Summer fishing patterns are in full swing here in Coastal East Central Florida, early morning is the time to start fishing at sunrise fish are waking up and ready to bite, as the morning heats up going towards noon, the bite almost always slows. There can be lots of surface activity early, with visual possibilities to sight cast at feeding fish, Seatrout, Jack Crevalle, Ladyfish are commonly the top feeding fish. Other fish may stay deep along the bottom where the sun and heat are not as impactful, Black Drum, Whiting, Mangrove Snapper and many others will usually be deep or on the drop offs ..read more

Hey friends, sorry I haven’t checked in for so long, still in Florida and fishing way more than I deserve. Maybe an admin can re-size my huge pics…sorry I suck at photo uploads ..read more

Summer 2024 has arrived to East Central Florida, water temperatures rising, early mornings alive with fish activity, schools of baitfish, mullet are abundant, our best variety of different fish species of the year in summer, all the sub tropical species have moved north from their cool season south Florida haunts, Black Drum, Jack Crevalle, Ladyfish, Pompano and others have joined our resident fish that live hear all year long, Seatrout, Redfish, Snook and more. Starting summer fishing trips early morning at sunrise, before the heat builds by mid day, fish are feeding and active with the sun c ..read more

Spring has arrived to East Central Florida coastal and intracoastal waters, as water temps rise, bait fish and game fish migrate north after spending the winter further south along the Florida coast, glass minnows, mullet, sardines and pilchards for bait, Bluefish, Jack Crevalle, Pompano, Ladyfish, Spanish Mackerel are some of the inshore game fish which move north along the coast and in the inracoastal. Spring is also shrimp run time on Indian River, so shrimp are one of the most useful bait, our local residential fish also become more active as the water warms, Black Drum, Snook, Redfish, Wh ..read more

Spring here in East Central Florida means the return of coastal migratory fish species that have spent the winter further south on the eastern seaboard, waiting for rising water temperatures to signal their northward spring migration. Along the intracoastal waterway and the beach, Tarpon, Jack Crevalle, Bluefish, Ladyfish, Pompano, also bait fish Glass Minnows, Mullet, Pilchards and Sardines begin the annual cycle, swimming north in spring. Game fish striking bait on the surface make for great sight fishing, casting a lure, fly or bait right into the white water strikes can be an instant hooku ..read more

Winter fishing patterns are only around for a couple months here in East Central Florida, water temperatures drop in December, the fish and wildlife settle in for winter after all year of warm Florida, most fish school up together into bigger congregations in the deeper channels and holes, on a cloudy chilly day, some of the fish stay deep where to water temp stays stable, on a sunny winter day, some of the fish will come shallower, some up to the fringes of the deep spots, on the lagoon schools of Reds, Trout, Drum, Mullet go on to the flats where sun shine raises water temps a few degrees. O ..read more

Florida winter is knocking at the door, cool fronts finally getting this far south, nice cool mornings, water temperatures creeping downward, with the prevailing north east winds in the fall, our intracoastal waterway is at flood levels with nice clean ocean water filtering in for weeks now. Cool water fish as starting to appear on the hook, Sheepshead and Bluefish, rarely caught in summer are usual catches during the cool half of the year. Mosquito Lagoon seagrass beds have been regrowing themselves after an absence of several years following chronic algae blooms of years past, giving a bette ..read more

Autumn 2023 has arrived, cool fronts finally passing through Central Florida, some mornings in the 60’s, water temperatures starting to creep lower. Water levels have been very high as can be normal during the fall of the year, as the dry season begins, levels will begin to normalize and clarity starts to improve. All the different resident fish species are pretty happy the hot temperatures of summer is over and usually biting well. Backcountry fish like Seatrout, Black Drum, Jack Crevalle, Ladyfish, Mangrove Snapper, and also Redfish and Snook as well as the always possible surprise catch is ..read more

Went out yesterday, perfect weather, perfect water….fished with my buddies, threw the same bait, I just could not catch them, buddies caught some of the biggest Reds of the year…my small guy was living under the same dock as the big boys, not sure how he didn’t get eaten….great day out, just not MY day ..read more

Summer 2023 is winding down in August, school starts again, summer vacation season ends, the intracoastal waterway gets quieter with less boats, fall is right around the corner. Changes will take place in the water too, temps will not drop for a month or two yet, but baitfish , mullet and pilchard schools are thick, the beach run of mullet starts to migrate south by months end, along with inshore migratory gamefish, Jack Crevalle, Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, big fall Ladyfish, also Tarpon and Pompano schools passing along the coast heading south. Resident species are here year round, Black Dru ..read more