SPACEFISH REPORT

As you know, this week has been a solid blow. The waters along the beaches are going to be trashed for a few days and the lagoons aren’t going to be much better. At this time of the year I find myself looking for the redfish that are hiding from the elements just as I am.

There is something about fall fishing in Central Florida that I absolutely love. The mornings become a little more comfortable, the oppressive summer heat finally begins to loosen its grip, and some of our favorite inshore species start changing their behavior.

Hey yall! Hope you’ve been getting out there and tearing the fish up. Similar to last week we had another strong push of fish that kept the rods bent.

Inshore bite really picked up this week. I have seen more bait around and caught a lot more snook and redfish than we have the last few weeks.

The SE spillway at the Stick Marsh was flowing on Thursday but at a much slower volume as the week before. The first thing I noticed was the smell.

Unfortunately, it looks like this entire week is going to be just as brutal, with strong ENE and NNE winds and surf reaching up to 8 feet. Don’t expect fishing from either jetty to be very productive—or even safe—with the combination of rough surf and the seasonal king tides, especially during high tide periods.

We have had a definite shift in weather patterns this past week. We went from some rainy days and low wind conditions to a dipping front and strong northern winds.

Before winds picked up Saturday afternoon, we had a fantastic week of surf fishing in Melbourne Beach. The mullet run was still firing on all cylinders, big pompano were hitting the sand, and all species were in play.

The ocean did not exactly roll out the welcome mat for our recent surf-fishing trip to Melbourne Beach. We had rough, post-storm conditions, dirty water, and a bite that was slower than usual. Live sand fleas were hard to come by, too.

The last day we had decent weather was Monday the 6th and it was on fire on the reefs! We caught mahi, kingfish and cobia. Slow trolling live bait or frozen minnows both worked fine.

Sunday’s red snapper trip is in the books! We had ourselves a full limit with some studs and a few bonus variety snappers. Check us out all week, the weather looks good and the fishing looks better.

Inshore bite around Grant/Sebastian has been tough. There’s been very little bait the last several weeks most likely due to all of the rain, but there is some decent numbers near the inlet.

Hello there all you Sebastian Inlet fans and friends! I hope you all had a great weekend despite all the rain we had both days. This week will be much better, no rain in the forecast the next few days, and some cooler temps with that.

Water temperature is holding around 80°, and the topwater bite has been producing some great opportunities this week! The lake is up a good 12”.

The spillways are flowing with vengeance this past week which made for some tough conditions at our area lakes. Last Monday’s report I wrote while sitting in front of the SE spillway at Stick Marsh.