Not much has changed since last week and that’s a good thing. The fishing is still on fire! We are still catching bait in the same general areas which are the basin in Port Canaveral, the bite and along the beach south towards the pier and brown condos. We haven’t had to push beyond the reefs, that’s where all of our action has been and we are catching a bunch of different species. Wahoo, kingfish, cobia, mahi, blackfin tuna, jacks and cudas we all caught this week.

There is a thermocline so the action on the bottom is a little slower but hopefully that will move off sooner than later and things will heat back up targeting the bottom.

Captain Joe and Captain Dylan have been crushing it targeting our local reefs, both 8A and Pelican. Live bait is kind of hard to find so it’s a good thing to grab a box of minnows just in case. They have been working just fine but always better to get live bait if you can find it. Overall, the fishing is insanely good right now! All species are chewing.

Capt. Joe and Capt. Dylon were hard at it this week putting our customers on some awesome fish! There were so many different species caught like kingfish, dolphin, grouper, tuna, cobia, this list goes on. There is live bait scattered along the beach from the basins to condos to the bite. If you can’t get live bait, minnows are also working just fine. The reefs are producing all the fish from Pelican to 8A. It’s a great time to get offshore right now!

The Ocean Obsession out of Sunrise Marina at Port Canaveral has put its customers on some great fish on recent trips. From grouper and snapper to kingfish and amberjack, there has been some serious rod bending action. If you want to get offshore and get in on this action, book your trip now with this awesome captain and crew.

What a solid week of fishing. With summer approaching, we are hoping for more consistent days to get offshore. This past week didn’t disappoint. Mahi and black-fin tuna were caught in a little deeper water between 250-300 feet. It’s grouper season, we caught grouper in 200 feet using big live bait.

Kingfish were very consistent on the reef. Before running offshore, we didn’t have any problems with cast-netting bunker. The bite area was the most consistent for catching live bait.

Capt. Joe with Fired Up Charters put on Kingfish clinic this weekend. Live bait can be caught in the bite before running offshore. Pelican and 8A have been producing well. They’re still some smaller dolphin being caught fishing these depths as well.

What to expect out of Port Canaveral to close out April and kick off the month of May.

We never made it offshore last week so all we’ve been doing is shark fishing. The winds haven’t been that favorable and honestly offshore is not that great right now so we just been making the best of it along the beach and the shark fishing has been insane. There are a number of other species roaming our beaches right now like Spanish mackerel, bonita, jacks and we are even starting to see some tarpon. The sharks are not picky, any big piece of cut bait will get them to bite but if you can get a bonita, that seems to be their favorite.

The Ocean Obsession fishing out of Sunrise Marina at Port Canaveral showed out with a full board of all kinds of different fish. Lane, mangrove, mutton and red snapper were all caught. Even though you can’t keep the reds, they are still a blast to catch. Other species that made for some great table fare for their customers were triggerfish, grunts, kingfish and a dolphin. You just never know who’s coming to dinner. Keep an eye out for their next trip and take advantage of getting offshore with the awesome captain and crew.

We are going to start providing a quick video fishing report that will touch on fishing for our customers and fishing for the locals with their own boats. At the beginning of each month it will be a broad “what to expect” and as water, weather, temperature, clarity, sea conditions, bait, etc. change, we will keep you updated through each month as needed.

With the consistently strong winds last week it pretty much had us focusing on shark trips near shore and boy oh boy it didn’t disappoint. Capt. Joe put on a clinic putting our customers on some big old toothy critters. If you have never locked horns with a big shark, this is a great time to do it. They are here and willing to play!

Give us a call to book one of these awesome shark trips.