Mosquito Lagoon Fishing Report 8/14/11
August in Florida means one thing, It’s HOT! This time of year we fish early or late. I will start my trips before sunrise at 6 am and I am off the water by 11 am. The early top water bite has been good between six and eight am. When the top water bite slows I switch to an Aqua Dream gold spoon as a search bait. Once the fish are located I will power pole down (anchor with a power pole) and pitch pinfish into the white sand holes or along an oyster bar. This style of fishing requires patience but it’s the best tactic this time of year. The free lined pin fish are producing both reds and trout. I like to hook the pinfish above the anal fin using a size 4 to size 2/0 kahle or circle hook. Keep a tight line and you can feel the pinfish start to panic just before he gets eaten by something big.
Another good way to fish to beat the summer is to fish dock lights at night. You can drift live shrimp or pinfish under or along a lighted dock and have a great time catching trout, snook and ladyfish. Keep track of the tides as you need good current for the fish to eat.
Tarpon can be found rolling from the Inlet south to Haulover Canal. You can fish them with diving plugs, jigs, live mullet or pinfish. Mullet or ladyfish heads fished on the bottom can also be effective. Tarpon can be frustrating. Sometimes they will eat almost anything and other times you can throw everything at them without a bite.
The water level is up in the Lagoon and also very cloudy due to all the plantonic algae in the water. The algae thrives in the warm water we have right now. It’s not harmful to the fish but it can make sightfishing difficult.
So if you fish early or late, have fun, stay hydrated 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
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