Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, Sept 4

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Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, September 4, 2010 

By Captain Tom Van Horn

Upcoming Classes, Seminars and Events  
Wednesday September 8^th, Seminar on the "Fishing Fall Mullet Run" at the Backcountry Flyfishing Association meeting, 6:30 PM, Harmoni Market, 2305 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, Florida 32804

Saturday, September 18^th, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers,  Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Fishing the Fall Mullet Run" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.  

Saturday October 2^nd 10 AM - 5 PM, "Discover Fly Fishing Day" in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka Florida. Guides, Professionals and Factory representatives will be on hand all day to introduce new comers to fly fishing and discuss casting, destinations, tactics, and equipment.

Saturday, October 23rd, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers,  Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Fall Fishing Tactics Redfish, Trout and Flounder" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.  

Tuesday, November 9^th, 7:00 - 9:00 PM, Orlando Kayak Fishing Club Meeting (open to all) in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoor in Apopka Florida.

Saturday, November 20th, 9:30 - 10:30 AM, "Free Seminar" Fishing with the Pros instructed by Captains Tom Van Horn and Chris Myers,  Basic fishing open forum, followed by "Preparing for the Shad Run & Crappie Season & Shad Derby Meeting" 10:30 - 11:30 AM in the Outback at Mosquito Creek Outdoors, 170 South Washington Ave., Apopka Florida.  

This Week's Fishing Report 

Trying to Reason with Hurracain Season

As most folks along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. know, the summer squall season in among us and by this time next week the peak of the hurricane season will hopefully be yesterday's news.

Although we dodged a bullet with Earl's tropical force winds passing within 350 miles of the Central Florida coast, his windy influence and strong swells (up to 12 feet) kept angler at bay all week.  Now that Earl has passed and hurricane ally has settled down, we can get back to fishing with a solid week of good weather ahead of us.

In the Lagoon last week, fishing was tough.  Water levels are up a bit, there's a ton of floating grass and dirty water.  As the weather improves, look for the redfish to move back up on the flats.  There are also still a good number of glass minnow schools out in deeper water, shadowed by ladyfish, sea trout and gaff top sail catfish.

Inside Port Canaveral, mullet schools are forming up and beginning to move down the beach.  Again, the water is still a bit dirty, but it is cleaning up very quickly.  Water temperatures are still above the 80 degree mark, so fishing should be improving on all fronts during the week ahead of us as long as the summer squalls stay away.

As most folks on the easrern seaboard know, by this time next week we will have reached the peak of the summer squal season.
 As always, if you need information or have any questions, please contact me. 

Good luck and good fishing, 
 Captain Tom Van Horn
Mosquito Coast Fishing Charters
http://www.irl-fishing.com
407-416-1187 on the water
407-366-8085 land line