Last week Glenn Kross and his two boys (7 and 15) from New Jersey joined me for a half day targeting Cobia out of Port Canaveral. Well, when we approached the mouth of the inlet that morning, the high winds and short period swell made it VERY uncomfortable for us in the 22′ Pathfinder so I decided that it was unsafe to go out and opted to take them in the river for some trout fishing. Glenn and Anthony(15 year old) are tournament anglers from up north usually fishing for big sharks or tuna, but the main focus was to keep Nico(7 year old) busy reeling in some fish since it was his first time fishing from a boat. The river was still very windy but we did end up catching catfish and trout on live shrimp under popping corks. I had a great time on the water with them and will hopefully see them agian this Summer for better conditions. Nico asked if he could have his name on one of his trout photos so of course I was happy to do that for him!
Today Sergio Diaz from New York joined me for a half day on the Mosquito Lagoon. Sergio has fished this area a few times with guides but has not had much luck. He really put the pressure on me by telling me that but luckily we were greeted with a beautiful morning and schools of Redfish pushing all around us. First, we started out flyfishing, he made some great casts but the fish were not letting us get close enough to make a good presentaion so switched to a light spinning outfit and casted a jerkbait to a school and instantly hooked up to his first Redfish! After a photoshoot and releasing the upper slot fish, we went back to the flyrod. Sergio must have had 20 perfect shots at overslot Redfish schooled up in 3ft of water but these fish were being VERY picky. At the end of the day I rigged Sergio with a D.O.A. Cal Shad Tail on a 1/4oz. jighead and had him blind cast for trout on a drop off. He ends up catching a smaller Redfish and a Ladyfish to end the day…..he did get a ladyfish on fly earlier in the day as well! Sergio will be back to spend more time on these Redfish and he WILL get one on the flyrod next time!
The sun beaming through the fishes fins and tail showing why they are called “Redfish”
-Capt. Willy Le
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