North Indian River Trout Fishing Trip

With the temperature at 96 degrees today, fishing was anything but cool!

The space shuttle flight was delay again due to liquid hydrogen fuel leaks, so the dirt roads in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge were all open for fishing, photography, and fun.

The rosette spoonbills and other marsh birds were doing their thing in the shallows at the far north end of the Indian River Lagoon.

The photographers who could stand the heat were getting some great waterfowl shots, as well as photographs of the gators, that started moving abound at dusk.

After I took this little video, the little gator below started to become a pain when he began chasing my lures.

My wife and I got a late start on Sunday and didn't get out on the river until late in the afternoon. Just as well, because the temperature remained in the mid 90's until late in the day.
We fished the uppermost northern end of the Indian River Lagoon where the waters are extremely shallow.
I got my wife to try out some artificial lures and she immediately caught a trout that flipped off her Blue Creme swim bait.

I caught several legal sized trout in the shallows at the north end of the river at the beginning of Shiloh Road, and as the sun began to set, caught seven more trout over the slot limit on a white swim bait, and Shad colored Creme swim bait.


One extremely hungry under sized redfish also gobbled up a creme lure just at dusk.
If the temperature gets a bit cooler next weekend, we plan on taking out the Maverick and hitting the Mosquito Lagoon for some schooling redfish. I got a report that they were nailing them in the no motor zones.
Until then; tight lines!