March is typically the best month of the year for “gator” trout, or trout being over 24”. We are already cracking a few big, toothy, yellow mouthed, trout and are seeing even more as they can be one of the more challanging sightfishibg targets. A rewarding challange, as when everything goes right, they feed with a determined aggression. As for the Mosquito Lagoon’s famous redfishing, we continue to visit schools of up to a 100 fish, not the easiest to catch but a Nat Geo type of spectacle. Other flats are offereing spread out fish for all day entertainment. Wether you want to fly fish, sight fish with artificials, throw too waters in the morning, or soak bait, spring is one if the best times of the year for all day flats fishing.

The bite has been hot in Mosquito Lagoon! The cold water has the redfish and medium-sized black drum schooled up and cruising the flats while the gator trout bust topwaters in the morning and lay-up on the flats in late morning. Most days the bite is going all day! with the crystal clear water and low winter water levels sight fishing is exceptional this time of year on fly or spin.

Snook season is open and the fishing is good! Getting multiple snook a night right now. The biggest challange is typically getting one “small” enough to keep! We are also seeing warly signs of the mullet run leading to some great tarpon fishing. It sounds like cinder blocks being dropped from a bridge when you get into a pack of feeding tarpon.