March 2019 New Smyrna Daytona Beach Backcountry

[CaptMikeSavedow]

Spring 2019 has arrived to the waters of the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon here at New Smyrna Beach, water temperatures are up to the 70’s F in the intracoastal waterway and the mid 60’s in the ocean surf line, bait fish are returning the lagoon coming up from the south as the temps rise, coastal migratory game fish also starting to be caught, including Jack Crevalle, Bluefish, Pompano, and Ladyfish, our local resident fish Seatrout, Redfish, Black Drum, Mangrove Snapper are also returning to their normal locations after spending the winter hiding in the cold water spots. The spring shrimp run is starting with lots of fish focusing on one of their favorite foods the local shrimp. Water is still clear here in the north Lagoon and backcountry so artificial lures and flies are working with good visibility for the fish to see the “fake” baits. Kris from Maine was out with the family recently with me in the backcountry catching many different species on shrimp, dad got to catch a nice Redfish which we released to grow up and become a larger spawning fish some day……………….



………….son Liam got to catch and release a good Black Drum at another back waters fishing hole…………….



Ken from Chicago caught a bunch of fish on his trip with a couple good Redfish including this cool 9 spot fish on an artificial soft plastic lure………...



Repeat client Mike from Mt. Dora Florida came out again with friend on another trip into the backcountry, we got on a hole with a school of Black Drum and Mike landed 5 nice fun ones……………



Black Drum are one of our staple “good” fish but they are in decreasing numbers as well as all our other quality fish so I encourage Catch Photo Release on our bigger fish to protect the fishery for the future, Lisa from Ohio with another nice Black Drum……………



Repeat client fly fisherman Phil from Colorado caught several fish on fly on his recent trip, including school size Spotted Seatrout, fly fishing will continue to be good through the spring months with clear water and even more schooling surface striking game fish arriving in waves on their northward path up the coast…………..



First time clients from Maine out on a fun back waters mixed bag trip recently just after another cold front which lowered water temps for a few days, pushing the pattern back to a winter one again for a short time, Dr David caught a few fun size Seatrout……………...





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Capt. Michael Savedow
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[GaryDroze]

Please try to convince your clients to release those underslot trout without putting their hands all over them.

[CaptMikeSavedow]

Thank you GaryDroze, you are totally correct of course on not handling small spotted seatrout, I release probably 95 % of the very many undersize trout caught with an ARC dehooker with out touching them, a few of the unlucky ones just have to be photographed for the many novice angler clients I take fishing for there remembrance pictures. As I also encourage and successfully convince for the huge majority of fish caught on my boat Catch Photo Release for several years now, as our fish populations of quality type fish here in the Mosquito Lagoon area have dwindled terribly in the past several years due to heavy fishermen traffic and the Brown Tide algae blooms which have killed about 90% of the sea grass in all of the Indian River Lagoon including Mosquito Lagoon. My trips are about fishing fun with all the other remaining species with mostly tourist visitor type of clients. Mike

[countrycorners]

good answer