Things are finally starting to cool down here on the Space Coast, but the fishing is heating up! This time of the year can be a bit challenging at times with cold fronts coming and going, the constant change in wind direction and water temp can really throw a curve ball to a pattern you might have just figured out.

fishing beach south of inlet this am, several blues, jack and Sp Mack; all on metals; brother-in-law got taken down by a wave and lost his glasses; faint hope but if anyone finds them you […]

The moon and stars may be aligning just right over the next few days to hit limits on pompano. Along with the Full Moon, the solunar calendar forecasts the month’s PEAK fish activity on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon has been good this week. We’ve been throwing Z man paddle-tails with great results, catching trout, snook and jacks. With the upcoming cold weather, the water clarity should start getting better and the site casting should really turn on.

Not a lot has changed in fishing, with the bite remaining very similar to last week. At Port Canaveral, they are still getting some nice tripletail and cobia. When the wind backs off enough to target the surf, anglers are catching black drum, redfish, margate and whiting. The pompano are starting to show up, too. We heard of some decent catches south in Melbourne Beach. Meanwhile, the river and canals around Satellite and Indian Harbour Beach are holding a lot of mangrove snapper, black drum and some really nice speckled trout.

The fronts of this week changed the target species, but the fishing is still pretty good with sustained clear water in certain areas. The black drum showed up on the flats, and they have been super cooperative.

Put the kayaks in at Wabasso after picking up shrimp at Treasure Coast. Started out slow then picked up some trout in 15”-18” range around the mangrove. Also nice Black Drum too.

We had some decent weather last week and the bite at Sebastian Inlet was still pretty good. The redfish and snook bite was good and the bait was plentiful. Lots of pinfish, pigfish and croakers have been present in the lagoon to catch on hook and line. If you’re into shark fishing, the beaches have also been loaded with Blacktip sharks feeding on bluefish and mackerel. Live baits or chunk baits work well, and as we get more schools moving in, we can catch the blacktips on top water, which is always a whole bunch of fun.

Dreams can and do come true; our dream (Kim’s and mine) to retire to Fort Pierce has become reality, at least for her. I’m not ready for retirement and I’m going to continue running fishing charters from the tidal regions of the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem!

Ryan Wood goes on an exciting inshore kayak fishing adventure in pursuit of giant snook!

It was another challenging week in the Grant area. The weather was rocky and you had to pick and choose your windows of opportunity. All of the rain has also messed with the salinity, which we check daily at our docks, and it has been unusually low.

Anglers in the northern part of Brevard County can have much success catching plenty of catfish, ladyfish, whiting and puppy black drum and redfish in the first and second troughs. Some Pompano are being caught around the Cape but no real numbers yet! As this front comes in with another following Wednesday/Thursday I can predict that we should get our first wave of migratory Pompano to start making way down the coast.