New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon have been heating up with some great fishing this past week. We have had multiple boat slams come boat side with trout, redfish and snook. We have even had the occasional flounder make an appearance. The bait continues to be spread out from Daytona Beach south into the Lagoon. Look for the bait pods and structure as the fish will not be to far away.

Early starts have been the truck lately as we have had some extremely hot days along with afternoon thunderstorms. The weather looks to be about the same heading into next week so I foresee the bite continuing to be strong.

Headwaters is good to awesomeness fish are keying on bait it’s every where. Top water on and around mats and deep water has been spectacular
.weedless bloop baits moved slowly and propbaits are the ticket for me..
Worm and fluke bite around cover producing some good action all day

Kenansville has been nuked every piece of hyacinth has been sprayed and water is 2 feet down
Headwaters is productive but middle to south bull rushes have been nuked hope hydrilla survives the assault
3 forks still amazing watch for floaters in canal leading down
Stickmarsh fishing good fishing are roaming on bait pods
Lakes will come up and rain has cooled temps just be wary of lightning it has been wild at times

This week, I shifted my focus from mangroves to dock fishing in pursuit of redfish. Seeking wind-protected spots, I discovered that fishing closer to shore in the morning and gradually moving to deeper waters as the sun rose yielded the best results. When the sun was high, I targeted docks with boat lifts, capitalizing on the shade they provided for the fish to escape the heat. Don’t overlook the areas between docks, as they can be equally productive. My go-to lures were the Mirrolure Lil John and a small jerk shad, which I retrieved with slow, soft twitches and occasional pauses to entice strikes. Adjust your retrieve to suit the conditions, but this approach proved successful for me. The dock fishing transition paid off, and I landed some great redfish!

The weather has been cooperating, but it has been hit or miss for baitfish along the beaches over the last week. The reefs and wrecks in 60 to 90-feet of water are holding king mackerel, barracuda, red snapper, and shark when we’ve been able to find baitfish to slow troll over these structures. Tarpon action has been best along the beaches from Satellite southward to the Sebastian Inlet. Hopefully the bait schools will get more consistent over the next week and we can have an easier time catching fish without having to run 25 miles to get bait. If you’re looking to get out and catch some fish give us a call today at 321-505-821.

I hope everyone had a great week of fishing and is looking forward to the Fourth of July!

Last week wasn’t outstanding in terms of catches, but it was filled with lots of whiting, ladyfish, and black drum. Those pesky catfish loved the dirty water, and you had to fight through them to get to the better fish. There were a few days with patches of floating weeds but it was fishable for the most part. I think everyone has picked through some salad before. If you are a shark fisherman, you were in luck—they were biting every bait you could think of, bonito, mullet, ladyfish, you name it was getting hit.

This week, the waves are going to stay flat at a cool 1-2 feet. We still have a southeast wind for most of the week, not blowing super hard but just enough to put a light chop on the water, which tends to make fishing a bit better than flat calm waters. Using standard pompano rigs will be your best bet, rigged with some frozen shrimp or clams. Don’t be afraid to throw a fish finder rig or knocker rig with some live shrimp or finger mullet, as there have been some nice redfish and snook being caught. Don’t fish too far out for them though because they are in close chasing the bait that is moving along the beaches.

I hope everyone has a great holiday! Fish hard, party hard, and most of all, tight lines!

We had a decent week of fishing the beach. Bait is still scarce but its starting to show up in small numbers. Greenies around the inlet and pilchards inside have been fairly consistent. We fished for some snapper off the beach on the inshore reefs and some tarpon and big jacks last week. Plenty of big jacks till the NE winds came on later in the week. The tarpon thinned out and went out deep due to the rough seas last week, but have started to show back up later in the week and weekend. Not sure where the NE winds have been coming from but they definitely slow down the bite.

Looks like another week of fairly calm seas and light winds so the beach fishing should be pretty good again this week. Look for Kingfish and jacks around bait pods if you can find them and scatter tarpon as well. May even get lucky and find a few free swimming cobra running the beaches around the bait pods.

The Ocean Obsession (OO) which is based out of Sunrise Marina in Port Canaveral has continued to keep their customers on the fish. This past week was no exception with a number of different species being caught. Lane snapper, mangrove snapper and mutton snapper were all caught this past week in addition to some bonus species like cobia and dolphin. These are some fantastic fighting fish and great to eat too! If you have been wanting to get offshore and catch some quality fish, the captain and crew of the OO will take good care of you.

Good morning all my Sebastian Inlet fans and fishermen/gals! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! So, here we go off on another adventure into what’s happening at the inlet. For the most part, again, it was kind of slow due to the dirty water present all weekend, but there was some action to be had if you found some clean water. The north side was the cleanest, whereas the south side was the dirtiest. So that is where all the action was over the weekend from Friday on.

North Jetty

At the tip on the outgoing tide was producing some nice catch and release snook on live shrimp and small croakers. Also being caught at the tip on both tides were some small mangrove snappers on cut bait, greenies and live shrimp, and mixed in were a couple nice sheepshead and spot tail pins. The snook bite on the incoming was non-existent, but they were there, you could see the massive school of them on the inside. The water was that clean last Friday you could see what’s around. On the beach side for those fishing cut and live shrimp, whiting and catfish were the action over the weekend, both tides, with a few small mangroves around the pilings and rocks. Further up the way towards the bridge, on the incoming there were some nice catch and release redfish being caught on small live croakers and majorras. I chatted with a couple guys I know that fish that area, and they said between the three of them they had caught and released about 10 of them. Also along this shoreline, same tide there have been some mangrove snappers being caught on live shrimp and cut bait. Saturday when I was down, there was a huge school of mullet come down the beach, and with them was a massive school of big jack crevalle tearing them up!! Unfortunately, nobody hooked up with any. So that’s pretty much for this side.

South Jetty

On this side on both tides, it was pretty much a total mess!! The water was very dirty most everywhere you went, especially on the incoming tide where it sucked all the dirty water back into the inlet all the way back to the t-dock and beyond. About the only fish I saw being caught over the weekend were lots of catfish, jack crevalle and blue runners, all being caught on shrimp, live or dead, and cut baits. I did see a couple of small catch and release snookies caught on the incoming tide along the shoreline where there was some clean pockets of water. Live majorras and croakers were the baits of choice. Also, along this shoreline area, some mangrove snappers are possible in the cleaner water. Small live baits will do the trick for them.

T-Dock Area

Back here it has been really slow, not very many anglers back here fishing at all. That doesn’t say that there aren’t any fish back here, but if you find some cleaner water, and on an incoming tide, some snapper and catch and release snook are possible. Also if there are a lot of the greenies back here, spanish mackerel are a possibility too. Not to mention, with the schools of mullet coming in the inlet, the big jack crevalle should be around chasing them for some action.

Surf Area, both sides

I haven’t seen hardly anyone out on the beaches fishing, due to the low tides being in the morning time frame, but there have been a few, and all they are catching are catfish, and a few nice whiting. The north side has been the cleanest area, and the south like I mentioned earlier, has been a dirty mess. Well, that’s all I have for now guys and gals, if you want any more up to the minute report on what’s going on down at the inlet, the Inlet Bait and Tackle shop FINALLY has a phone where you can call and check on what’s going on, and if the have any live bait! The number is 321-471-9489. If you call them on Tuesday and Wednesday, you will talk to Rose, and the rest of the week when you call, you will talk to Erica, the “snook queen”, who manages the shop. Give them a call when you need, tell them snookman hooked them up!! Have a great week everyone. Snookman.

It was a slow bite on both the Lagoon and Stick Marsh. The Lagoon gave up some small trout and mangrove snapper but nothing much more. We did find a spot where there were lots of snook, all were upper slot fish but they had nothing to do with our offerings. The Stick Marsh was just about as slow as well. We did manage to boat 12 bass when they were schooling up on shad but the schools were much smaller than the last few outings there. Lipless crankbaits were the better lure due to the fact you can get a much longer cast with it when the schools popped up. Last week’s back side of a full moon I feel had much affected our bite.

Everyone take care and caution this upcoming week for the July 4th celebrations. The waters will be crowded, don’t forget the Life Jackets.

Get the latest word on the bite with Damon from Spacefish on the Mark Moses Show. We talk local fishing every Friday on the air at 4pm.

The weather has finally leveled out here in the Central Florida area with our warm days and afternoon thunderstorms. With this summer time pattern in effect it has also put our fish into their summer time patter as well. The redfish have been chewing well both in the backwaters of New Smyrna and in the shallows of Mosquito Lagoon. The trout have also been making an appearance with several coming boat side this past week. We have also had a fairly good snook bite along with a mix of black drum, as well. The weather looks to be stable moving into next week so I foresee the bite continuing on through the following week.