Redfish & Trout Hitting Everything

The Fall is one of the best times of year to fish Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River for many reasons. Shorter days are triggering the redfish to school up, and the cooler water temps have them feeding voraciously! Trout are grouped up as well, from slot to "gator" trout (over 22"), and we have been catching them on back-to-back casts first thing in the morning. On this recent 4hr trip, we caught 15 trout up to 24" and 11 redfish from 21"-29".

The tarpon are showing up, the snook have been firing off, and the redfish are a year round target here in mosquito lagoon. We are still catch seat trout, including some over 25”, so its a great time of year to catch a backcountry slam (redfish, snook, and tarpon) or a super slam (4 or more gamefish), whether youre fly fishing or spin fishing!

With the cooling temperatures the redfish are schooling up and all day sightfishing is back! The redfish fishing can often be best in the fall as the redfish begin to group up into schools, that they stay in most of the winter, but have not yet been preassured. Just yesterday we landed double digits of reds in a half day trip on fly. In addition to the best time of year for redfish it can also be excellent for trout fishing. Whether throwing top waters in the morning or fishing to grouped up trout in sand holes it can be a great time of year for trout and the lagoons population has been growing in number and size. Fall is also a great time of year for snook fishing as the cooler tempts bring them out from the tree line to warm up where they can be sightfished. The cooler water and abundance of mullet has them feeding aggressivley before the coming winter. Now is agreat time to book a trip!!