Sun Mar 21, 2010  

Banana River Lagoon
Spotted or Speckled Sea Trout Guide

World Class Light Tackle Charter Fishing Guide on Florida's East Coast

Banana River Sea TroutTaking a fishing trip with a guide during your Banana River Fishing Guide for redfish, trout, snook or tarpon is one of the most exciting ways to spend a day in the great outdoors. The Banana River lagoon is one of the most diverse and exciting lagoons to fish in our nation and it's not uncommon to catch all four of our prominent species in one outing. While visiting our lagoon and letting a fishing guide take you out you'll often see manatees, porpoise or dolphin, bald eagles and other wildlife on or around the Banana River.

Banana River
Sea Trout Fishing Updates

The Banana River has great sea trout fishing almost all year long, however there are better times than others to find larger "gator" sized trout. Some anglers just want to catch trout despite the size and there's better time for that too.

Generally speaking the late fall winter and spring are more productive times for bigger trout and the summer is a great time to catch the small under 15 inch models in the deeper grass flats. The best times to catch quantities of large trout are between cold fronts in late January thru March and during the spawn in March, April and May.

Our Sea Trout fishing was considered the best in the world until commercial fishing decimated the fish until 1992 when Florida voted on the constitutional amendment to ban all inshore nets from three miles inward. The spotted sea trout have rebounded since the net band and Florida's Central east coast is gaining back it's notoriety for being a spotted sea trout destination again.

Captain GinaHello,
All winter long we wait for the big Banana River trout to make their showing and spawn so I can guide my customers to a successful day of fishing on the clear lagoons around Cocoa Beach and Merritt Island. We are often treated with a bonus fish called snook during the warmer weather, which is an excellent table fish (probably the best in the lagoon). Small snook are abundant and easily caught when the weather starts to warm around may and the Banana River and it's canals are a great place to start looking for some great action on fly and artificials. When guiding on the Banana River lagoon for spotted sea trout and other fish, I often find that live bait will attract bites from larger fish of the species.

As always I look forward to hearing from many of you soon, if you need to contact Captain Gina and setup a charter please call her at (321) 868-4953 or just fill out the form on the left.

God Bless,

Captain Richard Bradley
Lagooner Fishing Guide

"Captain Richard takes me fishing every winter for large sea trout on our coastline. I've never been disappointed in any of the fishing trips he's guided me on in the Banana River home waters. It's always fun."

-Captain Gina Bradley

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Florida Sea Trout Regulations

Not less than 15" or more than 20" (statewide) except one fish over 20" per person. 4 per harvester per day South Region 5 per harvester per day N.E. and N.W. Regions.
Season Closure: Nov. & Dec. S. Region / Feb. N.E. and N.W.

Trout Links & Information

Seatrout are often refered to as gator trout when they are large (over 6 pounds). Lagooner charters specialize in finding and catching large seatrout in shallow water areas. Here are some facts about these gamefish:

Matures during first or second year and spawns INSHORE from March through November; often in association with seagrass beds; lives mainly in estuaries and moves only short distances; adults feed mainly on shrimp and small fish.

Some Trout Pictures:

Sebastian Inlet Gator Trout

Girl with Stringer of Trout

Seatrout On Fly

Banana River Trout

Indian River Gator Trout

Stringer of Big Seatrout

Florida Sea Trout

Mosquito Lagoon Sea Trout

Banana River Sea Trout

Gator Trout in the Banana Lagoon


Florida Sea Trout Record
15lb., 6 ozs.