March 22nd, 2008

Today was the first day in over a week that the water was calm. The weather over the past week has been very windy. It was glass today for several hours. The north portion of the Mosquito Lagoon continues to hold numerous fish. The best bait of the day was live mullet. To use a live mullet effectively do the following: Approach tailing fish VERY stealthy. Do no use a trolling motor in 2 feet or less of water. Use your push pole. If you do not have a means of pushing then stay out of areas this shallow. Even your trolling motor does severe grass bed damage. Also stay away from other anglers. The MINUMUM distance between you and another boat while stalking is at least 300 feet. Do not follow other boats because they may be turning around to do another sweep of that area. I like to free-line my mullet. Hooking them just behind the dorsal by the tail. Throw him just within reach of the tailing fish and let the mullet do the rest. Get within 10 feet or so. Use circle hooks for best hook set and for the highest survival rate. Today we landed several reds in the 20-30 inch range.

Capt. Drew