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Fishing Reports
May 2007
Well, it all started this past Thursday and
continued right thru- this morning. Limit after limit after
limit (2 charters per day)…we’re talking 25-30 fish per trip
dependent upon the 5 or 6 person groups. All coho except today
we added in a nice Chinook salmon and Lake Trout. The fishing is
down right HOT out of Kenosha right now…it turned on like a
light switch and the weather actually cooperated! The sizes are
the typical 2# to 5# coho salmon but once you fillet out
25-30..there is A LOT of meat there. The Boathouse is enjoying
the presence of the charter clients coming in and enjoying a
fresh ‘shore lunch’. The nice thing is that we are just out of
our harbor mouth either a bit south or just a bit north…doesn’t
matter, plenty of fish to catch and they’re hungry. The salmon
are quite feisty too…you think you have a mad whale on your
line…they increased in strength over the weekend and will
continue…just think….we are not even close to the peak coho
salmon run. As long as the weather remains close to the
same…they’ll be in close for some time before moving out to the
‘hill’ structure out about 4 miles. There are some spots to
squeeze a few more groups in for the remainder of May…you’ll
want to get in touch asap. Hope to see you out with us….good
fishing!! East coast of central Florida April 2007
Fishing has been up and down as much as my boat has been the
last few weeks with the weather. Nice one day and the next day
blowing and rough.
I have found some nice schools of reds, but getting them to
bite is harder than finding them in the first place. Sometimes
you can throw everything you have in your tackle box in front of
them and they just will not bite. But, it seems that if you have
the patience and time to wait them out you will eventually get a
bite going and catch a big one.
I had Chris and his two sons from Minnesota out and they made
it clear they wanted to catch a big red. The weather and the
fish were cooperating that day and they all caught some nice
oversized reds.
Now that Spring has sprung it's time for that great Trout
bite to start and I know everyone including me is ready for it.
So, good fishing to everyone!
October 2006 The last few weeks of fishing have been up and down as much as the wind has been blowing. One day you tear the trout up and the biggest of them would only be 17 inches. The next trip out you might catch all trout over 20 inches. We still are using pinfish and grunts and starting to use live mullet for bait.
The reds have been doing about like the trout. There are some
under sized reds 15-16 inches and some big bull reds. One Wednesday
my 2 client party landed two keeper reds, one 26 inches and one 24
inches. They had some nice hook ups but did not get to land them.
They did land seven nice trout, 18-20 inches.
On Thursday the wind was blowing harder, around 15-20 east
northeast.That morning when I got started I thought it was going to
be a tough day. But I was wrong. It was a great day of fishing. My
clients caught 14 redfish. None of them were over sized, but they
were in the range of 16-26 inches. Besides the reds they landed two
trout. One was 26 inches and the other was 24 inches. With a catch
of 15-19 fish it was a great day.
I took Katie and Adam from Orlando out Friday. Katie surprised
Adam with the trip for his birthday. It was a great day for Adam. He
landed three nice reds and lost one by the boat. He also caught four
keeper trout. Katie never landed a redfish but she did catch three
nice trout. She was okay with that. She kept saying it was Adam's
birthday and she didn't want to catch more fish than he did.
Wednesday was a cold morning and Marvin and Gail had a hard day.
Between the wind, the cold and the water dropping the fish were
extremely hard to find. They caught two reds and 2 trout. One of the
trout was a five pound gator. That helped make their day. I wish I
could have put them on more fish, but they were happy with their day
and they were a lot of fun to take out.
Some days are harder than other days. the wind, the water
temperature, the tide, so many things can change the amount of fish
you catch. And some people think if you don't catch a lot of fish
the day is too hard. But I'm predjuice. I think every day I can
spend on the water, whether it's hot or cold, calm or windy is a
great day.
Take someone out on
the water and if you don't catch anything, remember the time you
have with that person. It's still a great day!
Captain Neal GoodrichAV www.fishingfrenzy.org 386-690-0473
September 2006
The fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon is still good. On one trip
with three people this week we caught 9 redfish on one trip and
three were oversized (over 27 inches), they also landed 16 keeper
trout and one was five pounds. Have you ever noticed when you're out
fishing and everything is quiet, your hook is baited and your line
is out; you're watching your line for small movements for what seems
like 5 minutes at a time and nothing happens. But the minute you
look away, bam! a fish strikes. Sometimes it seems like the fish are
all down there under the water watching us watch them and telling
each other when we're not looking so they can try to grab the bait
without being caught.
The trout have slowed down some, but the bite is still good. The
water has come up some. It had been pretty low and had high
concentrations of salinity for a few weeks Most of the flats were
dry and the fish had dropped off in th deeper water. But now the
water is up high enough that the fish have scattered back over the
flats, but if you find the schools of bait fish you will usually
catch some good fish.
As for the rest of the fish...
The reds have mostly been mixed in with the trout. There has been
a good bite of large bull reds in the Haulover Canal. There have
also been some nice trout caught in the canal with the redfish. A
pretty good mix of Mango snapper have been brought in from the canal
as well.
Some good schools of jacks have been feeding on finger mullet in
the lagoon, mostly around five pounders have been landed. There are
still some nice tarpon scattered around the lagoon.
And some black drum have been landed off the power plants in Port
St. John. A lot of the drum are too small to keep, but the ones you
can keep are up to 30 pounds each. You can bait them up with shrimp
or crabs.
captain neal
goodrich
www.fishingfrenzy.org
Fishing Frenzy Mosquito Lagoon
The days have been beautiful early in the morning for fishing and the
fish have been just great about biting when you find them. Sometimes you
can catch your limit on the first stop, but most of the time you have to
search for them. Just keep moving until you find a good bite. I give
each stop about 15 minutes of fishing and if the fish are there you
will know it by then. If not, just move to another spot.
I had a family out one morning this week. I am sorry to say it, but I
couldn't find any redfish for them. They did catch 14 keeper trout and
some were over 20 inches. It was a good day and the said they had a
great time. I know I enjoyed watching them fish together with live bait
for the first time.
Another trip this week with two men, we spent fishing in the rain.
There have been a great many good fishing days lately. And you have to
fish them when you can. Those two men caught 10 good trout with three
over 20 inches and one 24 inch Redfish. They deserved everyone they
caught because we were all soaking wet all day.
Just this past Saturday I took a friend of mine and his 7 year old
son fishing. My friend used to be a fishing guide and is usually hard to
beat. But on this trip I smoked him like a cheap cigar. The reason was,
while I was fishing, he was taking care of his son. We went late in the
day and we caught 10 nice keeper trout. Out of those fish, four were too
big to keep. The 7 year old boy, Eric, caught and landed a 25 inch
redfish. It was a hot day, but a great day of fishing. Oh, my friend
caught one keeper trout. What a day!
The Trout are Still Biting
My report will be a
little short this time. I've been really busy fishing!
When the wind goes
North they slow down but, when is backs up to southeast or southwest the
trout tear up the bait. On one trip this week with a party of two clients,
they caught 34 nice sized trout. all of them 15 to 20 inches. That did not
include the shorts. We were back to the dock by 10:30 am with our full
quota. Not a bad day. Shoot, it was a great day!
There are jacks
around too. While catching speckled trout we watched a school of jacks
devouring a school of finger mullet. What the jacks didn't get the birds
picked up.
There are also some
bull redfish out there. On a trip this week, after catching our limit of
trout we found a school of big reds and decided to play with them for
awhile.
Chris from Arkansas
caught one 36 inches long and his friend Bob caught one 33 inches long. Man
oh man! Another great day of fishing!
East Central Florida Mosquito Lagoon
First week in April, Mosquito Lagoon
Here it is April already and the fishing is good. The Speckeled Trout have been bitting good and there are some nice sized ones,running 12-23 inches. You can also expect to catch 15-25 shorts each trip out. There are still some 15-17 inch Redfish around and you can expect to catch up to 20 of them each trip. There are some large Reds in the mix as well. Berkley Gulp has been working great on both the reds and trout! Gold spoons have also been good. There is still at least one school of big black drum around the Haulover Canal and the Port St. John power plant. The power plant also has a lot of Jacks and some small Tarpon directly offshore. I had two young men and their dad out earlier this week, and there is nothing like watching an eight-year old catch a 23 inch trout. His eyes lit up and his face turned into a great big smile. He was laughing and yelling to beat the band. It's worth the effort to take a kid fishing. Try it if you have the chance. Let's talk a little about fishing ettiquite; I don't want to step on anyone's toes and far be it from me to start preaching... but I was raised to respect the rights of every fisherman on the water. A little courtesy never hurt anyone and it sure makes for better fishing all around. If you see someone anchored and fishing in one spot give them some room. Don't crowd right in on top of them. Keep enough distance between you so each of you can cast toward each other and not get you lines tangled. Both of you will catch more fish and have a better day. Good fishing to you all! Captain
Neal Goodrich
Captian Neal Goodrich Beautiful Weather
The weather has been beautiful this week; Feb. 27-
March 2 in Oak Hill, FL
The fishing has been great too. The redfish have been biting good. But there are still a lot of little trout. Sometimes It seems like they never grown up, but we know that is not true. I believe the little trout are just quicker to chase the bait. The big trout are out there in schools just like the little trout, but they don't always bite as fast.
If you get out early in the morning you will make
some good catches of trout and redfish. This time of year you have got to try
different kinds of bait; live and artificial. Don't be afraid to try something
new. I actually caught a trout on a piece of my white T-shirt by tearing a
small strip off and tying it to the hook. So try anything you think might work
and then try everything else.
If you can't get out early, try a late afternoon trip
and fish up past dark. Sometimes, they bite better late in the afternoon than
they do in the morning.
There are some huge black drum in the Haulover Canal.
It was a good school too. So just grab your tackle and pole and get out on the
water. The fish are out there. And take a friend or a family member, even if
you don't catch a fish every hour you just can't beat the time you spend on
the water.
You are making great memories. So, go fishing!
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