Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Porcelli

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Yesterday we started our day fishing for trout in the Mosquito Lagoon with pigfish. Art caught the first trout of the day, a five pounded. Even though we did not catch any more that size we did catch about twenty more. He and Bob also caught four red more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - This week in the Mosquito Lagoon we had some banner days and some not. Wendell Ferdic joined me for a half day and took ten trout and only one was short, all the others were large to gator size. He also put a few reds in the bag with one over slot fi more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon this past week has been hit or miss. Betsy Schweizer joined me today on a half -day trip and caught a five-pound trout on her second cast. She caught thirteen fish total including trout, redfish, ladyfish, flounder, and more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - This weeks clients took some good fish, then again I always tell them the fish are good when they eat your bait. Darrel Ormand and friend took fourteen reds on the flats on shrimp. Tony Gillman caught fourteen reds on the Mosquito Lagoon flats. Jim a more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The Mosquito Lagoon has been giving up alot of trout and redfish this week. If you plan on sight fishing for these fish it is a good idea to practice your casting, if you cast ahead of your target you usually get a bite. If you cast behind them more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Wow what a week of catching it has been. Pat and Bill Griggs joined me for some tailing reds and some awesome trout action. They sight casted at some reds and took three, then we went a little deeper and caught nine trout. The trout were eating the p more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The Mosquito lagoon has been red hot these past few days with red fish tails waving like flags on the forth of July. That is when they are calm and not spooked, if you disturb them you will notice that they will not tail when disturbed. If you sit ba more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The weather has been perfect this week and it looks like we are in for just the same for some time. The good thing is the fish will not be feeding on the big moon all night this week. Last week we had to beg the fish to eat a bait and yesterday they more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The Mosquito Lagoon was blown out last week but now we have a little slack from the wind and the fish have been happy, but not as happy as I. Yesterday I had James Houlk, Tina and James sr. out for a half day. They took sixteen reds on eight pound ta more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon has been good this past week but we have not made the record catches as we did last month. Arron Batchelder of Lake Helen took five big trout on slam’Rs and four reds. The trout were eating the plastics in the pearl and more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon