This week was not bad fishing out of the port, assuming you could find the fish. They have been especially scattered and locating them has been tricky. 8A and Pelican are both a decent run to make if you can’t find them. We are seeing nice numbers of cobia and black fins all week, and a few sails, too. The cobia have been on rays and leatherbacks in good numbers, though lacking in size.

Got back from vacation on Friday and hit the water over the weekend. The bite was good on the beach with plenty of Tarpon, Jacks, Sharks and mackerel. Live bait worked best for us, but we did get a few fish on artificial, too. Not much mullet around and the mullet we did find were of the finger variety. Looking forward to fishing the lagoon and beaches this week as the bite should be good after the full moon. The rain should also be good to keep the bait moving. Snook, trout and redfish will be plentiful as the bait moves out of the creeks!

The fishing on the beach and in the inlet has been on fire with bull redfish and tarpon being chasing the schools of migrating mullet. Inshore, the black drum and mangrove snapper bite has been very good with some large mangrove snapper up to 20 inches being caught recently. The next couple weeks the mullet run should still be going strong, creating a great bite for artificial or live baits.

Bass fishing at Headwaters, Garcia and Stick Marsh is phenomenal right now! We are catching the 4lb and bigger fish on Z-Man Jackhammer Chatterbaits with a gold blade. The preferred trailer for the Jackhammer is a Bass Assassin Vapor Shad in the Houdini color. Early morning and late evening the topwater bite is incredible on all of these lakes. Zara Spooks, or any walking topwater baits will produce exciting action. This coming week the pattern should remain the same.

NOAA Fisheries will close the 2021 recreational harvest of golden tilefish in federal waters of the South Atlantic on September 20, 2021.
The closure is occurring because reports indicate that recreational landings have reached the established catch limit set for the year (2,316 fish). Recreational harvest of these fish will resume January 1, 2022.

Interesting fishing trip this week. I’ve still been sticking to my topwater rotation of lures. The bite as slowed down compared to a month or two ago but I’m still able to consistently catch fish. […]

The bite continues to stay strong throughout the Mosquito Lagoon. We still have a steady flow of bait on the flats and the fish can still be found holding around it. Live bait and artificials have both been working well.

Fall is upon us and what an exciting time it is for surf fishing anglers on the Space Coast. The annual fall mullet run will be ignited into another dimension with the baitfish pouring down our coastline. Mix this annual occurrence with a change in the weather and water temps and look for a dynamic fishery over this fall period.

September and October on the Space Coast are a magical time. Fall is always great fishing and these few months are famous for our drum spawn.

Honestly not a bad week for offshore fishing out of the Port. I’d rate it a 8/10. Customers were very happy — and that’s all we want!

The best time for bass fishing right now is early to mid morning and the evening. Both times are really productive. The Bass Assassin Die Dapper, RSB worm (Junebug Red) and the Zman Poppin Shadz are the baits working best for us right now. Remember, you can find all your freshwater tackle needs at Fellsmere Outdoor Adventures.

This week’s report is going to be a little different than our last few. We’ve been spending more time in the lagoons with the heightened swell from hurricane Larry over the past week. This allowed us to fish some of the places that we hadn’t in a while and explore some of the shorelines that we usually find trout, redfish and snook holding on at this time of the year.