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Daytona Beach surf 3/29-4/3I just spent a week on Daytona Beach surf fishing. So instead of being a continual lurker I thought I would ramble on about my week of surf fishing and family vacation. First of all Daytona was not our first choice as a beach destination, but was all we could get on the beach at short notice. I was a little thrown off by cars driving on the beach. I also wanted to shark fish haveing caught a good blacktip of Jensen Beach last year. My gear for the week included one 6500 baitrunner with 65lb braid 12 ft stick, one 4500 baitrunner 30lb braid 12 ft rod, and one penn ssm 10lb mono 9 ft rod. I used live shrimp, cut finger mullet, live sandfleas, and cut whiting. Sunday- 12 bluefish on mullet. The surf was 4-5 feet Monday-10 bluefish , 3 small jacks on shrimp. Tuesday-2 whiting, 3 jacks, 5 bluefish Wednesday- 3 whiting, 4 Black drum 14-20 inches a.m. 3 bluefish 1 bird p.m. Thursday-Ponce inlet a.m. surf p.m.-nothing Friday-2 whiting 2 small jacks 1 22inch jack, one run on the shark rig (dropped bait) It was a nice trip. I fished a couple hours after dark on Wednesday and Friday with my 10 year old daughter. She had a good time catching bluesfish. The surf is always changing, I could not discearn and ideal time or tide to fish. If i was there when the fish turned on it was great and the action fast. I tried ponce inlet from 6a.m. to 11a.m. It kicked my butt. The current was strong , the rocks ate my rigs, and some sort of biting invisible insect made breakfast of me. 4-2-09 Closer to the ocean, the fishing has been, well, let's just say it's spring. Blues, Spanish, jacks, ladyfish, they've all arrived in significant numbers. And as is the usual situation out on the beach, the pompano are following close on their heels. If what I heard at the bait shop is of any value, the sheepshead have diminished in average size but are still being caught in significant numbers. The same can not be said for whiting, even though there have been exceptions. Based on the fact that the pompano fisherman had a haul which included few whiting. it's a good bet that many of the fish have migrated north. 4-3-09
Daytona to Ormond has been pretty good past few days on Whiting and Pompano the Whiting have been the Larger Bull whiting. 2plus lbs. Daytona To Ponce has been slow the fish are holding in good numbers to the North. 4-9-09 JAX Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier was good over the weekend, but things have slowed. But the weekend looks good again. Look for some whiting, Spanish mackerel, pompano, black drum, bluefish and sheepshead. The St. Johns County Pier was much slower this week. Good 3-5th 4-9-09 Whting bite makes no sense right now. Best bet is Flagler area. First Spanish this week 4-10-09
Black drum are still being caught at the jetties, Main Beach, Nassau Sound and in your favorite holes in the river. Blue crab, large shrimp and clam will be your go-to baits. The reports of plenty of puppy drum in the rivers are still coming in along the rocks at the north and south jetties. Dead shrimp fished on the bottom will catch a nice table-sized drum this time of year. Bull whiting are being caught at the end of the north and south jetties and Cumberland Sound. Pogy pods are cruising the beaches, and bull reds are usually just under those pods this time of year. Surf anglers have been reporting pompano, blue fish, whiting and an occasional Spanish mackerel this past week. Marc Pyatt reported catching a 31/2-pound pompano from the surf. Fort Clinch anglers are reporting bluefish, trout, whiting and sheepshead. The George Crady State Fishing Pier anglers have had a tough time this week because of high winds from the southwest, but they have been catching whiting, puppy drum, sheepshead, blue fish and trout. Floating a live shrimp on the outgoing tide can be deadly for trout at this location. The reports from the point on Amelia Island State Park have been slow because of hard southwest winds. 4-12-09 JAX Bull whiting are being caught at the end of the north and south jetties and Cumberland Sound. Pogy pods are cruising the beaches, and bull reds are usually just under those pods this time of year. Surf anglers have been reporting pompano, blue fish, whiting and an occasional Spanish mackerel this past week. Marc Pyatt reported catching a 31/2-pound pompano from the surf. Fort Clinch anglers are reporting bluefish, trout, whiting and sheepshead. The George Crady State Fishing Pier anglers have had a tough time this week because of high winds from the southwest, but they have been catching whiting, puppy drum, sheepshead, blue fish and trout. 4-16-09 Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier was hot and cold this week, mostly cold. The St. Augustine Beach Pier was very slow all week. The Flagler Pier is still shut down for repairs and will be down for about another month. 4-23-09 Ocean piers: The fishing in the Jacksonville Beach Pier was OK, with mostly black drum and sheepshead reported. The St. Johns County Pier was slow all week. 4-24-09 Today will be a great day to try your luck in the surf for bull whiting, blues, pompano and Spanish mackerel. Any of our beach accesses that hold a decent slough will be places to try this 4-30-09 Ocean piers: The fishing at the Jacksonville Beach Pier was good all week, with the weird exception of whiting. The fish continue their disappearing act. The St. Johns County Pier has been ugly this week, unless you like catching small bonnethead sharks and stingrays. The Flagler County Pier remains closed for repairs. Flounder will be picking up both in numbers and size as we head for one of their peak times in early June. B 5-7-09 The beaches have been pretty much void of fish. While watching the sun rise over a pretty stretch of beach is never a waste of time, fishing that same beach has. There have been a couple of reports of some sporadic catches of whiting coming off North Beach in the area of The Reef restaurant. The southerly winds will only exacerbate... exasperate... just make thing worse for those fishing the surf , but allow most of the boats offshore to fish. 5-11-09 Surf anglers, though, have been complaining. Hungry predators have arrived and are making it a little difficult to catch whiting. Ladyfish, blues and small sharks have been caught in abundance. If you can get past the predators, whiting and pompano can be found at the end of your hook - they are still there. 5-14-09 The surf fishing picked up this week, with most of the reports coming from Vilano to South Ponte Vedra Beach. The catches were mostly whiting with a few small pompano mixed in. 5-28-09
