Trout fishing has been very good lately with some really nice trout coming on either pigfish or croakers worked on the edge of the bars. The tarpon bite continues to be very good inshore. The beach tarpon fishing has slowed down a little bit with a cold water upwelling but should turn back on as the water temperature warms. Offshore, amberjack have been eating very well and if you’re lucky you might have a cobia come up on the reef.

This past week everything has been chewing from red snapper offshore to tarpon nearshore and trout and mangrove snapper inshore. Looking for the bite to continue for the next couple weeks.

Fishing has been great with good catches of trout, snook, mangrove snapper and tarpon with some flounder and black drum mixed in. Look for the inshore fishing to stay steady and offshore and near shore to be on fire over the next couple of weeks!

This week with the calm seas, the tarpon fishing has turned on! Shrimp boats are holding tarpon in there by catch as well as sharks. The beaches are starting to get tarpon in good numbers around bait fish. The redfish at the inlet have been pretty good, as well. The mangrove snapper have been eating really well with some catches up to 17-18 inches inshore.

We have been getting some really good mangrove snapper up to 17 inches on live shrimp or small mullet and pig fish. Tarpon are scattered throughout the lagoon system as well, and they’re starting to show up along the beaches. Trout have been eating croakers and pigfish in 2 to 3 feet of water with abundant bait fish around.

The trout fishing has really turned on with pigfish becoming more available. Tarpon are starting to show up around schools of bait fish along the beach. Inshore, there’s lots of tarpon ranging from 30 to 80 pounds. For tarpon fishing, large paddletails or flies can get the job done but nothing beats a well-placed mullet or croaker.

The tarpon have arrived in good numbers with fish ranging from 30 pounds to 100 pounders in the river. Some larger mangrove snapper have moved into the river system, as well, and will eat shrimp or small bait fish. The trout bite has started to turn on using top water with the large bait schools starting to show up.

Fishing has been very good this week with tarpon showing up. The best bait by far has been finger mullet. The black drum and redfish bite has remained pretty good, too. Live shrimp has been working best for the black drum and cut mullet or ladyfish for the redfish.

The black drum bite has continued to be very good as these fish have moving into deeper water. But, if you want to find them, Side scan is pretty much a mandatory requirement! The redfish bite has also been pretty good. We’ve been catching them on cut mullet or ladyfish while working the edges of the mangroves. Tarpon are also starting to show up on the schools of bait fish along the ICW…

Fishing has been very good, especially with the cooler temperatures and the Spring mullet run starting. Coming up on a full moon, the snook have been chewing and the nearshore reefs have been loaded with weakfish, sheepshead and even a few snapper.

Ally with a nice first mosquito lagoon red

Capt. Mike Mann put Cobia on the dinner menu for his customers today!

A juvenile tarpon caught with Capt. Mike Mann

Memphis and his dad, Chris, had a fun day fishing the Mosquito Lagoon with Capt. Mike Mann. This black drum is one of a bunch of fish that they caught, including some nice reds, sheepsheads, and seatrout.

Zander got this nice black drum to eat fishing with Fat Fish Guide Service in the Mosquito Lagoon.

Bill from New York had a great two days of fishing the mosquito lagoon with Fat Fish Guide Service.

Capt. Mike Mann really whacked the fish today with Justin and Hayley.

Max caught his first red casting and working the bait himself.

Colin made it happen reeling in this nice spotted sea trout