Fresh Titusville Fishing Reports

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of being the captain for a local High School Fishing team. I was able to take the Sunday before and pre-fish one of the lakes on the chain where the tournament was being held. The day started off pretty slow with a 2 hour fog delay which has a tendency to change your plans as it removed 2 hours from your fishing day. Many teams planning on running all the way from Lake Toho to Lake Kissimmee no longer had that as an option so it meant that there were only 4 or 5 lakes left within a reasonable distance to fish. We hit our first spot in lake Toho and picked up a couple of fish but the delay had not helped as there were many fishermen hitting the same area prior to our arrival. So we proceeded to the next spot which was also loaded up and didn't even stop. We locked through to Lake Cypress where I had fished the week before and I had several spots that I was optimistic would provide good action. We hit the first area and within the first couple of casts had a nice 6 lb. fish and another 2.5 lb. fish. we had figured out the pattern necessary and the boys proceeded to catch another kicker and we culled an additional 3 fish before we had to quit to begin our 1 hour trip back to the weigh in. While the boys were happy with what they had caught they had no idea that they would be on the hot seat for the entire weigh in until the final team came up and beat them out by 1 lb. It was a great day for them, first time in the top 10 as they got a 2nd place bag with 16.35 lb.

Clouds and wind put a damper on the sight fishing but we still had and excellent day catching both large redfish and seatrout. made it back to the ramp just before the nasty storms arrived. Fishing is great right now!

With winds blow over 20mph, I offered my clients the option to cancel but the wanted to go anyway. By the time we started, the clouds moved out and the sun allowed us to see both redfish and trout along a protected shoreline. Action was steady using a DOA 3" shad tail on a jighead and numerous redfish and trout were caught and released.

Tom joined me for two days fo fishing the flats of Mosquito Lagoon. The first day, the breezy conditions kept most of the other anglers at home allowing us to have the fish all to ourselves. Big seatrout could be spotted lying in shallow sandy holes and redfish were encountered in both schools and singles. The next day, it was glass calm and as it got light we were greeted with schools of redfish in every direction, The actions was setady all day with redfish and big trout eating both the 3" DOA CAL shad and the 5.5" CAL jerkbait. Clear water and sunny skies made for some excellent sight fishing conditions.

High winds on the flats made us decide to fish the backcountry islands today. With 100 live shrimp on board my clients got a bite on almost every one. We used ultralight tackle making even the small fish seem big. The action was so fast I barely had time to do anything but bait hooks and release fish. this is a great trip for poor weather, kids, or people with minimal experience. You never know what you may catch and the numbers are high.

Clear water and clear skies are the perfect combination for sight fishing the flats of Mosquito Lagoon which is exactly what Bart wanted to do. We encountered both schools of redfish as well as single tailing fish on the shallow flats. A few shots at giant fish over 25 pounds were also in the mix. All fish were caught in DA soft plastic lures using 10lb braided line.