Surf and pier fishing will be a sucker's bet for, probably, another week. The freshwater is flushing out of the inlet and turning the surf into a coffee-colored mess for up to a half-mile out. That seems to have busted up pogy pods that were concentrating off the beaches. That, in turn, has messed up the nice run of cobia we experienced off the beaches before the storm and has kept kingfish out in deeper water -- though no one I know of was able to raise a king on any of the local reefs or wrecks this week. There are some big amberjacks and bonito, though. The bottom fishing in close was really good the early part of the week. Sometimes big seas like we experienced last week will scrub the bottom and break up pockets of colder water down deep. 8-6-09 Ocean piers: There were a few kings and some black drum caught off the Jacksonville Beach Pier this week. The St. Johns County Pier had nothing but baby hammerheads, bonnetheads and stingrays biting. The Flagler Pier remains closed. 9-10-09 Reds and bull whiting are biting behind the front 10-15-09 The Jacksonville Beach Pier has been pretty slow 10-20-10 The whiting are still scarce 10-21-09 Ocean piers: There were some spawning redfish, small pompano, bluefish and Spanish mackerel caught off the Jacksonville Beach Pier this week, but it's taking 5 or 6 ounces to keep bait down in the heavy seas. The St. Johns County pier was a little slower, reporting a few black drum, whiting and a few bluefish. 10-25-09 Surf & Piers The surf has been loaded with bait, big tarpon and sharks, and the water has been super clear. While surfing Wednesday, Ian Altes of Ormond Beach found a seahorse, a rare find these days. At the Flagler Pier, Sally Hayes said tarpon are coming in each evening, and on Wednesday, 14-year-old Kyle Heffner fought a 90- to 100-pound tarpon for three hours. He got it into the surf, walked his rod down to the beach and released it. Hayes said slot reds, lots of big blues, sheepshead, drum and Spanish macks are coming in. 10-28-09
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier had a decent bite of whiting this week. There were scattered catches of black drum, pompano and some oversized redfish. The St. Johns County Pier was pretty slow. The water there is dirty and isn't likely to change much this weekend, with southerly winds predicted. 10-30-09 Whiting of mixed sizes, along with puppy drum, were being reeled in from the surf last week. Fresh shrimp fished on the bottom usually works well this time of year. Whiting, sheepshead and speckled trout, as well as the occasional oversized redfish, are being reported at Fort Clinch and the George Crady Bridge fishing pier. JAX 10-30-09 Surf & Piers Wynn said blues have been going crazy on the mullet moving through, and he is starting to hear about a few more pompano, whiting and flounder being caught. Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said the bite has been blues, black drum, whiting and sheepshead. Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said the Sun Glow Pier has been getting drum, blues and a bunch of sheepshead, which have been partial to sand fleas. 11-5-09 Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier will be closed Thursday through Sunday because of the air show this weekend. The St. Johns County Pier was slow, with a few spawning reds, bluefish and small whiting being caught. 11-6-09 Surf & Piers Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said, "The blues are still biting in force." All the blues, like the schooling piranha of the Atlantic that they are, have pushed the whiting, pompano and black drum tight to shorelines in search of cover, Countryman said. So shorten those casts. "My customers who are fishing for blues are all using cut mullet," he said. "But those that are using silver spoons are being rewarded with some very nice and large Spanish macks in the mix." Sally Hayes at the Flagler Beach Pier said Dave "The Rebel" caught a 40-inch, 19-pound king mackerel Wednesday. That evening a few more anglers got hooked up, but the fish got away. Hayes said the stirred-up surf has been good for reds, blues and some 8- and 9-pound black drum. And two or three flounder are being caught in the morning, she said. Anglers have been using clawed sinkers off the end of the pier and 5-ounces weights off the side of the pier, Hayes said. 11-7-09
Whiting, blues, puppy drum, and the occasional redfish are being reeled in on the surf this past week. Conditions were windy with rough surf, but if you can get your sinker to hold, there's a lot of action. Have fun and be safe. 11-12-09
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier, St. Johns County Pier and the Flagler Pier have all been slow. Big waves were bad enough. But the tons of seaweed they're depositing along the beaches have made it very difficult to fish. The outlook for the weekend is a little better, but the water might not start cleaning up until Sunday. Touch, mostly miss SA 11-14-09 Surf & Piers The folks at the Sun Glow Pier said anglers have had pretty good action on sheepshead, whiting and black drum. Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said wind has kept a lot of fishermen indoors, but bull whiting are plentiful right at the water's edge. A guy with a Sabiki Rig tipped with little pieces of shrimp was having great luck on whiting casting into the foam, Countryman said. The blues are out by the sandbar and will hit cut mullet, he said. It's been too rough to spot mullet schools, but he said he knows they're still there. 11-18-09
Early in the week the bite turned on with Whiting, Blues and much more 11-20-09
Surf & Piers Johnny Garrett at Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle said fishing picked up noticeably Sunday as the waves laid down and water clarity improved. Garrett said since then, flounder, a pair of reds 41 and 43 inches long, bull whiting and drum averaging four to five pounds have been caught. He said the blues have mostly moved on, the water has cooled enough that he's not seeing any big kings or tarpon jumping anymore, and the big bait schools have thinned out to just a few little pogies here and there. "I imagine flounder should be here within a week from what I'm hearing from other reports along the beach," he said. And he noted an 8 1/2-pound flounder was caught in the recent Flagler County Sport Fishing Club tournament. Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River Lagoon 11-19-09
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach, St. Johns County and Flagler Beach piers were all good Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There were nice catches of black drum, pompano, redfish, flounder, bluefish, whiting and sheepshead. Whether that continues into the weekend is tough to say. Those east winds should make the water pretty ugly. 11-20-09
Surf fishing continues to be good, especially when the seas lie down enough to make the fishing easier. Plenty of whiting of all sizes have been reported being caught, and in good numbers. Good news for those anglers who enjoy pompano fishing - reports have come in that these tasty critters are showing up. What a great day it would be if you're out surf fishing and catch a mixed bag of whiting and pompano. Fresh, dead shrimp and clams will be your definite go-to bait when surf fishing in the fall. The north and south jetties continue to bring good reports of bull reds, puppy drum and sharks at the tips of either side. Fishing on the bottom with shrimp, mullet and crabs will do the trick. 11-25-09
The Atlantic The good news this week is that the winter run of striking fish seems to have started in offshore waters. Several boats fished lulls between the winds this week. Reports came from both north and south of the St. Augustine Inlet. Wahoo, yellowfin tuna and some gaffer-sized dolphin were caught in 250 to 300 feet of water. The wahoo caught were up to 50 pounds and most were caught using high-speed artificials. Some of the boats fishing for sails reported hooking up a several wahoo, but losing them on the lighter monofilament leaders and circle hooks used for the billfish. The surf fishing was poor for most of the week. Heavy winds have trashed the surf with seaweed. The St. Augustine Beach Pier was pretty slow, after a good week prior. But if you can wait out the bite, expect very big whiting, very tiny whiting, small pompano, flounder, oversized reds, black drum and some bluefish.
The Thanksgiving weekend may be a long one, but the fishing weekend won't. Friday winds are forecast at 25 knots from the northwest, with seas at 4 to 6 feet. Winds and seas will subside, with the forecast Sat 11-26-09 Ocean piers: Fishing on both the Jacksonville Beach and St. Johns County piers was hampered by big waves, stiff winds and gobs of sea grass in the surf. But anglers with staying power found windows of opportunity for some smallish pompano, whiting and bluefish. 11-27-09 Surf & Piers The folks at the Sun Glow Pier said blues, whiting and black drum are the main catch. At the Flagler Pier, Johnny Garrett said it has been sheepshead, whiting, keeper-sized blues, plus a couple of flounder and oversized reds. Anthony Pantuso was one of the lucky anglers to wrangle a big bull red, Garrett said. "I imagine within the next week we should be into the flounder run," Garrett said. "From what I heard two weeks ago, they were on the beach in Jacksonville and running this way. They're moving out of the inlets now." 12-3-09
Ocean piers: The Flagler, St. Johns County and Jacksonville Beach piers are all in December mode. Whiting show up, then disappear. They're small on one tide and large on another. Black drum, small pompano, bluefish and a few flounder are coming up to the planks as well. 12-5-09
Winter pompano run fires up Surf & Piers Catches of a half dozen or more "monster pompano" per day per angler are being caught, said local angler George Sharp. Local angler Roy Mattson said bull whiting, black drum and sheepshead have also been active feeders in the surf. And Mattson reported Kyle Williams landed a 23-inch redfish in the surf in Wilbur-by-the-Sea. Ponce Inlet area Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said the pompano have been "going off" on the beach just north of the jetty. He said sand fleas are very hard to come by and are still down in Brevard County. The pompano are hitting clams though, he said. Snook are still being caught by anglers slow-trolling live baits up and down the jetty rocks and there is a good snook bite going on in Spruce Creek, he said. Matanzas Inlet area Recreational angler Brian Willard said the flounder bite is picking up. Use mud minnows, mullet or root beer-colored jigs, he said. At inshore waters near Bings Landing, Willard said flounder and over-sized reds are on the flats, and smaller trout are hitting in the morning. In the Palm Coast area, the canals are holding lots of ladyfish crashing baits at the surface. 12-10-09
Ocean piers: The whiting bite has picked up at the Jacksonville Beach and St. Johns County piers. There were scattered catches of sheepshead, bluefish, pompano and reds. 12-11-09
Surf & Piers Sally Hayes at Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle said anglers are catching bull whiting and some blues, plus a few big drum and pompano. Hayes said flounder from 14 to 16 inches are coming in during the first hours of the morning, but the annual Thanksgiving flounder run out of inlets to near-shore reefs and wrecks is running late. Hayes said Mitch Penman from Palm Coast got an 11-pound black drum and that fiddler crabs have been the best bait for that bite. Hayes also noted that anglers on the end of the pier have had a few king mackerels on the line this week, but they all got away. Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said the pompano bite isn't quite "as hot and heavy" as it was last week, but it's still pretty reliable. 12-13-09
Leon Ginn reported a phenomenal catch last Saturday morning. Leon started fishing at first light in the rain to land 25 whiting and four trout. He also caught and released one 44-inch redfish. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday morning in the rain. Ron Miller has reported several excellent days fishing the surf this past week, landing whiting, blues and puppy drum. Ed Holmberg also reported several days with plenty of action this week. 12-17-09 Fishing slow throughout week except for scattered whiting on beaches 12-19-09 Surf & Piers Sally Hayes at Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle said whiting has been the most consistent bite and anglers are getting a few pompano, small blues and black drum from 8 to 11 pounds. Hayes said a 37-inch red was caught this week by a tourist who amazed people on the pier by catching the fish with a leader he fashioned from a coat-hanger. The flounder are only here and there as a morning bite, she said, and from the view on the pier, they aren't seeing any big mullet runs snaking down the beach. Ponce Inlet area Big roe mullet have been thick around the channel, and since this north wind started, some good fish have holed-up leeward of the north jetty, Sharp said. He said he's finding pockets of reliable action for sizeable pompano and black drum on the inlet side of the north jetty with a few reds mixed in. Sharp said little chunks of blue crab is working well for bait. 12-25-09
The Jacksonville Beach and St. Johns County piers had brief periods of activity on whiting, but in general both have been slow. The outlook for the weekend doesn't look much better, with northwest winds and big seas forecast. Surf & Piers Seas have a bit of wind chop on the surface, but no real swell activity and Sally Hayes at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said anglers are catching bull whiting, 12-inch blues and drum from 10 to 14-pounds. And FYI, fishing and walk-out access to the pier will be free Christmas Day. 12-26-09 Bull whiting, blues and trout have been reported. Use dead shrimp fished on the bottom for whiting and, if you can cast net some small finger mullet, these are deadly for trout and blues in the surf. 1-1-10 Surf & Piers Fishermen are reporting active pompano around Daytona Beach Shores, Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach. Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said action has been on the slow side through the recent cold snaps, but a bunch of small blues and some whiting are being caught. And from late afternoon to early evening, some black drum and sheepshead are coming in. Garrett said only a couple of small flounder have been caught. Ponce Inlet area Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said the snook bite isn't "going off" like it was, but a few linesiders are still being caught. "They're starting to thin out," he said. "The bite is getting taken over by sheesphead." Garrett also said he's heard a lot about sheepshead activity in the intracoastal, with black drum often mixed in. 1-2-10
Live shrimp floated along the rocks can be deadly for redfish and trout. Anglers are reporting excellent catches of whiting at the tip of the south jetty. Capt. Ronnie Foster, fishing with his brother Donnie and Owen Strickland, recently boated 26 sheepshead and several puppy drum Surf conditions should remain fairly calm due to the northwest winds predicted for this weekend. Surf anglers have reported bull whiting fishing with dead shrimp on the bottom. Leon Ginn reported a nice bucket full of bull whiting last weekend using dead shrimp on the bottom, even though there was a bad undertow. 1-8-10 Surf & Piers In New Smyrna Beach, Southern Cross Bait & Tackle reported whiting, pompano and blues are still running. At Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle, Sally Hayes said big whiting and small blues are biting. In the evening, she said some bigger blues start to come in and sheepshead and drum have been turning on. Near the Sun Glow Pier, Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said it's more whiting, blues and drum, with a good sheepshead bite. Ponce Inlet area There are reports that dead snook are being found way back around Cracker Creek and other areas of Spruce Creek. Capt. Luke Pearson said backwaters trips have brought catches of small snook and reds, and he's seeing a lot of small 12-inch tarpon rolling around. Capt. Shane Ryan said blues have overrun the inlet bite, lately. 1-9-10
