Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Presley

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - COCOA BEACH, MERRITT ISLAND FISHING REPORT RipTide Electric Chicken Continues to be Hot Lure My good friend Cliff joined me for an early morning venture during the last open days of snook season. Remember, the snook season closes June 1 and does more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - COCOA BEACH, MERRITT ISLAND FISHING REPORT HOT TROUT BITE CONTINUES Ed traveled all the way from Canada to do a little Banana River Fishing. An excellent angler such as Ed expects to catch fish and that’s the way it should be. Always think posit more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - May Starts Off With Hot Trout Bite With a lot more mullet on the flats and channels, the trout bite has picked up considerably. It always happens this time of year when the spawn is on. Most of the fish have been coming on plastic mullet. The RipT more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Fishing Improving, get ready for May Lots of mullet have finally made their presence know. They are still not thick as they often are this time of year, but there are many more than a week ago. The water clarity is decent but the wind still seems more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach Fishing Report Still Waiting On Those Mullet The wind still wants to blow us off the water almost every day. Not that necessarily bothers the fish, but it does make for less comfortable (and easy) fishing). I can alwa more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Reds, Trout, Snook, Jacks, and Bluefish Cobia are still on my mind, but haven’t had an opportunity to get out again. Best conditions require relatively calm seas and lots of sunshine. On days I could go, these conditions were not present. However more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Jacks Galore and Cobia Time One day last week I had the pleasure of taking Russ and Kora for a demo ride in the Pathfinder. Russ is looking at selling his Maverick and purchasing a Pathfinder 2200V. We took the ride through the locks and into the more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Early March Fishing Report Warmer weather and water temperatures have already improved the fishing since my last report. We have been catching several redfish each day and have also caught a few sheepshead when fishing around the docks for reds. M more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - March Fishing Forecast With February slowly giving way to a new month, and given the relatively slow fishing I have experienced during the month I am eagerly awaiting a change in weather that I hope will come with March. On my last fishing trip we more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Fishing the Docks for Cold Water Reds With the water temperature remaining in the 50’s the fish really tend to be lethargic. The last thing they are willing to do is chase down an artificial bait screaming through the water at a rapid clip. So, if more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach