After hearing of a “hot bite” at Bonsteel beach over the weekend, on Monday I headed there. Arriving at the parking lot at 6:15am it was already packed. 60-70 poles lined the beach as I […]

I was pleasantly surprised to get a call from my friend and surf fishing mentor Larry Finch. Larry was going to be in the area and inquired if I wanted to get together and fish. I jumped at the chance. Conditions were not great with the skies overcast and a slight drizzle in the air. The water had a nice green hint of color but the surf was a bit rough and the current was ripping south to north.

The cool weather we had the first few days of December has provided significant improvement to the bottom fishing activity in the surf. I ventured out in Southern Brevard county on on December 3rd to find emerald green, clean, clear water. A stiff onshore wind made conditions a little rough but it was quite fishable.

Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Conditions did not look great. The water was dirty and the weeds were very troublesome. The water temperature seemed just slightly cooler than a few days ago. I had sand fleas that […]

After about 10 days of big tides, big waves, big wind, and weeds, things settled down nicely at the beginning of the week. I was unable to fish on Tuesday but found time to gather some fleas in the afternoon and conditions looked promising. I hit the sand as the sun was just starting to show itself on this partly cloudy morning. 8-10 mph winds out of the ESE made a pleasant morning with temperature in the high 70’s. I set my rod holders in the wash as I would be fishing a falling tide.

I was in no hurry this morning as the water was yesterday, while weed-free, very dirty. To my surprise, I was met with calm seas and clean water. The tide was about half way out on this pleasant overcast morning with light winds out of the west and a pleasant 75 degrees. I set up 3 rods. 3oz pyramids today was all I needed to hold bottom, and with the west wind I could toss them in the trough or launch them out well over 100 yards.

Tuesday 4/21 South Melbourne beaches 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm. This was about 1.5 hrs after low tide on the incoming. Water fairly flat and a little off color. Light winds moving around from all directions. today was the first time since I have been fishing a beach by my home did I see a FWC officer patrolling the beach on a 4 wheeler. He stopped, checked my license, which I had stored on the FWC app on my phone, looked at the 4 pomps I had at the time and measured the smallest (12″). He was a good guy, courteous, wore a mask, & maintained social distancing pretty well. I ended the day with a limit of pomps and 4 whiting. Today’s fish and any I may be lucky enough to harvest tomorrow are headed to a family whose work has been interrupted with the COVID-19 issues.

With a big wind forecast for the weekend, Thursday (2/20) provided an overcast day with fairly calm seas to hit the beach. I started in a county park in south Brevard at the top of the morning high tide. As the tide fell it was pompano after pompano with most being short of the legal limit of 11.”

With Valentine’s day looming on the weekend, I had two days available to hit Brevard county beaches. Wednesday was my first available day and I traveled to the Northern part of the county. The public beach had a few fisherman and was loaded with beach-goers as the morning wore on. My morning was filled with a fairly steady whiting bite and one lone pompano.

After much of the past couple weeks being “blown out,” I fished the 4th weekend of January with disappointing results off the beach. Not planning on fishing on Monday, I ran a few errands and did a few chores. I had sand fleas at home that I wanted to rinse off, so after lunch I headed to the beach.