Whiting should be in abundance in the sloughs along our beaches. I recommend fishing around 11 a.m. with clams or dead shrimp for bait, fished on the bottom. The incoming tide gives you the opportunity to take home a tasty whiting or puppy drum at this time of year. Amelia Island State Park has been producing puppy drum, trout and whiting this past week. George Crady Bridge State Fishing Pier anglers, the few and far between who braved the conditions, reported puppy drum, speckled trout and whiting. Clams and fiddler crabs produced some decent-sized sheepshead caught during the slacker tides. 1-14-10 Surf slow SA 1-21-10 Ocean piers: The water is clean and clear. If water temperatures rise five or six degrees, they could be a good bet. The surf temperature Wednesday was around 52 degrees. daytona fishing report January 22, 2010 The fishing report By JORDAN KAHN
Surf & Piers The Fishin' Shack staff said the drill at the Sun Glow Pier has been a steady strike of black drum, sheepshead, whiting and blues. This area's best bite has been outgoing tides, they said. Sand fleas on the beach, pompano and flounder have been next to nil, lately, and the big reds have moved off the beaches. Johnny Garrett at the Flagler Pier said the word is "lots and lots and lots of whiting," with sheepshead and drum in the afternoons. Afternoon low tides fishing with fiddler crabs or shrimp is the best bite, he said. The Daytona Beach Pier will remain closed for several more months for repairs. January 22, 2010 The fishing report By JORDAN KAHN
Surf & Piers The Fishin' Shack staff said the drill at the Sun Glow Pier has been a steady strike of black drum, sheepshead, whiting and blues. This area's best bite has been outgoing tides, they said. Sand fleas on the beach, pompano and flounder have been next to nil, lately, and the big reds have moved off the beaches. Johnny Garrett at the Flagler Pier said the word is "lots and lots and lots of whiting," with sheepshead and drum in the afternoons. Afternoon low tides fishing with fiddler crabs or shrimp is the best bite, he said. The Daytona Beach Pier will remain closed for several more months for repairs. Ponce Inlet area Just FYI, Capt. Lee Noga is running a new shrimping blog on her Web site, leenoga.com. She said the main bite around the inlet and causeways is just blues with a few sheepshead in the mix. "Occasionally there have been some big break-offs on 'unidentifiables,' " she said. Water temps are back up around 56 degrees, she said, but it'll take water temps back in the 60s before action returns to some semblance of normalcy. Offshore This is the time of year when the big sportfishers and center consoles are making the run to the Roll Down on the west edge of the Gulf Stream. They're going after huge wahoo, blackfin tuna and the chance marlin. And the Fishin' Shack staff said they recently heard a report from one of these boats that found about a 300-square-yard area boiling with tuna busting bait. The local head boats have been "crushing" triggers and sea bass, the Shack staff said, adding that Capt. Timmy Garrett on the Waterproof had 167 triggers on a trip early this week. Cobia have been coming up, too. 1-23-10
Surf & Piers The Fishin' Shack staff said the drill at the Sun Glow Pier has been a steady strike of black drum, sheepshead, whiting and blues. This area's best bite has been outgoing tides, they said. Sand fleas on the beach, pompano and flounder have been next to nil, lately, and the big reds have moved off the beaches. Johnny Garrett at the Flagler Pier said the word is "lots and lots and lots of whiting," with sheepshead and drum in the afternoons. Afternoon low tides fishing with fiddler crabs or shrimp is the best bite, he said. The Daytona Beach Pier will remain closed for several more months for repairs. 1-28-10 Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach and St. Johns County piers were both very slow. There was better fishing on the Flagler County Pier, where whiting bit well on the high water. 1-28-10
perienced fisherman. And so last week, right after the cold snap, he shows up and immediately comments that he didn't catch one. Then this Monday it's the same thing, no stingrays. So where did they go? And does anyone care? From the brother-in-law comes this: The water temperature in Lake George as of Sunday afternoon had risen to 68 degrees. Bass will bed in water of that temperature. And my brother-in-law was taking advantage of that. There have been good numbers of whiting, many of them larger than normal, coming off the shrimp boats of late. And with those whiting are coming fewer shrimp, which may mean that they are finally playing out. The end of the white shrimp run may be very near. From out in Twelve Mile Swamp, many of the hickory trees have not completely lost their leaves, yet the buds on the tips of the gum trees are starting to turn red. Also noticed a few toms running about the woods all alone of late. No vocalization, just seems like they are moving about more. And finally this. Even with the record cold we had only two weeks ago, cold that left ice on some of the shaded ponds in the woods for days, as of Sunday morning there were a few mosquitoes buzzing our heads while we looked for hogs. Couple that with the fact that the water we were wading through was unusually deep for this time of year. Just think how much fun turkey season could b 1-30-10
Whiting catches turned on Sunday, and they have continued to bite throughout the week along the surf. The whiting are moving up and down the beach, so be prepared to move if you are not catching at your favorite beach access. Sunday the surf was rough, but the anglers using sputniks were catching large bull whiting. Some said they were using five-ounce storm sinkers. 2-4-10
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Surf fishing was lousy all week. The only good report was south of Flagler on the beach. JAX Surf & Piers Daytona Surf temps are chilly, at around 57 degrees, but Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack said the Sun Glow Pier crowd is still getting occasional bites from sheepshead, whiting and black drum. And Camp said the word from guys fishing closer to the inlet is the black drum bite has been better towards low tide. Camp said blues have moved out. Capt. Chris Blankenship at Southern Cross Bait & Tackle said in New Smyrna Beach, the whiting bite "has been great" and some bluefish and scattered pompano are coming in. The few pompano he's seen though are big, he said, like 20, 21 inches. Sally Hayes at Flagler Bait & Tackle on the pier said it's been a lot of whiting, with sheepshead and drum still around, but not real consistent. Water is murky enough that baits need scent on their side, so rub some shell off those crab baits. 2-6-10
The few surfcasters who fished this past week said that whiting are biting light and are feeding in deeper water. Fresh shrimp or clams fished on the bottom will do the trick for you. You may want to pull out your longer rods to reach those tasty whiting this weekend. 2-8-10 Contest results. Boring. 2-10-12 The beach will have high surf this weekend, so the sputnik sinker will most likely be the only thing holding in the surf. Bull whiting, blues and trout have all been biting in the surf this past week. 2-12-10 Surf & Piers Sally Hayes at Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle (flaglerbeachpier.net) said the bull whiting bite has been strong. "They're flying into your bucket," she said. Sheepshead and black drum are not biting. The water is too murky, she said. Ponce Inlet Capt. Patterson said jetty anglers are looking at clear water and are seeing 7- and 8-pound sheepshead laying up in the rocks. And they're biting! Fishermen are using a split shot rig and small Kahle hooks with fiddler crab bait. And they are picking up some black drum like that as well. 2-18-10 Ocean piers: Don't bother. 2-18-10 Bad weather, but some good Whiting catches along flagler county beaches February 19, 2010
