First 10 yards of surf is slimy sea weed.

Local melbourne pond had this 23 in bass waiting for me. Using a small live bluegill.

Went out to beach in Pineda area around 3:30 pm and the surf was dirty full of the slimy sargassum sea weed. It was high tide. Disappointing. Still nice day to hang at beach.

Last week was great fishing, to say the least. All the planets aligned up I guess. Two of the three days were at 3 Forks. They were pulling water from it into the St Johns. This gave us current situations in the areas we fished. The first day was much stronger than the others. We caught over 80 fish which consisted of Bass, Bluegill and Crappie.

The weather has started to heat up and water temperatures are on the rise. The best times for the surf has been early morning to mid afternoon and then again late afternoon to the evening and after dark. The pompano bite has been hot early with several limits coming in if you’re willing to work at it. Be willing to make a move, and read the beach and the surf to find that perfect spot and make super long casts. Bait of choice has been fresh shrimp, live sand fleas, small crabs, along with fish bites and fish gum on standard pompano rigs with small pearlized beads.

It’s a struggle many of the days. Not sure if it’s just mother nature and some moon phases and odd ball currents, but it’s just been tough. The guys are doing extremely well, but taking it very hard on themselves. GUYS, I know it’s tough! Thank you for all you do! I appreciate you all!

The weather is better and we are finally starting to get into our summer patterns. Nearshore fishing is pretty good with snapper, sharks and mackerel the inshore reefs south of the inlet. Theres a little bait, but there’s plenty of schools of big jacks roaming the beaches and a few tarpon scattered and migrating north. The bulk of the fish are north off the tip of Cape Canaveral, but there are a few schools migrating through Sebastian and Satellite beach, as well.

The Sea Leveler team has had their clients on “The Meat” this past week with epic catches of BIG mangrove snapper, grouper and golden tilefish! Big blue is hot right now for bottom fishing!

How blessed are we to have one of the world’s premier bass fisheries in our own backyard?!? No boat? I say no problem! This is an absolutely fantastic area to fish from a kayak or canoe!

Eric & Gayle scheduled a Factory Tour and Demo on our Falcon 22. No better way to learn about the Feature/Benefits and most importantly, Catamaran handling in rough seas.

This past week has been hotter than Africa in the middle of summer 😂. The bite has been good from New Smyrna Beach south through Mosquito Lagoon. The bait has been moving in extremely thick along the intracoastal and up onto the flats. With all the bait moving in thick has made for a good bite from a variety of species.

Its about 2:30 pm during low tide near Pineda area and there’s very little sea weed and clean water clarity. Surf fishing is finally possible!