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.

We welcome back the Pompano season with open arms! Lots of lucky anglers who hit the surf this past week before the front were able to bring home dinner! Live/ blanched fleas paired with Fishbites […]

With Pompano season officially over, this will be my last report for a while. I want to start off by saying thank you to everybody who has tuned into Spacefish over the last year to read my surf fishing reports. We had a great pompano run this year and I look forward to an even better one next season!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! If you hit the beach this past weekend in search of some golden eggs, aka Pompano, then maybe you got rewarded with a couple, or even a limit! Some anglers headed further south and caught a mix of whiting, croakers, Pompano and even a trophy Permit!

I wish I had a good report for you guys looking to do some surf fishing, but it seems as though the Pompano beach run has come to a halt. We may have a few stragglers come out through the inlets and onto the beaches, but most fish are down in Juno or north of NSB. Meanwhile, reports of sea grass, wind, and waves are on tap for the coming week. Anglers on Brevard beaches are primarily catching catfish, whiting, croakers. While there’s still an occasional keeper Pompano caught, it’s mostly shorts out there. If you are hungry for some fresh caught pompano from the surf, my advice is to take a day cation and head north or south down the coast a ways to find some gold to reel in.

Seems as though things are starting to slow down for us on the beach targeting the elusive Pompano… Over the last couple of weeks, surf fishing has been hit or miss here on the beautiful Space Coast. It’s been a story of battling the elements, be it wind, weeds, dirty water, or a combination of all three. Although some anglers are catching keeper Pompano here and there, they’re not being produced at the rate they should be this time of year. To find success when the fish are sparse, look for good outflows, clean water, and try to catch the right tide. If you’re willing to take a hike north or south in either direction, you might have better luck. There’s larger numbers of keeper Pompano being caught from both Playalinda to Daytona Fort Pierce to Deerfield Beach.

It’s been hit or miss the last week here in Brevard. Seems as though most bigger Pompano have moved either further north, south, or into our lagoon searching for food and ideal water tempratures. Water temperatures are what really drive these fish! Here in Central Florida, water in between 66-68 seems to be especially conducive to the bite, give or take a few degrees. Most Pompano being caught are on the short side although at select beaches some anglers are getting very few keepers. Looks like the northern part of the county is producing more quality fish.

We’ve had a couple good days this past week that produced some quality fish! Between the wind and rain it hasn’t been easy for us surf anglers. I figured I’d take this down time with you to go over a couple things that I like to do!

I was running and working on the boat yesterday, but the crew held down the beach in my absence. All three anglers hit the pompano limit in the Melbourne Beach surf using Fishbites and blanched sand fleas on Pompano Riggs by Couture! I expect the pompano bite to continue to be hot well into April, so get to the beach!

With surf fishing weather finally making its way around last week, I was able to hook up on a few fish but had to battle out the wind, rain and cold! We should have improving conditions as we move into the early week. Wind starts back up this weekend, then should get good again early next week! Anglers are still catching Pompano, Whiting, Spanish Mackerel, croakers, red fish and Big Black drum from the surf! Most species are being caught on live or blanched sand fleas as well as clam and shrimp! We will continue to catch Pompano off our beaches well into late April.

Marko, a good customer of mine caught this stud pompano in the surf last week using Pompano Riggs by Couture!

We had quite the surprise today while pompano fishing at the beach! Not everyday do you catch a 8 lb cubera snapper in the surf!

I can feel it coming in the air tonight…

You never know what you’ll catch off the beach!????

Friends had a great time and good production fishing the surf in Alabama.

My friends did well on a trip to Alabama over the weekend!