Surf & Piers Taking a look at all the blown-out, frozen-out days we've had lately, Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle (386-441-1180) said of Monday, "At last, a good fishing day!" Presidents Day turned out to be a banner day for whiting and drum, Countryman reported. "The blues were at the second sand bar tearing it up, but the trough from the shore break out was full of hungry whities and drum," he said. Paul Hornberger of Ormond-by-the-Sea caught 16 bulls in less than 3 hours on dead shrimp and yellow FishBites, he said. With water as cold as it has been -- surf temps are 51 degrees -- pompano and sand fleas have been "practically non-existent." But there have been a lot of whale sightings. Ponce Inlet area Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack (fishingshack.com) said jetty anglers have been doing well on whiting and black drum. "A guy was just in here saying he got busted off on three black drum, and I put some 30-pound braided line on for him," Camp said. And Camp said an angler came in saying he caught 110 whiting in his last two days on the beach. Sheepshead and blues are around, as well, but not too thick. 2-24-10
Ocean piers: Don't bother. 2-27-10
Surf fishing along the beaches of Amelia Island was slow last week due to the cooler water temperatures. The whiting bite was hit or miss still. But the whiting bite was pretty strong in the St. Marys and Nassau sounds all weekend and through Wednesday. The "Fish Naked" fishing team reported a good charge of whiting in the St. Marys Sound on Tuesday. Nancy Hudson reported several excellent days of fishing in the Nassau Sound, landing 30-plus whiting each day. Fresh shrimp fished on the bottom is all you need to bring home some tasty supper. Amelia Island State Park and George Crady Bridge State Fishing Pier anglers are reporting whiting on the last of the falling tide. Beth Belcher reported a nice catch of whiting Sunday from the banks of Amelia Island State Park. Redfish and puppy drum are also being caught in this location. Richard Faulk reported a catch of 33 whiting while fishing the Amelia Island State Park area on Tuesday and also reported another successful day of fishing again on Wednesday But the whiting bite was pretty strong in the St. Marys and Nassau sounds all weekend and through Wednesday. The "Fish Naked" fishing team reported a good charge of whiting in the St. Marys Sound on Tuesday. Nancy Hudson reported several excellent days of fishing in the Nassau Sound, landing 30-plus whiting each day. Fresh shrimp fished on the bottom is all you need to bring home some tasty supper. 3-4-10
Ocean piers: Don't bother going in Jacksonville Beach or St. Augustine Beach. The Flagler Pier has been red hot for whiting most of the week. One angler caught 55 on Tuesday. 3-5-10
Ponce Inlet Joe Camp at the Fishin' Shack (fishingshack.com) said it has been more of the same down by the jetties, with whiting, black drum, sheepshead and a few small sharks. Capt. Fred Robert (fishing-guy.com) reported catching "some reds, not a lot" on the outgoing tide and a lot of blues. At the New Smyrna Beach docks, he said trout are active. At the jetties, Robert said he has seen some big sheepshead caught. Small crabs for bait and incoming tides have been the key for sheepshead, he said. 3-6-2010 Surf & Piers The ocean temperature is at 55 degrees again, and Elaine Brown at the Sun Glow Pier (sunglowpier.com) said it has been pretty slow, with just whiting, small sharks and a few skates in the week's catch. "The whiting aren't huge and the sharks are just babies -- like, 26 inches," she said. Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier (flaglerbeachpier.net) said there is a serious whiting bite going down between 6 and 9 a.m. He said there was only one angler on the pier one morning this week, and in an hour and a half he caught 55 whiting from 1.9 pounds up to a whopping 24 inches, all on frozen shrimp. 3-7-10 Whiting are still biting on a hit-and-miss basis at both the St. Marys and Nassau sounds. On one day boaters might load up on whiting and have no bites at all on the next day. Backwater anglers are reporting puppy drum and redfish at the end of their lines. Live shrimp or fresh dead shrimp hooked from a jig and fished on the bottom around structure has been doing the trick for finicky appetites this time of year. If you are fishing in stronger currents, however, you will need to use an egg sinker swivel leader hook set-up. Surf anglers are still reporting slow fishing, reporting that they are moving a lot to keep a few. Saint Augustine Mar 10, 2011 ... But the schools are large and easy to spot, tailing just off the ... The big news is that, after a long hiatus in fall and winter, the whiting have finally ... 3-11-10
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier finally had a decent bite of nice-size whiting. The afternoon falling tide has produced the best bite. The St. Johns County Pier has been slow. The Flagler County Pier has some nice stringers of whiting and a few bluefish are moving in as well. Good whiting all along the beach, some to 16” 3-12-10
The folks at Southern Cross Bait & Tackle said the whiting are still the main action in the surf in New Smyrna Beach. Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said whiting, black drum and blues are being caught at the Flagler Pier. He said small blues have suddenly become very plentiful. "March is the time of year when the big blues start coming through, but with the weather the way it's been this year it could still be a week or two out," he said. Tomoka Basin & Halifax River Capt. Paul Messick guided Bill Martin Sr. and Jr. from St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday and Capt. Messick said fishing was tough. "With the calm winds and relatively clear water we could see a few good-sized schools of reds and black drum moving around. We could pole right up to them, but it was another thing to get them to eat," he said. "We did manage to pick up a nice-sized black drum on live shrimp along the basin shoreline. After giving up on the fish in the basin we went over to fish the mud flats in Bulow where we finally caught an under-slot red." Ponce Inlet Capt. Luke Pearson said a lot of bluefish are in inlet area waters. He said he was guiding some people from Pennsylvania, fishing next to Capt. Fred Robert at the tip of the north jetty this week and between the two boats, some sizeable reds came up off the bottom and quite a few 2- to 3-pound blues were caught. Sheephsead are still on the jetty, but that action is starting to cool off, Pearson said. 3-14-10
James Raysor reported a great catch of whiting from Nassau Sound Monday. Bill and Natalie Burk reported catching a nice mess of whiting for their supper on Wednesday after fishing the outgoing tide at Nassau Sound. Whiting fishing is a fun type of fishing for kids, so take your kids fishing this weekend. Albert Hudson also reported catching whiting from the banks of Nassau Sound several days this past week. Surf fishing is still a bit slow due to the lower water temperatures. Any day now the surf should start to fire off with awesome catches of whiting and puppy drum. I expect the whiting bite to happen any day. 3-17-10
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier saw a few whiting hitting the planks this week, along with what will surely be the first of a run of black drum. The St. Johns County Pier was about the same. 3-19-10
Fishing report By STEVE MASTER , Correspondent March 19, 2010 12:23 AM 0 Comments 0 Votes Posted in Fishing - Outdoors Surf and Piers Anglers at the Flagler Pier are catching mostly whiting, with some black drum and sheepshead mixed in during the afternoons. Johnny Garrett at Flagler Bait & Tackle said that as the weather continues to warm, he expects rays to move closer inshore, and bring cobia within reach of pier fisherman. Surf fishermen, meanwhile, are filling buckets with bull whiting up to three pounds, said Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle in Ormond by the Sea. Dead shrimp is the best bait. Pompano are scarce but should begin showing as the water warms.
