Post by captchrism on Jun 18, 2011 16:00:04 GMT -5
The fishing so far this month has been quite a change from the last several years at this time. The schools of trophy redfish have been showing consistently but many of the average sized fish have been difficult to find. With no schools of glass minnows in the Lagoon, the ladyfish, jacks, and bluefish have been few and far between. So far this year, I have yet to see a single tarpon which is very surprising.
While we have had almost no rain until this week, there have been plenty of clouds to hamper our sight fishing efforts. Fortunately, the trout fishing has been excellent with the average size of the fish up from last year. Giant redfish have been making a showing every day but the catching varies from trip to trip. Before they become spooked by boats, the big fish will chase down a DOA Baitbuster on the surface making for a spectacular bite.
The first trip I made this month was with fellow guide Capt. Drew. We landed a pair of nice reds on the Baitbusters and had several other bites.
Last weeks trips were nearly a carbon copy of each other. Low winds but cloudy skies. We saw the big fish each morning but casts either landed too close to or too far away from them. There were fish up on the shallow flats but spotting them was tough. Trout fishing saved the day with numerous fish caught on the Deadly Combo or the 3" CAL tail. Gary got the biggest trout of the week which struck while he was casting his Baitbuster to redfish.
After braving a line of storms which produced four hours of winds over 20mph, Scott and Mike were finally rewarded by some perfect weather and big redfish. They landed several and lost a few more and threw in a few trout and ladyfish as well.
After this weeks rain, the water level has finally come up a few inches exposing some new feeding grounds. Hopefully, this will bring out some of the fish which seem to have been hiding as of late. As soon as the glass minnow make their way into the Lagoon, other predators will follow.
Capt. Chris Myers
Orlando Fishing Guide
While we have had almost no rain until this week, there have been plenty of clouds to hamper our sight fishing efforts. Fortunately, the trout fishing has been excellent with the average size of the fish up from last year. Giant redfish have been making a showing every day but the catching varies from trip to trip. Before they become spooked by boats, the big fish will chase down a DOA Baitbuster on the surface making for a spectacular bite.
The first trip I made this month was with fellow guide Capt. Drew. We landed a pair of nice reds on the Baitbusters and had several other bites.
Last weeks trips were nearly a carbon copy of each other. Low winds but cloudy skies. We saw the big fish each morning but casts either landed too close to or too far away from them. There were fish up on the shallow flats but spotting them was tough. Trout fishing saved the day with numerous fish caught on the Deadly Combo or the 3" CAL tail. Gary got the biggest trout of the week which struck while he was casting his Baitbuster to redfish.
After braving a line of storms which produced four hours of winds over 20mph, Scott and Mike were finally rewarded by some perfect weather and big redfish. They landed several and lost a few more and threw in a few trout and ladyfish as well.
After this weeks rain, the water level has finally come up a few inches exposing some new feeding grounds. Hopefully, this will bring out some of the fish which seem to have been hiding as of late. As soon as the glass minnow make their way into the Lagoon, other predators will follow.
Capt. Chris Myers
Orlando Fishing Guide