Regional Fishing Reports for:
Northeast Florida (New Smyrna Beach to Jacksonville)

Shark Fishing is Phenomenal - The shark fishing in Jacksonville is as good as I've ever seen it. It's hard to not get a bite on a bait in the water. We've been following the shrimp boats and drifting baits in their prop wash. That's all it takes. Big Black Tip sharks and Black No more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Ponce Inlet Fishing Report: May 5th-13th - The offshore bite has officially begun. Mahi are showing up in the 150 to 300 foot range. Look for color change and troll the temperature break at the edge. You will also find black fin tuna and sailfish mixed in. Sea witch rigged ballyhoo and green more...
Capt. Nick Czerok - Ponce Inlet

Bottom Fishing Offshore Jacksonville - On Sunday, May 6th, the ocean was actually kind to us. It's been so windy this year that we've not been able to hunt fish the way we would like to this time of year. It's almost like we have been stuck doing what the ocean let's us do, and it's tough more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Jacksonville Florida, Gator Trout Season - did you miss it? GATOR TROUT IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA? www.captdaves.com spring time big Trout, St. Johns River with NO LONG BOAT RIDE! ADD IN BIG REDFISH, on light tackle also. -HOW ABOUT THE GIANT BLACK DRUM? did ya mis more...
Capt. Dave Sipler - Jacksonville

Daytona New Smyrna Beach Orlando Backcountry - Water temperatures are finally back to normal for April after a back and forth winter / spring pattern with cold January, warm February, and back to cold March. Fish patterns were confused with an early start to the coastal migrations, then the cold more...
Capt. Michael Savedow - Daytona Beach

Ponce Inlet Fishing Report: April 21st - 28th - Cobia are here and hungry. Running up and down the beach look for manta rays where you will find Cobia trailing the wings looking for food in the stirred up sand Casting a cobia jig behind the rays will surely result in a cobia bite. Capt. Nick w more...
Capt. Nick Czerok - Ponce Inlet

April 2018 New Smyrna Mosquito Lagoon Backcountry DaytonaOrlando - Water temperatures are finally back to normal for April after a back and forth winter / spring pattern with cold January, warm February, and back to cold March. Fish patterns were confused with an early start to the coastal migrations, then the cold more...
Capt. Michael Savedow - Mosquito Lagoon

Insane Black Sea Bass Bite in Jacksonville - Saturday morning the ocean was very nice despite the hard winds we had on Friday. We headed out and the fishing started off pretty tough. I made the decision to head out about 9 more miles and the fish bit really well. We ended up with 31 nice black more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville

Ponce Inlet Fishing Report: March 8th-15th - Bottom fishing has been on fire. The red snapper are hungry and are hovering above any structure you put bait over. In the mix you will find red eye snapper, healthy supply of trigger fish, and out of season grouper. Also keep an eye out for cobia in more...
Capt. Nick Czerok - Ponce Inlet

Red Snapper Fishing Frenzy - On Friday, we headed offshore to take what the ocean offered us. We started out fishing for black sea bass with pretty good results. We also played with the butterfly jig manufactured by Reeldiculous Fishing. We were catching a wide variety of crazy more...
Capt. Chad Starling - Jacksonville