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Surf fishing finally opened up all along the beaches for whiting 3-25-10
Ocean piers: It's odd that beach fishing has been great north of the Jacksonville Beach Pier, but slow at the pier. Same thing with the St. Johns County Pier. The whiting bite has been great from North Beach up to South Ponte Vedra Beach. The Flagler Pier has had a consistent bite of whiting. 3-26-10
A cool front is predicted for this weekend along with northwest winds of 15 to 20 knots. Building seas will damper the anglers wishing to make a run to the ledge for the whiting bite. Surf anglers, however, should still be able to try their luck for whiting. High tide is falling around 7 a.m. and the low will occur around 1 p.m. Mar 26, 2010 12:20 pm Surf and Piers The whiting bite is fast and furious at the Flagler Pier, according to Sally Hayes at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle. Bull whiting are abundant in the early mornings and evenings after 6:30. The sheepshead and black drum bites are getting a bit more consistent, Hayes said, and an occasional pompano is being hooked. It's very slow going, however, for redfish and blue- fish. 3-27-10 Ken Middleton displays a nice catch of whiting from the Nassau Sound. 4-1-10 Weekend temperatures are predicted to be in the 80s - this will increase water temperatures, and fishing will only get better. Surf anglers will have some phenomenal catches from our local sloughs this weekend. A. Hunt reported several days of phenomenal catches of tasty whiting this past week. Shrimp fished on the bottom along any of the favorite beach accesses should give you plenty of whiting action. The surf will not be the only location to fish this weekend. Fort Clinch State Park and the George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park locations are both reporting large numbers of whiting, puppy drum, and sheepshead. The occasional speckled trout is also being caught from the George Crady Bridge fishing pier. Fiddler crabs are the key bait for sheepshead fished around the pilings of the George Crady Bridge fishing pier, the Fort Clinch pier or around rocks. The black drum bite has finally begun. Mutt Daniels reported consistent catches of black drum of all sizes last week. Capt. Benny Hendrix also reported catching many black drum this past week using blue crab, clams and large shrimp fished on the bottom while anchored off of Main Beach, the tips of the north and south jetties, the breakers of Nassau Sound and several inshore locations on the Amelia River. Fishing report for April 2, 2010
Surf & Piers Sally Hayes at Flagler Pier Bait & Tackle on the pier (flaglerbeachpier.net) said a lot of small blues are in the surf and schools of Spanish mackerel in the 14-inch size range are moving through. She said sheepshead, black drum and bull whiting have been common catches and the pompano bite has been picking up daily. In the Hammock Dunes area, surf anglers are catching slot-sized reds, and Hayes expects that action to slide farther south every day. Surf temperatures have climbed into the mid-60s, and the most productive baits have been fiddler crabs and dead shrimp. High tides have been in the evening and that's been a good time to fish, Hayes said. Ponce Inlet area Capt. Fred Robert said a lot of blues are around. There are no cobia near shore yet, he said. The water needs to climb from the mid-60s up to 70 degrees before they show up. He said he thinks we'll see that next week. Some reds around 29-inches are hitting on the outgoing tide, big sheepshead are feeding in the rocks and there has been a school of black drum south of the south jetty, he said. 4-4-10 If you don't have the blues now, you should soon. Local waters are filling with the annual migration of those hard-hitting salt-water predators. To be sure, these days the spring run is only a shadow of what it was back when I first arrived on these shores. In the '70s it was not uncommon to see 30 fishermen lining a single mile of beach. Still, compared to other species in this depleted fishing realm the blue run is gangbusters. If you want to get your line stretched with some fast action seek out the bluefish. Fast, strong and with the personality of an enraged pit bull, they will not disappoint. All you will need is a chunk of mullet or most any other fish, a sharp hook and a good steel leader. Beach, pier, dock, jetty, bridge or boat you may find them anyplace. The birds will be your key. Watch for diving birds or even those seemingly floating along at rest. They know that feeding fish are in the area and may erupt anew at any moment. You may also target schools of baitfish. Nothing makes minnows as jumpy as the realization that a school of blues are under them. If you see bait jumping from the water for no apparent reason cast right into them. A few springs ago I walked down to the beach to join the tourists in a little blue fun, and when I arrived I could see that the breaking waves were loaded with fish. All of the out-of-towners were wading out and casting as far as they could while finding the going slow. I began casting a silver diving plug about 40 feet out and soon was catching a bluefish on each cast without ever getting my feet wet. The tourists were befuddled but had not used their vision as a tool. Once you find the blues and you don't plan to use natural bait throw anything shiny. A spoon or a silver or chrome clothespin type lure is always a good choice. Anyone can catch them and they are a great fish to get the youngsters excited. Just be careful and never put your fingers into their mouth or you will pay a bloody price. Lots of folks say bluefish are not good eating but I believe that the people who prefer flounder or other bland types just don't like to eat fish at all. One thing is certain, sitting down to a plate of fried bluefish is a much tastier way of getting your omega 3 acids than drinking that disgusting liquid they sell in the pharmacy. I suppose I am saying that if you don't have the blues yet, what are you waiting for? As I mentioned last week, the good Captain Leo is at it again. His first free redfish seminar was such a hot ticket that more than 30 applicants were turned away for lack of seating. If you always wanted to get into the redfish game Capt. Leo will tell you how. The seminar will begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday March 27, at the Terra Mar Village Clubhouse in Edgewater. You must call (386) 717-7859 for a seat. As before, I will be on hand to try and learn something, so come on down and join us for an afternoon of fun and fish talk. Dan Smith has fished the waters of Volusia County for more than 40 years. E-mail questions and comments to apes123@mybluelight.com. His book, "I Swear the Snook Drowned," is available for $10.95 at (386) 441-7793 http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=68034 4-4-10
Decided to send the wife and kids off to the inlaws this weekend while I snuck out to Ponce for some saltwater fishing at Sunglow Pier ---much like I used to do back in the old days before my baby girl was born. Well apparently it's just like riding a bike meaning you just don't forget the techniques you've honed over many hours of pier fishing. The beach as well as Crabby Joe's on the pier was packed so I had to park halfway down the block. The upside was that there was tons of nice scenery on the beach going on with it being spring break. On the pier I saw a few small blues and decent whiting being pulled in as I walked to the end. 4-5-10 JAX Top catches: Capt. Jim Oliver, along with Sam, Sue and Max Pearl, fished the tip of the south jetties at Mayport for a catch of 105 whiting and several bluefish and sharks. ... Capt. Tony Bozzella guided Brian and Tracey Waltman to a catch of 40 small bluefish and 25 speckled sea \ trout to 4 pounds on lipped diving plugs. They also had six redfish to 28 inches on jigs and mud minnows. They were fishing the Mill Cove area of the river. ... Bob Ginn and Rob Boggs caught 30 whiting - all keepers - on the beach at St. Augustine over the weekend. 4-7-10
Ocean piers: All of the area piers had good action this week - and it has been a long time coming. Whiting and small bluefish are all over the surf line. Spanish mackerel are marauding through the area for brief spurts - mainly around dawn. The first of the pompano showed up this week as well. 4-8-10
Anglers fishing the surf are still reporting awesome catches of whiting. Dead shrimp fished on the bottom is usually deadly for whiting. Ed Holmberg fished several one-rod days this past week. He said the action was so hot he could fish with only one rod instead of his usual two. Once again I state - if there is a slough, the whiting will come. Geoff Weiss reported catching over 50 whiting April 1 while fishing the island's north end sloughs. There have also been a few reports of pompano this week. Some chillier weather is predicted for this weekend. Enjoy, and
Surf & Piers Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said it's usually the first week of April that our shores see big bluefish sweep in for a feeding frenzy on their way north. Small blues are already all over the surf from the first sandbar and farther, but Countryman said he hasn't seen any big ones yet. Cut mullet cast to the second slough is the way to go for blues. There are a lot of Spanish mackerel in the mix out there, too, Countryman said. And there's been a black drum here and there. All those fangs working the outside bars have encouraged the whiting to get tight to the shore, and Countryman reported seeing lots of bulls and full coolers lately. Dead shrimp has been the ticket for whiting. And some pockets of sand fleas are starting to populate the beach, so a pompano run shouldn't be too far off. Ponce Inlet area Capt. Fred Robert said the near-shore ocean temperature was 71 degrees Tuesday, and there were cobia following rays and big sharks. Then the wind shifted, water temps dropped 5 degrees and that action quit. But sharks and big jacks are still all over the place, he said. When the cobia were still going, Capt. Robert said he had two 30-pounders and nine fish total. Some boats had up to 20 catches. But he said the big talk was about a boat south of Cape Canaveral that caught an 80-pounder. 4-14-10
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach Pier was a little bit slower this week. A few bluefish, black drum and Spanish mackerel were caught. Same goes for the St. Johns County Pier. 4-15-10
The whiting bite is also in full swing at the rocks. Along the jetties, sheepshead, slot reds, speckled trout and puppy drum will give some hot action on either dead or live shrimp fished along the rocks on the last of outgoing tide and all through the incoming. Light westerly winds are predicted for today giving surf anglers perfect fishing conditions. Whiting, puppy drum up to 10 pounds, snapper blues and yellow mouth trout have all been reported this past week from the surf. Shrimp, clams and sand fleas are all working well when fished on the bottom along the surf. High tide is occurring around 11:30 a.m. today, giving you a perfect early morning bite. Best surf fishing of the year this week. Lots of Whiting if you could get through the blues. Surf & Piers Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said the bite on the Flagler Pier has been whiting and blues, with a few sheepshead, small drum and flounder caught in rough surf. "I've seen a couple pompano, but not many. The ones I have seen have been decent size, 3 or 4 pounds," he said. And Garrett reported that Dennis Francis caught a 36-pound black drum Wednesday night on a piece of dead shrimp. Garrett also noted he thinks we are due for a run of big bluefish any time now.
