The last few days have allowed us to get out off the beaches to chase a variety of species. With the cooler water temps we are seeing more whiting, Spanish mackerel and bluefish at this time.

The cooler water temperatures this week have increased the mullet run back to a fairly steady flow along the coast line. This is bringing us a new “wave” of fish along the beaches.

The cooler temperatures we are starting to experience as we move into fall are going to bring us a new wave of fish along the near coastal waters.

This week has been a much better week than last week for fishing along the near coastal waters. The winds switched around and started coming out of the north and north west allowing us to get out on the beach and fish the mullet run once again.

This week’s near-coastal bite picked back up considerably compared to last weeks for captain Justin and I here at Fineline Fishing Charters. Flounder were the main edible species that we started catching inside of the pier and near structures outside of the Ports basins.

This past week has been a much slower catching week for us here at Fineline Fishing Charters. The bite that should’ve been there with the new moon just wasn’t.

Snook, redfish, flounder, and tarpon are all possible catches along the near-coastal waters outside of Port Canaveral right now. Catching any combination of three or more of them is considered a “slam.”

There are a mixed bag of species at the inlets this week. What you catch will depend on what you want to use for bait.

The snook have been on fire at the inlets and along the beaches on our recent trips. The best bite happened in the days preceding hurricane Idalia. The fall mullet run has started and this has the snook feeding like crazy in the areas mentioned.

It’s another spectacular August for us here at Fineline Fishing charters. Tarpon action has resumed to the excellent levels that we saw last August. This is not typical for our portion of the coast, but for the last two consecutive years we’ve had the right conditions to hold these fish for extended periods in the late summertime, and the action has been fantastic.

“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