March Offshore Fishing

March is here and I finally have my first fishing report worth doing in 2024. The last 2 months have just been plagued with rough seas, cold dirty water and mostly very poor fishing.

We can expect many more fishable days this month as we transition into our spring time fishery.

Let’s start close and work our way out. Coastal shark fishing will steadily improve with warmer temperatures. Big black tip and spinner sharks up to 6ft 100lbs and lots of nice black nose and fine tooth sharks to be caught. Spanish mackerel fishing will be really good with the slightly below average water temperature holding them but we can expect the pompano to be a little later than usual, along with triple tail as that temp comes up so that is all adding up to a action packed March.

Next on everyone’s brain will be cobia. Will we see an actual cobia run along the coast that we remember of years past? Unfortunately, I think the answer is no. Thus fishery has morphed into something different and not quite as fun as sight fishing for them. The cobia are here but they are going to be spread out deep and sticking with the big bull sharks & sandbar sharks that plague every bit of structure along the Florida’s East coast.

Bottom fishing for stringer fish such as lane snapper & trigger fish is going to be awesome as long as long as the dirty green cooler water temperatures stay with us. These are also really good conditions for mangrove snapper. In the past we always have enjoyed the larger mangrove snapper the waters off Port Canaveral are known for but I highly suggest trying to target the smaller mangroves because it is almost next to impossible to get anything over 5 pounds past the sharks.

Good chance we see a little bit of an early mahi run as the colder green water butts up against the warm clean water of the stream. Blackfin tuna and sailfish will right there with them. I don’t expect it to be fast and furious fishing but good days can be had if you’re willing to work at it.

Amberjack fishing will be really good but as always the challenge will be to get them past the sharks. Try your best and then go vermillion fishing.

We are looking forward to a great Spring Break and are very excited to put this windy, rainy, miserable winter behind us.