Sue Broman at the Fishin' Shack said the jetty crowd has been pretty quiet since this wind kicked up three or four days ago, but the last reliable word was that there are Spanish macks, blues and some short reds to be caught. 4-21-10
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Good news for anglers who enjoy trolling along the jetties for Spanish mackerel - they showed up last weekend. The Spanish can be caught on light tackle either by sight casting into the schools or by trolling. Rob Southwick, fishing with his son, Rob, reported a nice catch of Spanish last weekend. 4-30-10 JAX At the north or south jetties of the St. Marys Sound, anglers are catching bull reds, sheepshead and black drum. Spanish mackerel and bluefish are also being caught in these locations. Also, the whiting bite is still occurring, but many are complaining they have decreased in size. 5-7-10 Surf & Piers Southeast winds early in the week had the water murky, sharky and full of catfish. But Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said the water is clearing and pompano, drum and whiting are back on the hook. Sally Hayes at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier said flounder 14 inches and up have been caught early in the day. Off the end of the pier, blues to 27 inches and over, plus Spanish macks, are being caught. And Hayes said Bob Burns and "Old Man James" suspected one of the big ones that got away on the pier this week was a king. Hayes said some big bait pods are out and about, probably menhaden. Ponce Inlet area Capt. Fred Robert said a boat caught three cobia Thursday in 65 feet of water about three miles south of Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach. At the inlet, he has been catching reds to 20 pounds on the channel bottom, plus a lot of bonnethead sharks and bluefish. 5-7-10
The surf is producing many small whiting, small bonnethead sharks, yellow-mouth trout, ladyfish, pompano and puppy drum. Shrimp, clams, sand fleas and cut mullet were being used successfully as bait in the surf this past week. 5-14-10
By JORDAN KAHN, Surf & Piers Johnny Garrett at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier said the catch has been whiting, blues, a few black drum and a sheepshead here and there. "I haven't seen any Spanish (mackerel) in the last week or two," he said. The break-off last week that a few witnesses suspected was a king didn't develop into anything like a run or even a slow jog of kingfish chomping past the pier. "Till I see one on the deck, we ain't seen any kings," said Garrett, who has a mind to dismiss any mystery break-offs as sharks until solid evidence hits the planks. Garrett said there were a couple of 22-inch reds landed by Kitty Farley, or "Mom" as the pier regulars call this seasonal Virginian snowbird. Overall, the bite has been only fair, with dramatically low tides and "chocolate milk" colored surf, keeping a lid on things. 5-20-10 Look for some good whiting and pompano fishing Saturday and Sunday.The WeatherFor the first time in several weeks we won't be looking at south winds 5-21-10 Surf & Piers Sally Hayes at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier said sheepshead and black drum spawns finally ended, and now that those fish have more on their mind than each other, anglers are walking off the pier with heavy limits. Hayes said whiting action has increased and some barracuda have started hanging around the end of the pier. Pier anglers are getting three or four doormat-sized flounder each morning and evening, and "Flounder" Joe said the run is coming soon, Hayes said. Ponce Inlet Tarpon have been inshore for a couple weeks now and they are slowly arriving in bigger sizes. Andy White at the Fishin' Shack said the jetty has been a little quiet, but a few flounder are starting to show up. "I heard of a 6- or 8-pounder caught down there," he said. "They're a month or so late, but they're starting to show up." 5-27-10
.southerly winds we've had for a month are now coming out of the north. By Saturday they'll be east, which will be super for whiting and pompano. The pomps have not passed us by. The best catches in the area were on Flagler Beach this week and those fish 6-18-10
Surf & Piers Al LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle said Charlie Major's days at the beach are yielding a few blues up to 14 inches long, a few 1.5-pound pompano and nearly a dozen keeper-sized whiting, with a few bulls in the mix. Menhaden pods are around, but they've been way off the beach, LaMonica said. Following that food around, a few kings have been caught off the end of the pier, as well as some tarpon, LaMonica said. Ponce Inlet area Capt. Fred Robert said mangos are all over the river, and he caught a 30-pound cobia while cruising the coast. Around the mouth of the inlet, he is finding reds around 26 inches. His tarpon catches have averaged 65 pounds, but he said there was a 196-pounder caught. 6-18-10
I can't think of anything more fun than heading to the beach with a rod, some fresh shrimp, and family or friends. Shark, pompano and whiting are a few species that are biting along Amelia's beaches. We have plenty of beach access to enjoy the angling pursuit of surf fishing. 7-9-10
Surf & Piers Stare at the ocean long enough these days and you'll see fins all right. Pods of dolphin have been working super shallow. A few silver bullets, either kings or tarpon, are getting airborne, way, way outside. And Dan Kemp of Ormond Beach said he saw about a 6-foot shark in about a foot of water chasing after the drum he was catching. Rich Kuhns at the Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle said pier anglers' catch has been whiting, black drum and a few sharks, for the most part. "Tuesday they caught five kingfish from 35 down to 26 pounds and Wednesday they caught another 35-pounder. They started catching a few flounder (on Thursday)," he said. By JORDAN KAHN, Staff writer
Surf & Piers Good waves all week have pushed in clean water, and Billy Lancenese at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier said the sheepshead bite at night on sand fleas has really taken off. "I know one guy got 11 last night," he said. "Some of them got seven ... and there's been some drum, too." Whiting have been around, but off the end of the pier. Lancenese said there hasn't been any reports of kings caught lately. And he said the number of flounder they're getting is so low it's almost not worth reporting. The bite hasn't really been kicking in until the evening, he said. 8-14-10 Surf & Piers Amy Brown at Flagler Bait & Tackle said the bite has been whiting, drum, a couple of big sheepshead, some small reds and trout. She said some bluefish started moving through, and a few kings and a black tip were caught. With high tides early in the morning and late in the evening, the bite's been good, she said.
