Same story as July….Scorching hot temps and full of Tarpon! I’ve been down in the FL. Keys for most of August for my annual vacation and lobster season so here’s a short report of what went on in the Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, and Banana River in August.
One of those rare days where the Atlantic Ocean was slick calm and the Tarpon off the beaches where happily daisy chaining and laid up on the surface. My buddy Andy and I slipped out for a couple hours to get in on some of the action before the wind got on it.
Here’s a little clip of one of Andy’s fish
Back in the Mosquito Lagoon, the redfish bite has been on and off. We have been having a pretty windy Summer so far which has been making it tough to locate fish, with the hot Summer days, the bite has been early and late in the day. Any flat that has an abundance of mullet should hold both Trout and Redfish so work those areas good. The lures that have been working the best for me are D.O.A. Shadtails, Jerkbaits, and Baitbusters in darker colors like “Golden Bream”, “Silver Mullet”, and “Arkansas Glow”. The flies working best for me are any baitfish patterns in deeper water, and shrimpy patterns in the grass.
Kirk from Texas got his first Redfish on fly with me earlier in the month sight fishing cruising and floating fish the Mosquito Lagoon.
Teran and his son Tag from the West Coast of Florida joined me in the Lagoon this month, Tag was on the fly and Teran backed him up with the spin rod. Conditions were windy and Stormy at times, but we had a small window to see a few fish. Tag had a bunch of shots on fly but no takes. Teran gets a nice one before we had to cut the day short running from a storm.
With Fall coming up around the corner, the fish should start schooling up in big numbers and get very aggressive, stay tuned for September report.
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