SPACEFISH REPORT

What a wild couple of weeks of nonstop bad weather — rain, wind, and rough surf. And now, we’ve got a tiny cold front rolling through, haha. Some wild stuff, but at least the weather’s finally good again! That stretch of storms was obviously holding all of us back from pulling record-sized fish out of the water.

Spacefish anglers know that the wind has been blowing, but that didn’t keep us from going over the past week. That old adage “the wind is your friend,” couldn’t have been more true since my last report.

Good morning al you Sebastian Inlet fanatics! I trust everyone enjoyed the pleasant weekend we had. With that said, off we go with another NOT so hot report, mainly due once again to the nasty ocean conditions at the inlet all last week, and the weekend.

Wasn’t the best weather this week but the beginning and end of the week turned out not too bad…

Fishing has been great, despite the not-so-great weather. We’re catching lots of redfish with some trout mixed in, but redfish have been the main catch this past week.

After all this rain and weather that had been sitting on us the past week and a half or so, we have finally got a break. The weather looks to be great for the next up coming week and the fishing has been 🔥 — which makes it even better.

Rain, rain, rain, wind. Headwaters shiner dunking is still producing deep, shallow near cover open water can’t miss with shiners.

It’s no secret that we’ve had some serious rain lately, and while the fresh water is welcome in some ways, it can be tough on our lagoon. Heavy rains don’t just raise water levels — they wash all kinds of stuff into the river system, and that impacts fishing in a big way.

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fishing/birdwatching/sightseeing fans, it’s going to be another “not so good” report due to all the nasty conditions we had all last week, and through the entire weekend. For the most part the entire inlet east of the bridge was pretty unfishable,

Despite the heavy winds and rain, inshore fishing was good with snook, redfish, trout and jacks in on the action. The heavy winds pushed saltwater in the lagoon and pushed most of the freshwater to the west side of the lagoon.

Today, the IRL stands as a mirror—revealing not just the beauty of Florida’s coast, but the consequences of our choices. This historical reflection traces how the lagoon’s balance was lost, how the “it can take it” mentality led to ecological collapse, and why understanding its past is essential to restoring its future.

With the two tropical systems that passed by in the Atlantic last week, and another system supposed to cross our state this week, it has made any kind of a fishing expedition tough to find a day with winds under 15 mph and rain.

The weather continues to not be great, but the fishing continues to be really good. We’re getting lots of redfish with some over 30 inches. The water in the lagoon is high and starting to clean up with the cooler temperatures.

The weather here in the New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach area has been a little challenging this past week. We have had gusty winds with constant onshore squalls making for some not so enjoyable conditions on the water.

The water temp was 80 degrees when we started this morning. The artificial bite is pretty steady until noon. The live bait bite is still excellent. We have been burning through 3 dozen baits the first hour of the day and 8-10 dozen before 10am.