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MOSQUITO LAGOON FISHING REPORT 2/20/11
Last week we experienced the best fishing of the year so far! Monday started out very cold and the fishing was a little slow until it started to warm up. At twelve o’clock the water had risen from 52 degrees at 8 am to 58 degrees. That was enough to set the reds off. In two hours we caught close to forty redfish up to thirty inches. On Wednesday we had to deal with rain but we still managed twelve reds in the first two hours before the rain chased us in. Thursday was the best day of the week with us catching around fifty reds. My charter told me they had enough at 11:00 and we left the fish biting. We caught all the fish this week on live shrimp rigged on my Aqua Dream 1/8 oz skimmer jig. This is the perfect set up for this time of year. Shrimp are what the reds are looking for and the jig head adds a little weight for a longer cast.
The weather forecast is calling for mild temperatures and sunny skies for the upcoming week and I’m anticipating good fishing. I’m still fishing the north end of the lagoon and at last count I knew of nine schools of redfish between Turtle Mound and George’s Bar. The water is still low so look for reds cruising the deeper edges of the flats or holding in deeper pot holes.
Now is a great time to go fishing so get out there and until next time see you on the water.

Mosquito Lagoon Charter Fishing
Capt Mike Hakala
PO Box 1474
New Smyrna Beach, Fl
386.428.8530
http://aquadreamliving.com/
http://mosquitolagooncharterfishing.com/