Sea Trout Fishing In June

Sea trout fishing in June can still be rewarding if you remember to fish early and late.

On both the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon the fish bite will begin to subside as summer temperatures take over.

My wife and I didn't bother getting out Saturday until later in the afternoon.

We decided to start fishing the Catfish Creek area to see if the fishing pressure was affecting the areas that we sometimes frequent.

We packed up Elmo and seven rods all tipped with different types of artificial baits.

Karen decided to start using artificial baits since her recent good fortune the past couple of days but still brought along some frozen shrimp, "just in case".

The air temperature was in the low 90s when we left the house and there was a slight wind over the Indian River, but as we entered Gator Creek road, the temperature dropped into the mid 80s.

We scouted several areas and fished a couple of culverts with only limited success.

Karen had a couple of hits using a Fire Tiger  Berkley PowerBait Swim Shad Swimbaits - 4'' - 5 8 oz. - 3 pack - Bunker - Softbait and I briefly hooked two sea trout and missed at least three others using a Fire Tiger pattern Creme Lures Spoiler Shad Swimbaits - Killer Shad - 2" - Softbait around the same culvert.

We made our way around Catfish Creek loop and as the sun was setting, had the area virtually to ourselves.

We saw only two other vehicles all the time we fished the area.

As the wind died down, fishing became more difficult.  The fish were spooky and would follow the baits without striking.

I missed a couple of trout in the salt marsh shallows and spooked a nice sized redfish in the same area.

Karen missed a couple of trout before hooking up with this one that hit right on the bank.


The fish was in the slot but we were just fishing for fun so Karen released it after having it's picture taken.

The sunset was gorgeous and the full moon left the area well lit up.  If it wasn't for the mosquitoes that were treating us as if we were a smorgasbord, I would have loved to take the boat out and do some night fishing.



Anyway, we spotted several more redfish chasing mullet in the shallows but they weren't having anything to do with our lures or the frozen shrimp that Karen was using.

She had one nice fish eat a shrimp on the river side, but missed a hookup.

After a while we both got fed up with the mosquitoes and decided to call it a day.

As I said, sea trout fishing in June can be rewarding if you fish early and late and this evening was typical.  The fish never really started feeding aggressively until the sun began to drop to the horizon.

 

I'll never get tired of fishing this area, even when I don't catch a fish.

Till next time, Tight Lines!