Central East Region

Another fun year of fishing has begun here on Mosquito Lagoon Florida. So far this January 2012 has seen great weather conditions with cool mornings and some fairly warm days, schooling Redfish have been great fun sight fishing targets, casting select size live shrimp to the visible waking and pushing fish on the shallow flats. Most of these Reds are in the slot size up to 27” with a few fish over ...full report

January 8, 2012 Inshore: January has been very mild so far. The first cold front of the year cooled things off a little, but not enough to stop the fish from biting. The river has been alive with good reports of catches lately. We have had lots of fun out on the water so far this month! The mackerel bite was hot most of the week around the turning basin in Fort Pierce. We had several days ...full report

Here we are with another year going to the past. I hope 2011 was great to everyone and that 2012 brings even more enjoyment to your life. Now lets talk some fishing we have finally experienced our first major cold front of the year which has cleaned the water up dramatically. With the strong north winds that has came along with the passing fronts has pushed alot of the water out of the northern lagoon ...full report

December 26, 2011 Inshore: January Fishing Forecast The past several years, January has been a cold month around the Treasure Coast. Hopefully this will be a mild winter and you won’t have to worry about the water temperatures as much this year. Fishing in deeper water will provide you with better results on most days. Working your lures and baits much slower will also give you more success. ...full report

Here it is the 3rd week of December and we are still having 75 to 80 degree days, the warm weather has kept our fishing pattern in a late fall transition pattern with winter cold water not quite here yet. We do have small schools of quality Redfish up to 28 or more inches and loose knit groups near mullet schools. Seatrout catching has been good during this closed season month, the open season starts ...full report

We finally got a great weekend to get out with family and friends on some great seas. They were 1 to 2 waves and the king fishing could not have been any better a 2 per angler limit was easy to get! Whether we were fishing trolled ballyhoo or droping back sardines on the drift, the result was the same...FISH ON! We got to see some of the finest smoker kings skyrocket through the water to get to ...full report

Well the bait run is in full swing even after all of this tropical storm type weather. It only took one throw of the cast net to have enough bait for the day. The finger Mullet were everywhere! In fact the bait was so thick I think the predatory fish had a hard time finding one that was attached to our hooks. At first it was the usual, a Bluefish here a Catfish there. gcookilaBIG RED The Hook Up10/16/2011 ...full report

Well for the first time as I went out I had a newly engaged couple on the boat, Ralph and Megan. I wanted to make this a memorable one so as we broke the inlet at Cape Canaveral we joined hands I asked God for a bountiful safe fishing day and I thanked for the many blessing in our lives. I also prayed with them to bless their future union of marriage… If I HAD BEEN A FEW MORE MILES OUT I WOULD HAVE ...full report

gcookilaNice Sharks9/25/2011 8A NorthWell we got out both days this weekend and both were pretty productive. Most of the action was on the bottom for a change. We started Saturday watching the sun rise as we hit about 15 miles out and started to troll and didn't even get a bite. So out out to the weather buoy we went. Three short hits later we decided to come back in and do some bottom fishing. ...full report

You know sometimes you really have to scrape the bottom of piggy bank to go fishing...so with a less than a 1/4 of a tank of gas, off to the jetty we went. We took a few dozen shrimp, poles and a positive attitude. We went to the northern side of the north jetty and threw out the anchor. gcookilaSmall Mangrove Snapper9/3/2011 Canaveral North JettygcookilaSmall Ladyfish9/3/2011 Canaveral North JettyBites ...full report