I Fished Florida's Most Famous Flats Unchartered...

FISHING MOSQUITO LAGOON FLORIDA FOR 72 HOURS //
On this special episode of Abenz Fishing I partnered with @SWSAdventures / @SaltwatersportsmanMag to go and fish Florida's most famous flats, Mosquito Lagoon. Flats fishing is not for the feint of hard and it was an absolute grind for 72 hours. While we did great fishing for trout, the redfish were tough to come by.
Mosquito Lagoon is a vast area with thousands of islands, miles and miles of endless flats and extremely shallow water that is tough to navigate.
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[@sumthangelse89]

"Dont feel like u have to explain urself" to every negative comment making person, just be urself and enjoy it an leave the negative commentators to argue with themselves. Keep up the great videos!

[@Dink_master_fishing]

Finally 10k subs! Congrats it is well deserved!

[@AbenzFishing]

Thank you man and thanks for the support along the way so far!

[@CraftKing__]

Awesome to see you fishing where I spend most of my time on the water. LOVE Mosquito Lagoon and am so happy with its current state of recovery

[@AbenzFishing]

That’s awesome! Thanks for tuning in! It’s a tough area to learn

[@jc_autob0t520]

Congrats on 10k brotha! Epic journey and videos always 👊🏼

[@frostizz2072]

Love the intro, drone footage and very eased into the vid took a lot of time and well put toghether

[@AbenzFishing]

Thanks man - glad you noticed 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@PizzaDog89]

Congrats on 10K subs!!! You deserve it because youre putting out some of the best fishing a content on youtube. BTW welcome to my neck of the woods!

[@AbenzFishing]

Thanks man appreciate that! And your neck of the woods is tough to learn. Can’t wait for redemption!

[@RyanIzfishing]

Awesome trip homie! We had to work for those fish🔥🔥

[@AbenzFishing]

Dude for real - redemption soon!

[@TomMendoladrums]

Never give up!

[@AbenzFishing]

Yessir!

[@youtubeplumbing]

Let’s go Bro‼️

[@AbenzFishing]

🙏🏻

[@fisheye1406]

Terra mar boat ramp👍🏻💪🏻 my parents live in there. I fish outta there frequently I could show you some killer trout and red fishing 💪🏻💪🏻

[@AbenzFishing]

That’s awesome - good eye. That launch is perfect location

[@fisheye1406]

Yes, it is. I've been fishing those flats for 30 yes. Glad you got to experience it

[@AbenzFishing]

@@fisheye1406 tough tough area man, skinny skinny water too. Definitely learned a ton and definitely want to get back in spring

[@fisheye1406]

You got an open invitation any time you're up this way. It would be a pleasure to show you around

[@AbenzFishing]

@@fisheye1406 awesome - thanks!

[@jonathanvillarreal5047]

There’s so much more satisfaction being able to put yourself on your own fish you know what’s up

[@AbenzFishing]

🙏🏻 100%

[@snizookslizayer5379]

where's all the mullet in that lagoon is my question.

[@rbuzaki]

id fish more south in the "true lagoon" area where theres wind-blown tides vs actual tide(launch out of beacon 42 and head east. that area is a bit easier and i personally think theres more redfish there than the more northern parts of the lagoon where theres tidal flow.if you want to soak baits go to haulover canal and soak big chunks for the resident bulls

[@AbenzFishing]

Next time I will, I actually noticed it was more productive farther south in the lagoon towards end of the trip. Also way less predation on the reds and trout. The dolphin weren’t nearly as rampant.

[@rbuzaki]

as for the bigger trout, you won't find the true gators with the schoolies. unless theyre spawning theyre solo hunters, before I found my few 30"+ trout honeyholes I would get mid 20s to 30" trout with the mid 20s redfish, find the mid slot reds and toss 5" paddletails or topwaters at first light and work them slowly.

[@AbenzFishing]

@@rbuzaki that’s awesome intel. I actually saw a few on the shorelines solo hunting but didn’t get good footage of it.

[@ryanbennett4956]

Beacon 42 is the best place to go for gator trout nice reds out there too

[@rbuzaki]

@@AbenzFishing depends on where you go, some of those south lagoon/northern irl dolphin will follow you even if you move with the big motor. But from personal experience you get more shots at bulls randomly on the flats/bars if you fish south of the oak hill area. Now the northern area like gaines island/orange island areas known for gators but theyre smart. I only would get on them tossing big topwaters way before it was even first light due to the fishing pressure.

[@taureanwright31]

Is it possible to access by foot and wade fish up there?

[@AbenzFishing]

I’m not the one to ask but wade fishing would be ideal in that area. Kayak is probably best

[@taureanwright31]

@AbenzFishing lol alright appreciate that. I don't have a boat so it's by foot for me. for now at least lol but good shit tho bro i know exactly what you mean by that hard work and getting that fish you chased for so long nothing is more rewarding

[@bassalot66]

Have a link to that Airbnb?

[@AbenzFishing]

abnb.me/IEyLwkpFaHb

[@bassalot66]

@@AbenzFishing thanks brother

[@ralphzaccaria7420]

Find a cheap paddle board on market place and leave it at your family’s for whenever your there

[@patrickharlow7724]

I bought an inflatable boat and a 500 dollar outboard, works super well

[@user-un2tu7nf2i]

Theres no tide really in the heart of the lagoon...just have had real low water levels lately...will all change once we start gettting rain soon

[@user-un2tu7nf2i]

And wet hands before handling trout..they have protective slime that they need to survive

[@xENTREEx]

My back yard.

[@birkrob]

Mosquito Lagoon the most famous flats in Florida? Come on man! More famous than the Key West Flats, Islamorada Flats, Biscayne Bay, flamingo… Come on man.

[@AbenzFishing]

I mean, a lot of it is personal preference. I’d argue that mosquito is easily as popular and sought after for flats fishing as those destinations you mentioned. It’s also extremely historically significant. If you look up Floridas famous flats it’s consistently mentioned as a top destination. Cheers.

[@rbuzaki]

before the grass died off, the southern lagoon area was known as the redfish capital(over louisiana) due to how unique it is(the mosquito lagoon is one of 2 areas where redfish live where they spawn). its a different fishery with the grass die off and the fish kills that killed off most of those resident fish but its coming back slowly.

[@AbenzFishing]

@@rbuzaki well said - I did read it’s the only place where they basically stay their whole life - super cool

[@fishingblackwatersound]

I’m sorry but biscayne bay shits all over mosquito lagoon….

[@AbenzFishing]

@@fishingblackwatersound sounds like we have to shoot a series in Biscayne, but, regardless of what’s prettier or better, mosquito has long been considered one of Florida’s premier flats fishing destinations.

[@stealthwalker007]

Stop being sponsored!! Be true you sound sold out!! True flats are big bend of fl cedar key to Keaton beach come here fish I dare you

[@judefitzpatrick4366]

are you going to pay for gas expenses, equipment, etc? he’s not being a sell out, he’s doing what he loves while making $, something you probably wish you could do.

[@judefitzpatrick4366]

also there are no “true” flats, anywhere in the everglades, also over down past marco there are tons of