the flounder were reel small.
Friday’s trip was much better. We got our bait in one cast at the Skyway Bridge. I headed over to Fort Desoto to pick up my client. We fished some of ...
Boca Grande, Fl
14 March 09
Transition is the right phrase. Beginning last Friday throughout this week the weather changed from winter to summer. Temperatures consistantly in the eighty degree r...
... shallow water and have been extremely spooky. The fish must be approached slowly and quietly with your casts landing at least ten feet away from them.
On trips during the latter part of February, ...
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