The winter time fishing in New Smyrna Beach backwaters has been good and with the circulating cool fronts this week it will be even better. With the shifting winds and cool temperatures coming into Central Florida look for the water levels to start to lower and fish to gather making for some great sight fishing opportunities.

The redfish and black drum have been and will continue to be holding in and around the shallow sand holes throughout the Mosquito Lagoon. Look for the snook and trout to start moving into the deeper holes and shorelines as the water temps start to drop over the upcoming week. This is definitely one of my favorite times of year to fish the backwaters of New Smyrna Beach and the shallow waters of Mosquito Lagoon as the fish tend to be very happy as the water temps cool down. Do not neglect the deeper waters of the intracoastal throughput the Daytona Beach area, either. The snook, trout, redfish and other species like to hold of the deeper mud throughout the Intracoastal.

Weather looks to be good into next week so get out and bend a rod.