October Reds

Getting October Reds on topwater baits is normally an early morning endeavor, but this evening I managed to hit one on an XPS Slim Dog bait that I picked up from Bass Pro a couple of weeks ago.

The one in the pic below was caught in the Indian River at the culverts near the entrance of Catfish Creek Loop.

The slot fish had on it's  beautiful fall colors and was so pretty I released it to fight another day.

The scouting trip started late in the afternoon and after missing several fish on gold Johnson Spoons, I switched over to a topwater, smeared it up with some Pro-Cure Inshore formula gel, and started catching instead of just fishing.

I'd like to say I caught several more reds but the only other fish I managed to land was a couple of undersize sea trout.

Have to get back to work again next week so until next time, Tight Lines. 

October Reds

October reds are on the prowl in the north Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon estuaries.

The relatively cooler weather along Florida's Space Coast has spurred some fine fishing for trout and redfish.

My wife, my wonder dog Elmo, and I, fished late Thursday and Friday evenings a couple of hours before sunset, and had pretty good luck with the sea trout and redfish.

My wife picked up a nice red just at dusk, fishing with a dead shrimp offering in a seldom fished canal near what we call the "swamp" area. (See picture below.)

Thursday evening she clobbered an oversize redfish that busted loose after wrapping itself around some brush. That one was well over 30 inches.

I managed to snag slot sized sea trout on Chug Bug topwater lures, Florescent white Creme swim baits, and a PM3 Bomber topwater lure, that I just started using.

I love the top water hits. This evening in particular, the water was near dead calm,, and the trout and redfish just blasted the lures out of the water.

I picked up about 16 trout both evenings, and released them all to fight another day. I probably lost half as many as I caught this evening.

The fishing reports I have received about the Mosquito Lagoon fishing, is as good or better than the Indian River.

Tarpon are still roaming the flats in the Lagoon, and are being caught with DOA Bait Busters, and live bait.

The rising water level of the past few weeks, have the redfish moving and feeding in the areas where previously there were only mud flats.

They will soon be moving into the deeper areas of the Lagoon for their spawning ritual.

Everyone I know has been limiting out on sea trout in the Mosquito Lagoon on a variety of lures and baits. The trout are everywhere and they are hungry!

Hope you enjoy the pics, and with any luck I'll get the boat out tomorrow for some more fishing fun, and another fishing report.

Tight Lines!