Hernando Beach Fishing Reports

Summertime Fishing - Finally May is here, this is one of my favorite time of year to target multiple species. As we move into May, the fishing should continue to get better and better. The water clarity should improve with the winds letting up and the temperatures are g more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Sal Apopka chain - Bass should be quite playful right now because they're normally a bit hungry after spawning. I'd expect that catches should be wonderful through the next month until water temperatures reach their summer highs. Fishing should be consistent all day a more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Bass Fishing - I have been fishing the Sal Apopka chain plus Lake Tarpon and finding the fish are mixed up but biting good in the afternoon instead of early morn. Specks are slowing down. bluegills are doing better on fly rods I guess they like bugs better. I had more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Spring Fishing Action - March fishing madness is here in full swing. March is a awesome month for fishing inshore and offshore of Hernando beach, I will start inshore. Trout action is HOT in 2 to 6 feet of water target grass flats with sand holes mixed in, the trout will si more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Time To Fish - Inshore fishing action is steady picking up. Trout action is good on the incoming tide using white flukes, watermelon red flukes, mirrodines 17mr in 808 and 50 color and some topwater plugs such as rapala skitter walks in swo8 in white and mullet col more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

Game on - Game on .. Fish on ! Finally fishheads, this is what we've all been waiting for, great fishing and great weather.With the fishing in March so good, April will be even more exciting . The cold fronts should be pretty much over but we still have more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach

Bass Fishing - KISSIMMEE RIVER CANAL 38 SOUTH OF US 98 BACKFILL OPERATIONS Revision REFERENCES: a. 33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters b. NTN 2015-016, Kissimmee River Chanel 38 South of US 98 Backfill Operations 1. NTN 2015-016 is canceled and replaced more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Hernando Fishing Report - Fishing in the last few weeks has been up and down. With cold fronts passing by making for windy rough days can make the inshore fishing slow down at times, best fishing is before fronts arrive in our area and then 2 days after the front the fishing more...
Capt. Josh Fritz - Hernando Beach

email about Bass - It's an interesting notion: Integrating social science with biological research. That's the premise upon which Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission bases its forthcoming simplifications to the state's black bass regulations. In its more...
Capt. Frank Bourgeois - Hernando Beach

Thanks god for grunts - Key West snapper, gray snapper, white grunt or in our area, just pain grunts. Call them what you will but ask any party headboat or charter captain and he will say thank god for grunts. Grunts have saved many of fishing trips with plenty of thes more...
Capt. Joel Gant - Hernando Beach