SPACEFISH REPORT

WHAT WOULD YOU DO if you made a basic inquiry about an item for sale on FB marketplace and the seller, a random stranger, asked you to go fishing with them?

I was able to get out one night this week with snook squarely in my crosshairs.

I hope everyone is doing well, and enjoyed a warm weekend because this morning was chilly! We are still in that wonky weather pattern of a few warm days followed by a sobering cold snap. It’s quite a roller coaster! This can make fishing challenging, because things are so all over the place.

62° water temps at blast off this morning and the bite has been steady. With a cold front pushing in over the next few days, expect the artificial bite to tighten up a bit — but the live bait bite is improving daily as these prespawn fish stage up.

The Atlantic red snapper population is at record levels of abundance. The stock is healthy, not overfished, and not undergoing overfishing. Yet despite that reality, federal management has limited Florida anglers to just one or two days in recent years.

Big booms for everyone! If you haven’t checked my social media pages lately then you haven’t seen all of the giant black drum we’ve been catching lately in the Indian River and near-coastal waters outside of Port Canaveral. It’s been a drum-fest for sure.

Here we go with this week’s SLOW report of the fishing at the inlet. Most, if not all the action was on the north jetty last week, and over the weekend, as the SSE winds we had at the end of the week just ruined the south side and turned it into a huge mud hole!

Friday’s weather hit the high 80’s and was so much like spring arrived but this morning changed it up again with 40 degree cold once again.

A decent week of fishing inshore and nearshore off the beaches. Plenty of action inshore from trout, pompano, bluefish mackerel and jacks with a few small gag grouper in the mix when using live baits.

After a week of warm weather with very good black drum fishing, we’re getting a little cold front to keep the water cool and the bite hot.

Fishing New Smyrna Beach backwaters this past week has been great with several double-digit days coming boat side. The weather this past week had warmed up to the mid-eighties making the fish spread out a bit looking for new food opportunities.

The shark fishing nearshore right now is downright fantastic. These fish are here and ready to eat which makes for a fun day with clients. We are catching them in all sizes too. If you would like to give shark fishing a try, give us a call. It’s a great time to do it!

Wednesday morning tournament out of Lake Front park, went right down past Chisholm and fished along the reeds and pepper grass at a cut leading back to some houses and docks.

Went out to try some new artificials, film some lure demos/rankings etc… Couple trout over 20” caught (23” hit shrimp under popping cork)

The fishing in New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon continues to not disappoint. The weather has been a little up in down this past week with warm days, cool days and even a little rain but the fish continue to be firing on all cylinders.