In the past, while fishing some residential docks on the east side of the Indian River a few times, I’ve noticed there is always a good amount of sheepshead looking at me while I target other inshore species. So on my way to the ol nauti ice (aka my boat / the name is still a work in progress), I stopped in at Man Overboard Bait and Tackle in Indian Harbor Beach, and I saw a good deal on live fiddler crabs. I decided to grab a few dozen critter crawlies with sharp pincers and determined that today would be the day I catch my first sheepshead.

We had yet another awesome week of fishing. 2019 sure turned itself around after a dismal summer and inconsistent start. Since about mid-October, the fishing has been on fire just about every week, but this was the better than recent weeks.

This week I turned my attention to fishing the beach. With the calmer seas I was able to stay a hundred yards off the beach or so and was very happy with what I found.

Again in between jobs I stopped off on the north side of the Cape/Cocoa Beach hospital bridge and threw some gulp shrimp in new penny. 15 minutes and 30 fish later I decided I better […]

Well, we finally had a few days of beautiful weather recently that allowed us to run offshore. The bottom bite has picked up with the water clarity getting better. Fishing has been really good for lane and mangrove snapper on the 60 and 90 foot ledges. There have been a few straggler mahi and cobia swimming up to the boat, as well.

After about 10 days of blues, Jacks and a few Mackeral every day the last two days were basically dead on the beach by the Inlet; no idea what’s up.

Warmer weather helped improve the bite out at Sebastian. We had a good redfish and snook bite late in the day. The beach bite and inlet bite for pompano has been great. Goofy jigs have been productive and shrimp are working well, too.

This week’s warming trend has really turned the bite on, despite the fact that the moon phase has been a little lacking for morning charters. It seems like it’s created a more consistent bite throughout the day as opposed to just on the major and minor moon phases.

One of the things I enjoy most about fishing is that it brings people together. There is nothing like you and few friends spending a day on the water and coming home victorious with fish in the cooler and stories to tell!

Offshore out of Ponce Inlet, the bait has showed up and the start of the good sail-fishing is really firing off! Guys are starting to see 6, 8, even 10 fish a day with some jumpers and even a few cutters here in the last week.

The water is extremely clear in the Mosquito Lagoon and the redfish and trout are easy to sight cast. It’s been ideal conditions for some fun fishing charters lately. The bull reds continue to remain in Ponce Inlet and larger mangrove snapper have now also moved in these waters. There’s also still a few tarpon hanging around. The weather forecast for the next few days looks great, so it’s a good time to get out and do some fishing!

Absolutely awesome fishing once again. No complaints. The king mackerel bite is on fire and its pretty much as hot as it can get! This time of year the migration/breed keeps them chewing, so they are not at all picky.