Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Porcelli

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Well the weather has been cold for the past week but it looks like we will see day light soon. The wind has been the biggest factor, this week we have had winds at fifteen to twenty plus every day except yesterday. Yesterday we did have ice on the de more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Mosquito Lagoon Fishing lately has been good for trout, redfish, black drum and a flounder here and there. Since trout season just opened we have been taking our share. We have been bouncing Gulp shrimp rigged on 1/4 oz jigs. New Penny and natural se 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.We have been bouncing Gulp shrimp rigged on 1/4 oz jigs. New P more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Happy New Year This week has been one of those hot and cold weeks one day the fishing is hot the next it is cold. That also goes for the weather as well. I think it is 80 + degrees out there, if we did not have the wind today it would have been a sc more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Now that the weather has been more like winter the fish are swimming for the depths. Mostly trout I should say. This time of the year is one of the best times to catch trout and redfish in the numbers. The fish will be bunched up in holes looking for more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - Fishing has been good if you can be on the fish when they want to eat. Yesterday was one of those days when we had storms pushing through. I wanted to fish a spot on the north end of the lagoon but had to work around the storms. I usual fish the moon more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

Ponce Inlet to Mosquito Lagoon - In the Mosquito Lagoon this week trout are feeding well but the season is still closed. The trout are still taking the Gulp new penny jerk shad in the five inch length. They will also eat the Gulp chartreuse pepper sinking minnow regularly but this b more...
Capt. Joe Porcelli - Mosquito Lagoon

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