Warming Trend Should Activate Bite
Water temperatures have been cool and fishing has been a little challenging with the wind, but we've had some nice catches of redfish, black drum with some trout here and there.
Fishing the Big Flush
I've always called it the big flush. It’s also called the squeegee, the drain and other such names. They all refer to the same phenomenon that leads to fantastic light tackle fishing on the St Johns River.
Winter is Not Playing Nice!
Brutal winds, cold temperatures and lately lots of rain have made for some down right tough conditions! But even with all the bad weather there has been a few really awesome fishing opportunities!
Fellsmere area
Boy is it cold windy and rainy! Water temperature reached 65 now is 55.
Challenging Week Ahead for Fishing
This is going to be a quick report, just isn't much going on down there except for all the migratory birds, and there are lots of them!
Nighttime Snook Action Remains Strong
This week's nighttime snook fishing was on fire! Targeting mangrove shorelines with active bait was the key to landing some impressive snook. Small 3-3.5" paddle tails, retrieved slowly, proved to be the winning combination.
Going to Work!
What's going on East Side Family! Man oh man am I happy that I got to go fishing. We started off our weekend by doing some gigging in the river, we didn’t spot any flounder but we found us some nice sheepshead that make for delicious table fare.
Active Sheepshead, Mangs, Pompano
The cold weather and higher winds have slowed down the inshore bite for snook, trout and redfish. However, the sheephead, mangrove snapper and pompano have been pretty active in the river and along the beaches.
High Volume Snook Action in the Middle of Winter
It has been a topsy-turvy last couple of weeks of weather that kind of feels like a roller coaster ride! One thing I wanted to commit time to this winter was being able to gain confidence in my ability to catch higher volumes, or quantity numbers of Snook throughout the bleak mid-winter.
Shiner Bite Going Strong @ Headwaters
The shiner bite is still going strong and is producing the most bites on Headwaters at this time. The artificial bite still produced bites for me this past week but having to change out lure choices time and again makes it frustrating.
Strong Post-front Bite
Looks as though we are getting another blast of arctic air moving into the New Smyrna Beach area this week.
Chilli Temps on Headwaters
The water temp is 58 degrees when we started this morning and 61 when we finished up. The S canal is clear as of noon today.
