Short Indian River and Mosquito Lagoons Report
Only a single day on the water this week, split between two locations. Thus, a Short Indian River and Mosquito Lagoons Report.
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Got up early Tuesday. Launched the kayak behind the Education Center in the Wildlife Refuge, paddled out of Dummit Creek. Beautiful morning, but the water looked lifeless- no birds, hardly any bait. Once I cleared the creek the water cleared and looked good. Grass is starting to grow back there, too. But in two hours I did not see or touch a fish.
I loaded up and moved to Mosquito Lagoon.
It wasn’t exactly gangbusters there, either. I got one redfish and a nice trout on fly. Tiring of fighting the wind, I broke out the spin rod and got a handful of trout and – drum roll, please- a jack crevalle on the plastic shad. I suspected there were jacks around, as the mullet were showering sporadically. The only photo I took was of the jack, it’s become such an unusual catch in the lagoons. Maybe they’re making a comeback!
In an ongoing effort to provide entertainment to my valued readers, I’m including a bunch of paddling photos from years past. Enjoy!
Daryl “Bones” Benton, 2013 Indian River Lagoon Paddle Adventure. We should be this happy every time we’re out!
Dee Kaminsky, 2013 Indian River Lagoon Paddle Adventure.
Peter Camuso and your reporter, Westfield River, Massachusetts, 1980.
Low tide on the Gulf. Photo courtesy of Mike Conneen.
Jim Tedesco, East Bay.
Your reporter, on the Gulf. Photo Courtesy Mike Conneen.
Jim Tedesco and your reporter, Machias River, Maine, circa 1976.
Nick Colantonio, 2013 Indian River Lagoon Paddle Adventure.
Maxx Kumiski, Indian River Lagoon.
I got this snook in a tiny Everglades creek. The next one I hooked broke my rod, then my line.
Brian Jaye and Maxx Kumiski, Nantahala River.
Mike Conneen, on the Gulf.
Don Causey, Everglades National Park.
Alex Kumiski, Everglades National Park.
Maxx Kumiski, Chattahootchee River.
Maxx tosses a nice loop, Mosquito Lagoon.
Contrasting styles, Manatee River.
Tammy Wilson, Econlockhatchee River.
Mike Conneen, Banana River Lagoon.
Mike in a jack melee, Manatee River.
Your reporter amongst the crocodiles, Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy Mike Conneen.
Jack Hutson, Nantahala River.
Backcountry paddle, Everglades National Park.
Fish on, Everglades National Park. Photo courtesy of Mike Conneen.
That’s the Short Indian River and Mosquito Lagoons Report. Thanks for reading!
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