N. Indian River Lagoon Fishing Report 6-2-12

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After finding some trout last Sunday in the NIRL I was chomping at the bit to get back on them. I got a call from one of my fishing partners Rick, looking to make a plan for a fishing trip this morning. I told him my plan was to put in at Scottsmoor at 6:00 AM and whoop up on some trout! He was in!

The wind forcast was for very light winds out of the west but it was already stirring the tops of the cabbage palms when we arrived. We hurried and got our boats launched and paddled for deeper water. We probably launched about 6:30.

The trout have been hanging out in the deeper water just outside of the grass flat in about the 2'8"-3'6" depth.

We fished top water first and there was some action but I switched over to the old reliable 17mr pretty quickly. I probably had not made 10 casts before I hooked up a trout.

I ended up catching about 8 trout and loosing that many more along with 2 or 3 ladyfish. Rick caught about the same but the problem was they were all pretty small and we could not put one on the boat that would make the slot.

The other strange thing was the lack of ladyfish activity and the lack of bait. Later in the morning we pushed up onto the flat and headed south looking for a redfish but there was no activity at all on the flat. We did not even jump a redfish and there was almost no bait activity. I guess that's a good reason for the reds not to be there either.

Well, here's some pictures from the trip I just wish they had been a little bigger.

Larry S.

Indian River Lagoon Fishing Trip 5-27-12

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My Bride and I loaded the kayaks in the dark this morning and headed for the North Indian River Lagoon. It's a pretty good haul from where we live in Flagler to the launch in Scottsmoor. I took the time to net a little bait for Tammie to fish with, a few finger mullet and mud minnows. This is the first time I have been out this year due to hunting season so this was a voyage to shake out the Cob webs and get back to fishing.

We got on the water about 7:15AM which was about an hour later than I wanted. The Sailflow wind forecast was for 0-2 mph for most of the morning but when we launched it was already 6-7 mph and building.

We paddled out to the edge of the grass line and fished the 2'8" to 3'4" depth and hooked up with about10-12 trout by 8:15 AM. About half of them tore off before I got them in the boat but it was some pretty good action. By this point the wind was getting up to about 12-15 mph and made it tough to fish as I had not brought a stake pole or anchor thinking there would be no wind to deal with.

I pick up about (3) lady fish after that but the trout bite had slacked off it appeared. Although with the wind, I really could not stay on them when I did find a few.

I did have one real good trout on that immediately started stripping drag but pulled off. All of fish were caught on a Mirrolure 17MR except one fish that Tammie had on. She spent most of her time sight seeing and just enjoying the morning.

The trout were a little on the small side but there are some decent keeper mixed in. I felt that had we launched an hour earlier or if the wind had been lighter that we would have easily each had a limit to bring home.

The water was clear and reasonably high. The best part was that there was no floating grass to deal with. Also, though it was a holiday weekend, apparently the looming storm kept most everyone at home.

As soon as this weather breaks I be back on them!

Larry S.