Undoubtably the most exciting way to catch a redfish is by sightfishing in or around the Mosquito Lagoon. Sight Fishing is a method of stalking the fish visibly before presenting a lure or bait

Sight Fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon

You've seen it on the fishing shows! Sightfishing is the rage in Central Florida's Mosquito Lagoon. It almost seems impossible, but the fishing seems to be getting better and better every year with schools of giant redfish providing spectacular entertainment for anglers, but also single tailing redfish foriaging in the shallow saltwater grassflats on the northern side of Merritt Island in around the Mosquito Lagoon. The above photograph is a typical tailing fish (in this case a black drum) in the Mosquito Lagoon. Your guide will typically position you within casting distance of this target and it's up to you to throw an artificial, live or dead bait close enough for the fish to see or find it and not so close that you scare it away.

Sightfishing is not typically for the novice angler with little of no casting skills, you'll find yourself frustrated and your guide will often have to assist you if you can't make the cast, but it's a blast for those wanting the opportunity to actually see fish and sharpen their casting skills. Typically sight fishing is done with a spinning rod, but the fly caster is offered an extraordinary opportunity to bump up their casting skills as it's often necessary to cast over seventy feet accurately to present your streamer or crustacean pattern to be gobbled up. Make no mistake, sightfishing on the Mosquito Lagoon is as fun as it gets, but you'd better bump your game by practicing your casting before you ask your guide to take you sight fishing on crystal clear grass flats and lagoons.

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Sight Fishing Updates on the Mosquito Lagoon

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I provide a monthy fishing report on this page and this July is no different. Typically the best sightfishing is done when there's little or no wind and the water is clear. Obviously this is because it's easier to see the fish and make accurate cast. During the cooler months, there are more fish in the Mosquito Lagoon, but the weather is less cooperative during those months too. On a typical winter day when the wind and temperature is down, you'll see many fish flooding the flats as the morning warms up. Unfortunatly during the summer, the water temperatures are on the rise and the fish often go towards inlets or tidal areas to get cooler. If you target sightfishing during the warmer months, you'll want to get on the water and out to the areas where the fish are before sunrise because as the sun comes up and the lagoon temperatures approach 90° the redfish will vacate and look for cooler deeper waters and are often difficult to find.

As always I look forward to hearing from many of you soon, if you need to contact Captain Gina and set up a charter please call her at (321) 868-4953 or just fill out the form on the left.

Where Is The Mosquito Lagoon?

Mosquito Lagoon is on Florida's east coast directly east of Orlando between Cocoa Beach and Daytona Beach. If you are leaving Orlando's theme parks it's about an hour away from Universal Studios and Disney. The Mosquito Lagoon has the Intracoastal Waterway threading through it's north end and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge bounding on it's southern end. If you continue south on the ICW you'll traverse through the Haulover Canal dumping into the Indian River Lagoon and south towards the Florida Keys eventually.

July Sightfishing Forecast and Report: Mosquito Lagoon

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