It’s been a fantastic snook season since the opening back in September. Justin and I have had our anglers land over 200 snook since the season opener.

December has started off with a bang! The fish are big and hungry. Snook, bull redfish, tripletail and black drum are the main species captain Justin and I have had come over the gunnel this past week.

The prefrontal action was fantastic last Monday. Snook were the main species that we were able to target on this trip. Live fingerling mullet and live shrimp were the offerings we had to work with.

With the way the winds have been howling this last week you’d think Halloween had already come. This week will bring some calmer conditions to the Space Coast so we can get back out on the water to continue catching fish. The mullet run had kicked back into high gear early last week and the near-coastal fishing was incredible.

We hope everyone is doing well after hurricane Milton’s passing last week. Here at Fineline Fishing Charters we were without power for 4 days but our trusty generator and gas grill helped us make the best of a bad situation.

Wow! It’s amazing how the lagoon waters can change in the blink of an eye. Last week we were reporting clean water in the Indian and Banana Rivers.

The beaches are full of fish this week, but the high surf is making it a little difficult to get out there and enjoy catching them. So we are chasing fish around the lagoons this week.

The mullet run continues to be the best fishing action along the Space Coast. Captain Justin and I have had several fantastic days out on the lagoons and near-coastal waters this past week.

Our fishing in July and August has been very interesting this year. We have had some very good days and also some very slow days. This isn’t what I would consider to be the normal pattern for these two months.

Wow! What a crazy week of fishing we had in the Indian River. The aftermath of hurricane Debbie brought cold water upwelling’s to the near-coastal waters, and this pushed lots of “beach fish” into our lagoons over the past 12 days.

“If you want to!”

A big daddy black drum caught with Capt. Jim Ross!

Red Snapper soon is just around the corner with dates soon to be announced…

Capt. Jim Ross says he catches mangrove snapper like this one with light leaders and small hooks, which will get you more bites on the mangroves than standard bottom tackle.

Beating the storm, hitting that black drum bite!

The black drum bite is still booming in the Lagoon!

Big barracuda caught with Capt. Jim Ross