About Fishing The Mosquito Lagoon

Mon Oct 06, 2008
Hello,
My name is Richard Bradley and I grew up on Merritt Island, Florida's North Banana River Drive. My father started me fishing when I was a child in his homemade jon boat for freshwater game and panfish and quickly progressed me to the saltwater canals off the Banana, Indian River and Mosquito Lagoons.

I believe I became addicted to fishing while plugging for snook in the backwaters near mangroves and docks and more so later when dad took me offshore for cobia, dolphin and other sportsfish.

I remember my father taking me cobia fishing and leaving the gaff home. Of course we hooked up with several large cobia and landed none of the powerful fish without a way to boat them.  The cobia were plentiful back in the 1960's and 1970's and we never had to go looking too far to find them, now things have changed but we still land alot of cobia each year.

I've dedicated my life to showing people what I've enjoyed for decades. I work with a fishing guide service called Lagooner and I guide over 300 trips annually.