Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, July 6, 2007
Complements of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka, Florida
Our typical summer weather patterns have settled in on the Indian River Lagoon Coast of Florida, and the only certainty is skeeters in the morning, skeeters at night, and storms in the afternoon, and this theme best portrays my fishing adventures this past week.
My week started out last Saturday where I had the privilege to once again volunteer to work at the Tenth Annual Port Canaveral Kids Fishing Clinic, where over 600 kids and their parents were treated to a day of fishing by the Florida Sport Fishing Association, Port Captains Association, Port Canaveral Authority, Florida Wildlife Commission, Citizens for Florida Waterways, Coastal Angler Magazine, and a number of other sponsors and volunteers.
The event was a tremendous success, and every kid who completed the program left with a clear knowledge of the value of our delicate fishing resources, and a new fishing pole and tackle box.
After a brief holiday break it was back to fishing, hey somebody's got to do it, where Mark Allen from Miami and his father-in-law Don Thompson from Port Orange joined me in a paddle charter up into the No-Motor Zone. Our adventure started out with a dance with the sketters, and ended with a paddle through a monsoon, but before noon, we boated 3 slot redfish, and one monster redfish. This was Don's first attempt at saltwater angling, and his first two redfish were in the slot, and his third was two inches shy of four foot.
We launched before daylight, and our first encounter was with a small school of tarpon and big ladyfish working over a pod of glass minnows, and Mark struck first catching a large lady on a silver and blue Chug Bug. As we worked our way north into the Zone we quickly located a school of slot reds catching three, and than the larger one on a chunk of cut bait. Shortly after that, a pod of porpoises moved in and scattered the fish and shutting down the bite, so we spent the remainder of the morning looking for more fish before the deluge set in. When the storm hit, we were about ten minutes from our launch site, and by the time we reached the safety of the truck, we had at least three inches of rainwater in the canoe.
I have charters on both Saturday and Sunday, but I will off of the water the remainder of the week attending the American Sportfishing Association's ICAST Convention in Las Vegas, so I will fill you in on the details when I return.
As always, if you have any questions or need further information, please contact me.
Good luck and good fishing,
Captain Tom Van Horn
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