Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Porcelli

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - I am just getting back in town from fishing the FLW Redfish series championship in Pensacola Fl. I was away for twelve days and it is good to be home. Here the weather has been pleasant with temperatures ranging from sixty in the morning and the afte more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Since the water level is up a foot or two in the Mosquito lagoon it has spread the fish out. When drifting your favorite flat you will see trout, sheepshead, ladyfish, blackdrum, flounder, jacks, redfish and a tarpon every now in again. Yesterday we more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon these past few weeks have been off the charts. Limits of trout and redfish have been a common daily sight. Speaking of sight we have been spending most of our days sight fishing for oversize reds. Most of the fish are b more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - This week in the Mosquito Lagoon, things were going good until Wednesday the tide slowed down. This time of year in the lagoon can be funny five perfect days then one day the fish just don’t want to eat. Because of the over abundance of bait. Getting more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Well the season is definitely racing into summer, bait pods showering in the Mosquito Lagoon. Pin and pigfish peppering any white hole in the Lagoon now giving the reds and trout plenty to forage on. Today was the only day I used finger mullet in the more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Weather has played a major roil in the productivity of the days. For the most part we have been tossing Gulp shrimp at reds and trout on the flats in the Mosquito Lagoon. We have been fishing many schools of slot size reds that have been calm one d more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Well what can I say about fishing in the Lagoon these days, it has been shallow. Even if you are running the most shallowest craft you still have to be careful on those below the bunk days. That is what I look for every A.M. before leaving the dock. more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - In the Mosquito Lagoon we took a few flounder in our mix this week on Gulp shrimp fished slowly on the bottom. Our targeted fish was trout but every now and again you would get that almost signature bite. Not much pull in the battle until you go to l more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon lately has been awesome, trout, redfish, black drum and a flounder here and there. Trout season just opened January 1st, and we have been catching our share. Last week I had Ed and son Justin Taubensee with Jeff and his more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - The lagoon has been nice and quiet since hunting season has started. I like this time of the year because of that reason. The reds are still up on the flats eating lots of finger mullet and small poppers. And Gulp shrimp! Poppers are a local name for more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon