🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 8-10-2020 😎👍

 

🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 8-10-2020 😎👍 

🎣 Sebastian Inlet District Week of August 10: Mangrove Snapper are running again 🐟 "Mangrove Snapper are running again and anglers are getting hits all over the inlet.  Try fishing from the jetties, catwalks, shorelines, cove and Tdock.  We hear they were biting really good early this morning on low tide. There are also some Spanish Mackerel, Jacks and Blue Runners around.  Your best bet is on the North and South jetties.  Use your little spoons, jigs and Gotcha lures to target Spanish Mackerel.  Live shrimp and spoons for Jacks, and pretty much any smaller bait or lure to target Blue Runners. Tommy at Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle tells us he has even seen a few Margates and Flounder anglers have caught in the last few days.  Best bet is West of the bridge to reel in Flounder.  For the Margates use frozen or live shrimp, and they’ll be mainly off the jetties or under the bridge catwalks.  Go see Tommy and he’ll get you set up with all the bait you’ll need and give you an update on the latest action."

😎 Jupiter Inlet North Jetty Surf Forecast "Today's Jupiter Inlet North Jetty sea temperature is 86 °F (Statistics for 12 Aug 1981-2005 - mean: 85 max: 87 min: 84 °F)"

🎣 White's Tackle Fishing Report 8-12-2020 🐟 Stuart Florida "Good morning everyone. We’ve got reasonably calm conditions thru the weekend, so hopefully you can get out there. Fishing for Redfish in the Indian River has been quite good lately. Sight fishing has been difficult due to water conditions, but those fishing live bait and soft plastics have had good fishing. There have also been quite a few Snook around as well to keep things lively. Surf fishing for Snook, Spanish Mackerel, Jack Crevalle, and Tarpon has been good as well, with calm conditions and bait around as well. Spoons, swimbaits, and jigs have all been productive. Tides will also get better for morning and evening action as the week goes on, right now late morning and afternoon seem to be the best. Snook fishing in the inlets continue to be good during closed season, and there’s been some Tarpon on outgoing evening tides. Offshore, trolling has been really quiet lately, but Mangrove Snapper fishing has been decent on cut bait, despite some dirtier than normal water conditions. Good luck out there, and stay safe."

🎣 Jacksonville Fishing Report 🐟 Mangrove Madness "Capt. Jeff Wansor said he's catching a lot of keeper mangroves along the ICW. Mud minnows have been the primo bait. Wansor said he's finding pods of reds along the edge of the ditch, which he is catching with finger mullet during the lower-water parts of the tide cycle. The approach is also yielding a nice bycatch. "We're getting a lot of trout. Not a lot of numbers but some decent fish," he said. Wansor said the rain has taken a toll on the water clarity and salinity, and he said the bite in some of the creeks has slowed a bit.  John Eggers said an upside to the rain has been a drop in water temperature. He said the red fish and flounder bite has been OK, while the sea trout bite has been good on drop offs between 10 and 15 feet of water. I received another round of promising bull red reports from the St. Johns River this week, so you've got a Plan B for big fish if you're nearshore plans crumble. Fish cut crab in 40 feet of water and wait for the bite. And please use enough tackle to fight the fish quickly and take care of them once you've landed them."

🎣 South Florida Weekly Fishing Report 🐟 August 13, 2020 "The snook and tarpon fishing as been good at the Lake Worth Inlet and the nearby bridges and beaches. Flair Hawk jigs and bigger swimbaits are working great at night, while during the day downsizing your presentation to something like a Vudu Shrimp or a Hyperplastic Dartspin should work well. Big jack crevalle have been spotted cruising around the surf zone and the Lake Worth Inlet. Throw a big piece of metal like a Shimano Coltsniper jig or a big topwater lure to get into them. Little by little, a few early season mullet have been showing up, which is an exciting sign for inshore guys because it means the bulk of them are not far behind. Spinner and blacktip sharks have been jumping along the edges of the flats and channels in the Intracoastal Waterway near the Boynton Inlet."

🎣 Daytona Beach Fishing Report 🐟 Big redfish invading inlet areas "The area is seeing the first signs of the fall mullet run and when there are mullet running, big fish are not far behind. SURF, PIERS: Gene Lytwyn at The Fishin’ Hole said there is one primary catch in these waters. “The surf is still mostly whiting,” he said. “Catch them with pompano rigs, baited with shrimp, sand fleas or Fishbites. Quite a few small sharks are being caught. More tarpon activity is being noticed now that some more mullet are present.” And there’s this report from Flagler County from Capt. Mike Vickers Jr. (hammockbaitandtackle.com): “The Flagler Beach Pier this weekend saw a hot mangrove snapper bite at the end of the pier,” he said. “We also got reports of whiting, jacks, flounder, drum and pompano. The surf in Flagler has been alive with whiting, sharks, pompano and the surprise of a few permit. The surf rounds out with black drum redfish and trout.”

🎣 Juno Bait Weekend Fishing Outlook 🐟 (8/14-8/16/2020) "SURF/PIER Surf fishing, by summer time standards, has been very good this week.  The snook have been cruising the beach in good numbers, along with a few tarpon and big jacks.  Low light periods remain the best for the snook, though high sun can provide good sight fishing opportunities.   For those looking for good action; the croakers, sandperch, and even a pompano or two are biting pieces of shrimp on a bottom rig.  Fair scattering of summertime Spanish Mackerel around; though not in the same numbers we saw over the past week or two.  The Juno Beach Pier snook bite has been a bit off this week, so look for better chances along the beach or in the inlets."

🎣 August 14 fishing report from Byron Stout 🐟 "Fishing’s been a little quiet, given the recent exodus of 16,000-plus anglers to the Keys for lobster season, with frequent summer thunderstorms piling on. But the catching has been good for those who’ve gone. Offshore trips for red grouper have been pretty good, with catches starting in about 65 feet and improving as you go seaward. Snook, tarpon and redfish like it hot, so no complaints from them. None from Lake Trafford’s crappie anglers, either. We’re talking limits of specks."

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🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 8-3-2020

 

🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 8-3-2020

🎣 Orlando Area and East Central Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast 🐟 August 2020  "The heat is on, as fishing opportunities kick in along the Indian River Lagoon Coast of Florida. Looks like its going to be an active season for summer squalls, but as long as they stay away fishing along the beaches and in the inlets will remain equally as hot. The Labrador current (cold water upwelling) as it is known is still holding off this year, but when it arrives it will cool down bottom temperatures and the bottom fishing in some areas along Florida’s east coast. With average bottom water temperatures in the mid-sixties, finding warmer water is the key to locating fish. Studies have shown the phenomena is actually the effect of a prevailing south wind combined with the Coriolis effect pushing the warm surface water offshore and the cold bottom water moving up to replace displaced water, but either way it equates to some tough fishing at times. Look for the blue water bite to improve along the inshore reefs and wrecks of Chris Benson, 8A Reef, and Pelican Flats, with kingfish, dolphin, black fin tuna, and cobia serving as the primary species, along with an occasional wahoo or sailfish. This is also the time of year when cooler waters sometimes push the giant manta rays in close to the shoals off the Cape, bringing cobia with them. Further offshore, the Gulf Stream typically moves in closer making tuna a possibility for smaller boats, and as long as the summer squalls stay away, running to the other side of the stream isn’t out of the question."

🎣 Captain Greg's Fishing Report 🐟 August 2020 "August Near Shore Fishing Forecast: Tropical storm Isaias will have the water clarity wrecked for any hopes of live bait trolling the beach for kings and the occasional cobia so unless we have no more storm activity for the next month you will have to wait another year for that awesome fishery. August is a great month for Tarpon. Live pogies drifted back over the shoal will be a sure bet for anyone wanting to have a blast trying to tame these awesome fish. Finding the live bait might be a challenge but once you have the bait it is just a numbers game from there on out. 50lb fluro leader with a 5/0 circle hook free lined back is all you need. You will have some bluefish and sharks to weed through but eventually that tarpon will find you. Goliath grouper are another awesome fish we have in August that are perfect targets for anglers who just want to see if they have what it takes to tame the beast. Use any giant live or dead bait along any structure inside of 10 miles and you have a great chance at goliath grouper."

🎣 Fishing with Tom 🐟 Beautiful night out.  Decided to hit a certain wicked northern Massachusetts beach with my good buddy Tom.  He completely out-fished me.  Wouldn't you know it, my camera only got him catching one fish.  Not sure how that happened!  Enjoy! 

🎣 White's Tackle Fishing Report 8-3-2020 🐟 Stuart Florida  "Good Afternoon hope every had a safe weekend thankfully the storm was not so bad and we can have an Offshore report for ya soon. Inshore the snook and trout bite was ok to the north around Harbor Branch for the few that got out with a few tarpon around in the inlet. The weather should be nice the rest of the week hopefully you can get out."

🎣 Sebastian Inlet Week of August 3 🐟  Mangrove Snapper, Reds, Spanish Mackerel, Jacks and Blue Runners "Tommy tells us that fishing has been decent, but not great as we head into high summer.  The one constant is our summertime Mangrove Snapper and there are lots around to be had.  Use small live shrimp or greenies to target them, and try fishing from the T-dock or the north shoreline by the tide pool. Red Drum can be found throughout the inlet system too and usually hit better on the outgoing tide.  Use your live shrimp or cut bait.  Spanish Mackerel, Jacks and Blue Runners have been coming over the rails on the jetties.  Try the South jetty for now.  Spanish Mackerel will hit on little spoons, jigs and Gotcha lures.  Blue Runners will bite on a variety of smaller baits and lures, and Jacks seem to prefer live shrimp and spoons.  Tommy tells us there have even been a few large Cubera Snapper hanging around.  Try the North jetty when it reopens.  Anglers are still seeing a lot of Snook too, but please remember they are catch and release only until the season opens again in a few short weeks on September 1."

😎 PONCE INLET (NEW SMYRNA) SURF REPORT AND FORECAST 🎣 

🎣 White's Tackle Fishing Report 8-5-2020 🐟 Stuart Florida "Good morning everyone. By the looks of the damage done in North Carolina up into the Northeast that we dodged a bullet from Isaias. Surf conditions have calmed down, but the water is still pretty dirty in most places, and seaweed is gone from some areas, but others are unfishable due to the weeds. Hopefully with a few days of calm conditions things will clear up. The Indian River has received quite a bit of runoff, making it even dirtier than it was, but those fishing the outflows of culverts and relief canals have had success with Snook and baby Tarpon. The inlets are producing Snook at night on flare jigs, as well as Tarpon on jigs and plugs on outgoing tide. Offshore has been quiet, but as things are calming down things should resume, as the Kingfish bite was pretty good before the storm. Good luck out there."

🎣 South Florida Weekly Fishing Report 🐟 Palm Beach Post August 6, 2020 "Where the sargassum isn’t too thick, anglers at the beach on Singer Island are catching snook and the occasional tarpon working Livetarget Slow-Roll on a weighted hook. Surf anglers working the beaches just south of the Boynton Inlet have been catching barracuda on tube lures and tarpon using 3.5 inch Yo-Zuri lures that mimic either pilchards or sardines. At the Boynton Inlet there have been a few mangrove snapper caught as well as snook and tarpon on live baits. Tarpon up to 100 pounds have been seen rolling in the channel in the Intracoastal Waterway between the Boynton Inlet and the Palm Beach Yacht Center. Anglers at the Lantana Bridge are catching some nice sheepshead on peeled shrimp and clam strips. Sand perch and small mangrove snappper are being caught at the bridge on live and peeled shrimp."

🎣 Daytona Beach Fishing Report 🐟 Catches before, after tropical storm "The tropical storm slowed, but didn’t stop, anglers from getting out on the water and reeling in a variety of fish. SURF, PIERS: This week’s surf report comes from Capt. Mike Vickers Jr. (hammockbaitandtackle.com). “The surf has been hot for whiting, jacks and pompano,” he said. “The shark bite off of Flagler beaches is still red hot. And just this reminder: get your shark permit if fishing for these great game fish. The permit is no cost to get yet if caught without one the price is high. The surf is also producing redfish, black drum and trout.” The piers report catches of whiting with jacks, a few pompano and trout mixed in.”

🎣 Jacksonville Fishing Report 🐟 Bouncing back after Isaias hangover "While Hurricane Isaias was barely felt on land in Jacksonville, the big, albeit short-lived swell it created off our coast put the brakes on some hot coastal fishing. The dust has settled enough to allow local charter captains to take a peek in the ocean, and what they saw was a mixed bag. The good news: there's a ton of bait on the beach and in the inlet. However, the water was dirty, and the bite was dead. Since the bait is still around, you'd have to think the fishing will pick up after the nearshore water cleans up. Until then, there's plenty of redfish, trout and flounder to catch in the St. Johns River and the ditch. The weekend forecast is looking mild for a change. NOAA is calling for light south winds and seas between one and two feet."

🎣 Juno Bait Weekend Fishing Outlook 🐟 (8/7-8/9/2020)  "SURF/PIER Catch and release snook fishing has been good along the beach, at the Juno Beach Pier, and in Jupiter and Palm Beach Inlets as well.  Look for the snook bite to be really good at night on the backside of the moon.  The inlet bite will be best on the tides; and heavily bait dependent.  For the inlet snook it's all about the croakers and sand perch.  The Spanish Mackerel have been biting well at the Juno Beach Pier.  Small Clark Spoons below a bobber rig are a great choice for the Macs, as is free-lining small live baits.  A handful of big jacks cruising the beach, along with a few tarpon.  The Juno Beach Pier has seen a few Bonita as well over the past week.  Jupiter Inlet is producing a few mangrove snapper.  Fair number of croaker and sand perch are biting small pieces of shrimp in the first trough."

🎣 St Augustine Fishing Report 🐟 Snook, tarpon are red hot "The tarpon bite continues to be as good as most anglers can remember this year. Most of the fishing is just inside or just outside of either of our inlets. They’re also following the shrimp boats, gorging on bycatch shoveled off the decks. There were two strange and similar reports of kingfish being caught in 10 to 12 feet of water off the beaches this week. And both captains insist they’ve never seen so many kingfish skyrocketing at any given moment. The kingfish fishing on the local reefs and wrecks has been pretty slow all week, so the beaches will likely be your best bet. That is especially true around the Nine-Mile bottom where sharks are killing more kingfish and cobia than are making into ice chests. It is a slaughter out there."

🎣 August 7 fishing report from Byron Stout 🐟 "If you’re looking for a lazy, hazy, summer day, don’t throw a line in the water. You’ll likely end up all tired and sweaty. Snook and redfish are biting so well, they’re even hitting red mangrove seeds. Really. Beach fishing is producing tripletail in the surf at Venice, and nearshore anglers report big permit and limits of mangrove snapper in as little as 30 feet of water. Bluegill and bass have been biting well on Lake Okeechobee, and Lake Trafford waters have risen enough to support a bass boat tournament."

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🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 7-27-2020

🎣 Florida Fishing Reports 🐟 Week of 7-27-2020

🎣 Week of July 27 Sebastian Inlet District 🐟 Gone Fishin’ Part II  "For the latest reports on the action and what's biting at the inlet, call our friend Tommy at Sebastian Inlet Bait & Tackle – 321-768-6621.  He's been there for more than 20 years and NO ONE knows the fishing at the inlet better than him.  And when you make the trip, help support a local business so they're around for years to come. Our featured angler of the week is 11-year old Dierks Broderick Delaney.  He caught this 34-inch Snook on the south side of Sebastian Inlet State Park near the T-dock – his FIRST Snook ever early in the morning on July 7.  Way to go Dierks!  “To date this is the largest fish he has ever caught.  He is super excited and can’t wait to go again.” We understand this fish was safely released and a friendly reminder to all that Snook is catch and release only right now with the season set to open on Sept 1.

🎣 White's Tackle Essential Gear for Fly Fishing the Surf 🐟 Stuart Florida "Increase your success rate by being prepared! David Olson goes over essential gear for fly fishing the surf."

😎 What divers can expect during 48-hour mini-season sprint to bag spiny lobster "Florida’s annual 48-hour sprint for spiny lobsters — the lobster sport season — begins at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Tens of thousands of lobster lovers will hit the state’s warm coastal waters seeking seafood gold. What kind of conditions will they find once they dip below the waves? Will the weather be calm or will it storm? And the most important question on the minds of divers: Where will the tasty little crustaceans be found in numbers large enough to satisfy bag limits? Calm seas “The good news is,” said Steven Wood, manager of Deep Six Dive & Watersports in Jensen Beach, “the easterly wind we had all last week finally quit blowing. That should allow the shallow waters closer to the beach to clear up.”

🎣 Jacksonville Fishing Report 🐟 It’s tarpon time "In this week’s Jacksonville Fishing Report, read about where to find pogies out of Mayport and the red-hot bite for redfish and trout It’s officially time for bow hunters to take a break from fishing to prepare for the fast approaching archery deer season, even though working in those hot pines and hellish swamps will feel like a stint in prison camp. But with the fishing this good, maybe all that fun can wait another week. Inshore fishing is about as good as it gets in the heat of summer, with a number of big trout and eating-sized flounder being caught. And after dealing with a sassy ocean and shy bait last week, nearshore anglers caught a break this week with the return of pogies and flat seas."

🎣 Fishing Report 🐟 Daytona Beach anglers catching a bit of everything "Local anglers are reporting a real potpourri of fish this week, from flounder to large redfish and everything in between. SURF, PIERS: Gene Lytwyn at The Fishin’ Hole said surf fishing in Volusia County is producing good catches of whiting, along with a few sharks and small pompano. “Some anglers are getting double digit catches of whiting per outing,” he said. Capt. Mike Vickers Jr. (hammockbaitandtackle.com) had much the same report from Flagler County. “The Flagler Beach Pier is seeing a good whiting bite and reports of a king or two off the end of the pier,” he said. “The surf in the Flagler Beach area is producing mainly good sized whiting and sharks.”"

🎣 South Florida Weekly Fishing Report 🐟 Palm Beach Post July 30, 2020 "Along the beaches in the Jensen/Stuart areas there has been good action for whiting and croaker. Using either sand fleas or sand flea- or green crab-flavored Fishbites in the first trough has been producing good results. Though not huge numbers there have been some pompano caught along the beaches in the first trough as well. They are being taken mostly on sand flea-flavored Fishbites. At the St. Lucie Inlet there has been a good bite for snook using live pilchards. Though working the beach in the Jupiter area has been a bit difficult with all the sargassum recently, for those willing to try there are plenty of snook cruising along the shoreline. Swimbaits like an Assassin, worked in the first trough have been producing good results. Anglers fishing both inside and outside the jetties at the Lake Worth Inlet are catching snook, tarpon and jack crevalle. Working along the rocks, the snook are being caught using D.O.A. CALs. Though the bite there has been good, divers in the area have reported large numbers of them outside of the inlet in 30 to 60 feet of water. The jacks have been hitting on small live greenies and on topwater plugs like Rapala Skitter Walks. Though much of the bait that had been prevalent in the area three or four weeks ago has moved north to Juno Beach and beyond, the approaching storm should stir things up and get some of that moving back into the central part of coastal Palm Beach County and could even drive some bait up from the keys."

🎣 July 31 fishing report from Byron Stout 🐟 "With some 16,000 lobster permit holders from Southwest Florida vacationing in the Florida Keys, there should be plenty of elbow room on local waters. Plenty of fish biting, too. Amberjack season reopens on Saturday, and as of Thursday the National Weather Service predicts weekend morning winds of only 5 to 10 knots offshore, with this caveat. “Mariners planning extended trips should monitor forecasts and warnings from the National Hurricane Center, as Tropical Storm Isaias could impact the area this weekend. The crappie are biting on Lake Trafford in Immokalee, and the lake level finally has risen about six inches, making launching possible for craft up to small-bass-boat size.”

🎣 St Augustine FISHING REPORT 🐟 Isaias scrubs weekend fishing "Offshore trolling continues to be a sucker’s bet. But the bottom fishing is hot with good numbers of vermillion, mutton and mangrove snapper being caught. There are still big amberjack out there and a good number of sharks. The local reefs and wrecks inside 10 miles are tough to fish because of the similarly ubiquitous red snapper. Trolling for kingfish has slowed, which is normally the case as August nears. Sharks, on the other hand, are... well hate to say it, but ubiquitous as well. Captain Guy Spear had two kingfish on ice and gave up six to sharks. They also ate a legal-sized cobia at the boat, adding insult to injury. If you really want to find them, slow-troll the middle ground around Nine-Mile. There are plenty of pogy pods up around Serenata, and heading north. Tarpon are thinning out at the mouths of both the St. Augustine and Matanzas Inlets. Some big ones are being chummed up around the Bridge of Lions. Surf fishing is summertime slow now. There are a few reports of bull whiting scattered in the surf, but none of the reports included any real numbers. The county pier is still giving up ribbonfish, but not much else. The report from the Flagler County pier includes redfish, trout, flounder, sheepshead, undersized pompano, and whiting."

🎣 Juno Bait Weekend Fishing Outlook 🐟 (7/31-8/2/2020)  "SURF/PIER Snook fishing has been good along the beach; but conditions this weekend will make that shall we say a little rough. The Juno Beach Pier snook bite could go off this weekend depending on how the storm comes by.  Snook bite could go off on jigs and swimbaits.  The Spanish Mackerel bite has been good this week.  Freelining small live baits or the bobber rig have been the way to go for the Macs."

🎣 FLORIDA TODAY fishing report 🐟 Lobster mini-season closes; Redfish are schooling in the north "The grass came and the grass left. Thank goodness. Sargassum seaweed can just ruin surf fishing plans. The super low tides and wind shift can be credited for helping out. Anglers will be able to catch (and release) snook, croaker, whiting and maybe even a few pompano casting from the sand bar. The low tide has made it so anglers can walk out to some of the sand bars." Although another article states (dated July 27, 2020) "Washed-up Sargassum seaweed sometimes wreaks havoc and reeks; expect it for next several weeks" 

We ran into heavy Sargassum last weekend at Patrick Air Base 2nd Light Beach, up into Cape Canaveral, but the salad thinned travelling north by New Smyrna Beach. 

Florida East Coast Surf Fishing

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Reading the Beach Florida Surf Fishing

Beach Fishing: How to READ a BEACH ( 8 Key Points ) Roger Osbourne

We have seen a lot of video trying to explain the beach and coastline for surf fishing but Roger Osbourne details beach fishing key points most thoroughly. Those who spent time living along the beach know much just from experience. Visitors and those who do not frequent the beach, sometimes need a bit more. This is the video that gives the insight needed for successfully reading a beach for surf fishing locations.

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Surf Fishing Cocoa Beach Cape Canaveral

Sea Robin Lil Guy

A plethora of species surf fishing Florida's east coast await in Brevard County, Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach areas. Surf fishing Sharks, Pompano, Black Drum, Red Drum, Whiting, Sheepshead, Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Bluefish, Ladyfish, Spadefish, Jack Crevalle, Saltwater and Sailcats, Rays, Pufferfish, occasional Snapper, Flounder, occasional Kingfish, Grouper, Sea Robin, and Tripletail to name a few.

Let's start with where to go

The whole of Cocoa Beach charges for parking, so if you are looking for free parking near beach access ramps Cape Canaveral is for you. Surfers, swimmers, and fishermen usually share the beach and is self explanatory in observation before setting up.

Cape Canaveral Taylor Ave Parking

Cocoa Beach Pier Parking

A link to Florida East Coast Surf Fishing Updated Map showing the areas of Florida's east coast beach access and where to park, etc is below. It is a work in progress and expected to be complete in the next week. We are working to add to this through February to also include the greater Tampa area, Panhandle, and Keys.

New to Surf Fishing?

Starter basics including line, reel choice, and knots are answered in the link above so we can jump into bait specifics for target species. Year-round be sure to have an assortment of fresh dead, live, or alternative baits like Fishbites with you, or a selection of lures if you choose. Link to our lure article is Artificial Baits Fishing in Saltwater or Freshwater. If one isn't working out, try another. If a spot isn't catching, move a bit. Watch the beach for signs, birds, sand fleas, surf break, catch the tide times before heading out and try to fish around the tide, moving in or out usually good but it isn't necessary to restrict your fishing to those times. Many fish are caught in between, right place, right time the fish might just be there. 

Two-fer Bluefish

What has worked for us through the years: Pompano, Whiting, Black Drum, Red Drum, Trout, Sheepshead, most everything will eat a shrimp (fresh, dead, salted, combined with Fishbites, or Fishbites alone) but Whiting, Black and Red Drum, and Sheepshead also like fiddler crabs and crab knuckles; 

Clam (salted or not) bite has been Whiting, Pompano, Trout, Black and Red Drum, Catfish, Sharks; onto Finger Mullet (live or cut mullet) often catch Red and Black Drum, Trout, Mackerel, Tarpon, Snook, Shark, and Sailcat. Squid for Red and Black Drum, Shark, Whiting, Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, Catfish, Trout. Sand fleas catch Pompano, Whiting, Catfish, Black and Red Drum to name a few. 

This is just a list of what we caught but never be surprised at what comes off the hook from the Atlantic Ocean Florida East Coast Surf Fishing. We highlighted Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach as we added those areas on the updated map.

Whiting: All our catches using Florida East Coast Surf Fishing Pompano Rigs

Updated Map of Surf Fishing Locations along Florida's east coast.

Surf Fishing Canaveral National Seashore

Florida East Coast Surf Fishing FECSF

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Okeechobee Florida Fishing Friendly Christmas

Okeechobee Florida Fishing Friendly

Our second visit to Okeechobee Florida allowed for exploration and fishing time, the first was a quick stop after dark with a view of the city lights. What an incredible place! Our two night holiday was filled with friendly people, awesome fishing, and stunning scenery. Everywhere we went, Okeechobee hooked Christmas up. The shops, restaurants, city decorations, and Christmas Lighted Boat Parade all gracefully exhibited the splendor of Christmas. Santa even arrived for a bite at the Lakeside Grill during breakfast. The food exceptional, the service on point, and warm homey décor filled this travelers void.

A stop at Garrard's before wetting our lines turned a quick pause for bait into a welcoming chat with new fishing friends. Garrard's is loaded! From our perspective, if Garrard's doesn't have it, you are likely not to need it.

Garrard's offers guide service, bait, fishing and hunting supplies turning a 6,000 square foot building into an outdoorsmen's paradise.

Morning coffee from the BP 1 Stop Express finds outdoor conversation and fast friendly service.

Choose from the selection at BP or grab a bite and a Joe from Dunkin' Donuts kiosk. The morning crew were very helpful, professional, and speedy.

Steak dinner Friday night at the VFW Post #10539 all decked out for Christmas filled up the night complete with music, conversation, and dancing. Drive up in your car or boat with boat parking on the canal, stopping off at the open air pavilion style bar before venturing into the main building. Membership required.

Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park marks the memorial to the Second Seminole War. The battle Christmas Day in 1837 is reenacted annually on the last weekend in February. This park offers a free to use pavilion with restrooms on site and makes for a peaceful spot for a family picnic or workday lunch get-away.

The inviting hometown feel of Okeechobee envelops the senses. Little wonder the Seminole Indian words "Oki" and "Chubi" mean "Water" and "Big". Big water, big hospitality, and plentiful charm set Okeechobee apart as a Florida destination gem. We went to visit family and found friends around every corner.

Check out some upcoming Okeechobee Events Festival Net

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Florida East Coast Surf Fishing Holiday and Birthday Gifs 2019

Florida East Coast Surf Fishing 2019 Gifs

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