Mid winter has brought us cooler water temps and a change in the focus of our targeted fishing. Cooler water means clear water and that gives us some of the best sight fishing opportunities of the year.
Mosquito Lagoon has been a lot of fun lately leading to some great days with clients. Sight fishing in shallow water with spin or fly tackle is one of the most exciting ways there is to catch fish. Redfish, black drum and sea trout are all possible catches on any given day. We still target the big bull reds and larger black drum around Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach this time of year on the days we aren’t fishing in the shallow water. Nearshore fishing still won’t be much of an option until we get warmer water temperatures that typically start arriving in March and bring cobia with them. Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters
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Cooler temperatures are knocking on the door as we head into the latter part of fall, bringing another change in the seasonal fishing patterns. Warmer water species hunker down while new species arrive from the north.
In the Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon area, redfish and big black drum will be the mainstays of the early winter season. These species tolerate cooler temperatures well and give us great targets even on the cooler days. Snook are still around, but become considerably less active as the days get colder. Nearshore fishing off Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach gives us the opportunity at another species, triple tail. These fish are accessible on the better weather days when ocean conditions allow us to spend time along the beach. Most of the other nearshore species aren’t around during the winter so we generally spilt time between inshore and nearshore on the days we target them. Mosquito Lagoon is already getting clearer with the first couple fronts past us. Hopefully we will have a great sight fishing season through spring this year. Large schools of black drum will be arriving in the coming weeks, giving us some great flats fishing opportunities. As with the others seasons, east central Florida has great fishing at all times of the year. Don’t miss out on the opportunities at hand! Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters The past and coming few weeks have had some excellent fishing in the New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach areas, it just doesn’t get much better. Big redfish, snook, tarpon and jack crevalle have all been giving us great days on the water.
Around Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach, the inshore fishing has been a lot of fun. Big reds and snook have been really active and providing some of the best opportunities of the year for these species. Jacks have also been active in large groups destroying schools of mullet. Bother nearshore around the inlet and inshore, tarpon have been active as well. They should remain in the area for a few more weeks until we start to have consistent cold fronts. In the mean time, the bite can be excellent as they prepare for their winter migration. This time of year is truly special for fishing so don’t miss out! Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters Mid fall fishing is going just as expected with great catches on every trip lately. Lots of action on every type of bait from numerous species and nice low humidity weather to enjoy.
Redfish have been the main attraction around Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach recently with double digit catches on many trips. Medium and large sized fish have been frequenting quite a few areas and they’ve been pretty chewy. Snook action has also been very good with lots of fish moving into their fall patterns. We’ve landed some big ones as large as 35” that are great fun to catch. On the days that are calm enough, if we have the right opportunities we still have chances at tarpon off Daytona Beach as well as New Smyrna Beach. There are some fish present inshore as well and if you catch them on the right feed they make great targets. Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters Fall fishing has arrived in full and with the drop in humidity, you can literally feel it. Comfortable temperatures, much less rain chances, and great fishing are what fall in central Florida is about.
Bull reds are the highlight of fall fishing. Large numbers of oceanic fish gather in accessible areas and provide some of the best fishing of the year. Snook fishing is also at some of its best quality of the year, and the mullet run also gives us intense fishing for ravenous large jack crevalle. Nearshore, on the days without northeast winds, we still have some chances at tarpon. October is typically our last consistent tarpon month of the year, but when opportunities present themselves, we are quick to take them! False albacore tuna and sharks are also a target when conditions allow. Sight fishing in Mosquito Lagoon is generally at it’s toughest during fall due to water clarity, but after the first few cold fronts, it can clear up and give us shots at fish on fly and spin. Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Charters (386) 290-9897 As we enter the last days of summer and begin to knock on falls door, we begin one of the best fishing seasons of the year. Warm temperatures and excellent opportunities truly make fall a special time to fish.
Around Ponce inlet and nearshore off Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach, tarpon, snook, and bull redfish are all potentially at some of the best fishing each species offers throughout the year on any given fall day. Inshore we have other opportunities at snook, reds and tarpon as well big jack crevalle that feed on migrating mullet. Sight fishing with fly and spin tackle have remained good in Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River Lagoon. Don’t miss out on this great fishing period, reserve your trip while some dates are still available! Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters Even though we are mid summer, the patterns that will keep us hooked up through fall are starting to fall into place, no pun intended.
Nearshore fishing for tarpon, false albacore tuna and sharks off Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach has been good and will continue to be good in the coming weeks. Big redfish have been on and off but the last week has been pretty good and the fishing for these should only get better as we continue through the summer. Sight fishing with fly and spin tackle in Mosquito Lagoon has remained a fun option with decent to good water clarity. Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters Mid summer is here and the fishing that comes with it is happening now. Big tarpon, big reds, big sharks, false albacore along with snook and big jacks on the right days make this a fun time of year to fish.
July and August offer some of the calmest weather conditions of the year allowing us to target nearshore species on most days. Cruising up and down both Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach can produce a variety of opportunities. Inshore fishing in the Ponce Inlet and Mosquito Lagoon areas has been good for bull redfish and some tarpon. When the tides and conditions are right, big snook can be a fun target as well. Sight fishing remains an option for fly anglers in Mosquito Lagoon. Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Charters (386) 290-9897 The past couple weeks has been right on the cusp of full transition to our summer time pattern. Very warm days, great fishing, and expectations of new arrivals are growing by the day in the Ponce Inlet area.
We have landed some great redfish recently with our normal 40-45” fish and a few giants up to 50” mixed in. The summer time pattern is in place and the bite will continue to get better for these trophy sized fish. We have also landed some nice snook recently as well and it looks like we will have another good snook year with the warmer weather. The excitement is building for the arrival of our migratory tarpon around Ponce Inlet. They should be here any time now and it wouldn’t surprise me if it was literally tomorrow. These giant fish are some of the most incredible gamefish our area has to offer. Along with them come the giant 20-30lb jack crevalle. These are pound for pound some of the most powerful and aggressive fish on the planet, nothing like watching them destroy top water plugs! We are still doing some sight fishing with fly and spin tackle in Mosquito Lagoon with decent water clarity in some areas. Summer is here and it’s time to fish! Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters As we enter the early stages of our summer season, the fishing has been great recently in the New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach and Ponce Inlet area. Daytime highs in the low to mid 80’s and still relatively dry weather have made days on the water really nice lately.
The big bull redfish bite has been outstanding and we’ve been catching some really large fish in the 40lb class. Fish this size are truly special and very memorable for my anglers to catch. We are just weeks away from our early summer tarpon arriving which along with bulls reds, will give us some incredible opportunities for both spin and fly anglers. These fish are also giants, averaging at or above 100lbs. Now is the time to plan your summer trips, we get incredibly busy over the next few months so make sure you lock down the dates you want as soon as possible! Capt. Billy Rotne Ponce Inlet Fishing Charters |
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