Wind, and more wind, was the theme of the week. The seas momentarily died down for a window over last weekend, only to pick back up again from Monday through Friday. Fishing was great at the inlet with slot redfish hitting any bait you could put in front of them. Pretty much every cast produced a nice red — and if could get past them or the jacks, there were snook chewing in the mix, too.

Been an absolute battle with the swells and wind as of late. Between the weeds, the slime, then storms, then whatever the heck this is, you gotta really want it. Mostly just occasional margate but […]

The early morning topwater bite has been strong. I’ve had a lot of success throwing Rapala Skitterwalks in the bone color while targeting pods of bait. If you want to catch a bull redfish, then now is the time to do it! Over the next month or two, the breeders will be stacking in Ponce Inlet. The tripletail bite should be starting to turn on, too — if the seas calm down. Tarpon are also still around and should be for at least another month or two. No doubt, Fall is a great time to get out do some fishing!

We had two noticeable patterns this past week that produced good fishing results in the Mosquito Lagoon. Wind-swept points and flowing water were attracting gamefish taking advantage of small baitfish as they were swept through culvert pipes or across shallow sand bars reaching from shore and tapering towards deeper water.

Well, we’re trying to get a report in here between storms! In spite of the awful color of the lagoon, inshore action has been good throughout the Grant-Sebastian area with a surprising variety of species, including flounder!

Been fishing a lot lately. Lots of poonage if you put the time in the surf. I caught 30 in the last week.. Reds inshore have been good if you put the time in to find them lots of trout too… Again it’s tough but nothing comes we easy. Lots of bull sharks in the river as well. The flat guys are showing up, too.

With water being dirty and roughed up, try fishing the marker buoys in the ICW in Sebastian. There’s lots of fish on the channel markers. You may have to catch some oyster crackers or mother-in-laws, but you catch a 10lb grouper and they will kick your butt! Use the same tackle for offshore groupers and 50lb line and leader. Mullet chunks will work, and so will cigar minnows. I like using 7/0 hooks down to 5/0 with the weight depending on the current.

Post Dorian has really made the water dirty! But luckily it hasn’t effected the fishing in any negative ways, the redfish bite has been fantastic! Most fish seem to be holding tight to mangrove shorelines that are holding bait, it may take a little running and gunning to figure this out as it has been changing pretty frequently with the water conditions all along the Indian river lagoon.

Anyone have any luck out in honeymoon lake? I would love some bait suggestions!

green water and catfish only this morning

The fishing was great post Hurricane Dorian, as the redfish, spotted seatrout, black drum and snook went on a feeding rampage. In fact, the fishing remained good, up until TODAY…

Has surf fishing improved post Dorian? Absolutely! It’s not nuts yet, but it is improving as the suspended mud transcends to acceptable hues of blues. The strategies vary amongst anglers.