Surf & Piers The water is murky, the waves strong and sloppy and Joe LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle in Flagler Beach said there hasn't been a lot of fishing going on. The water has been too rough from two hurricane swells. And LaMonica said low tide's alignment with morning hasn't helped the less-than-ideal conditions. The catch is mostly whiting, and sources closer to New Smyrna Beach included a few flounder in a very slow week for surf-fishing results. 9-9-10 Whiting, puppy drum, reds and pompano have all been reported caught this week from the surf. 9-11-10 Surf & Piers Joe LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle in Flagler Beach said whiting, blues, pompano and reds have been caught lately. The reds have been shorter than the 18-inch minimum size limit, he said. Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said the blues have beensmall. "I'm seeing mullet around 10, 11 inches long," he said. "Of course, everything is having a fit with them -- tarpon, sharks and pelicans." Countryman said good anglers have been having days of around eight pompano at 2 or 3 pounds apiece, a few sheepshead and some huge whiting. Margaret Cecil at Cecil's Bait & Tackle in New Smyrna Beach said she caught four drum in an hour by the jetty in the late afternoon on an incoming tide. 9-14-11
Reds biggest thing going 9-18-10
Surf & Piers Mullet are running and a big sea change has been in effect this week. With calm seas early in the week at Flagler Beach Bait & Tackle on the pier, the flounder bite was very productive, with fish in the range of 2- to 4-pounds, Amy Brown said. By midweek, with seas getting a bit rough, Brown said the bite was "redfish galore," with slot reds coming in daily. Sheepshead, whiting, blues, ladyfish and an occasional pompano were also caught. But by week's end, currents and choppy seas had slowed most all activity to near nil. 9-25-10
Surf & Piers Big schools of silver mullet measuring more than 9 inches and finger mullet are moving through, and feeding frenzies of blues and Spanish mackerel migrations have pushed whiting in super shallow. Al LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle in Flagler Beach said the water has been so rough that few people are fishing. He said a few blues and Spanish macks have come in on the pier, though. Ed Countryman at Ocean's Bait & Tackle said, "I had a fellow come in who got into the whiting at dead low tide in the breakers and really loaded up on them. He got 35 or 40 of them, and they were nice-sized, too. He also got a couple of drum." Countryman said whiting are laying up in about 3 feet of water, and he said Dan Kemp of Ormond Beach is getting pompano and reds in the mix. 9-28-11
Time to go after redfish 10-1-10 JAX Surf anglers have had a tough week due to the high surf and strong undertow but a few have fished using 10-foot or longer rods. They are catching some large bull whiting and an occasional legal puppy drum using shrimp fished on the bottom. Live finger mullet or cut mullet is producing trout, bluefish and Spanish mackerel. Fishing will be pleasant this weekend with the cooler temperatures, so have fun! 10-1-10
Surf & Piers Choppy, messy ocean conditions formed Thursday morning. The surface glassed off and waves became more organized, but there's still a lot of water sloshing around. Bring tackle for making clothesline rigs. Tarpon in the 100- to 200-pound range are right outside the second sandbar sending big mullet spraying out of the water. Bring your pier plugs. There's a lot of blues in the surf. Reds have been running, too. 10-08-10
Surf & Piers Early this week there were so many little redfish rolling around surfside, anglers on the Sunglow Pier couldn't believe their luck. Catches as high as 30 undersized reds were reported. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute biologist Eric Sander conducted field surveys at the pier and said a catch of eight small reds was commonplace early this week. Jan at the Sunglow Pier said the bite includes whiting, sheepshead, pompano and blues. And the redfish bite on Thursday was mostly top-of-the-slot keepers, she said. Sander said he heard reports of unusually high numbers of reds in the surf as far south as the Canaveral National Seashore. Joe LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle said the Flagler Pier bite has been blues, whiting and a few reds. He said their redfish bite was better in the worst of recent northeast winds. 10-12-11
Surf is dirty. Look for pomps, reds, blues and whiting with the north wind clearing the water up this weekend 10-19-11
The good news on the county pier is the pompano catch, which has generally been better late in...barely legal drum, small whiting and some whopper pompano.Most of the pompano action has been from Vilano to South Ponte Vedra... 10-20-10
Ocean piers: The water at both the Jacksonville Beach Pier and the St. Johns County Pier has been just beautiful, and the fish don’t seem to know it. There’s scads of finger mullet in the crystal-clear water. Nothing other than bluefish and Spanish mackerel seem to want to bite. Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/node/442101#ixzz2qzYWDYob 10-22-10 Julio E. Rodriguez of Ormond-By-the-Sea saw a shark make off with his ladyfish bait. He re-rigged, cast again, and after a 45-minute fight he landed the shark with his lost rig still in its mouth. Surf & Piers
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Amelia By the Sea anglers are catching blues, puppy drum, trout, bull reds and the occasional flounder. George Crady Bridge State Fishing Pier anglers are catching whiting, redfish, puppy drum, sheepshead, blues and trout. Anglers fishing from the Fort Clinch pier are reporting slow action. Last week, blues, bull whiting and puppy drum were all reported being caught from the surf. James Raysor reported plenty of whiting in the surf this week. 10-26-11
Surf action has been hot for bigger blues, lots of pomps and drum 10-27-10
Ocean piers: There was a short spurt of activity on the Jacksonville Beach Pier early in the week, but the water has turned ugly again. The same thing happened at the St. Johns County Pier. Pompano, whiting, bluefish, flounder, black drum, redfish and Spanish mackerel were caught. The northeast winds Friday and Saturday should clean things up, and Sunday might be a good day to do some surf fishing. 10-29-10
BY JORDAN KAHN, STAFF WRITER Surf & Piers Margaret Cecil at Cecil's Bait & Tackle in New Smyrna Beach said, "Pompano have finally come in." She's found that they're mostly hitting at the turn of the tide on the outgoing tide. She knew of one angler who caught 17 with three keepers. And big blues are running, Cecil said, plus "tons and tons" of ladyfish and sharks. 11-10-10
Ocean piers: The Jacksonville Beach and St. Johns County piers have slow. The water has been dirty. Bait has been scarce. If you happen to be there when a few whiting or trout come by you can catch a few. But the piers have been nothing to count on. There is strange weather ahead. A low pressure trough is predicted to sit over Bermuda over the weekend giving us 5 to 7 foot seas inside 20 miles and 10 to 13 foot seas farther out. Winds will blow at 10 to 15 knots, and only a light chop is forecast for inland waters. 11-12-10 Surf & Piers Big schools of pompano are running the waves, said Andy White at the Fishin' Shack in Daytona Beach Shores. The surf is getting rougher by the minute, he said, but anglers ought to continue to get in on the action by targeting low tides and fishing the first slough. Waves are expected to reach 4 feet with 14-second wave intervals by Sunday, so the surf will be fast and powerful. And White said a lot of Sargassum seaweed is beginning to show up in the shallows. Fishing has been good though. White said Bill Allen Jr. caught a pompano, three sheepshead and a redfish, and he has talked to several people who caught a limit of six pompano using sand fleas and clams for bait. The word at Southern Cross Bait & Tackle is that anglers from the south jetty down to Canaveral National Seashore are getting a lot of big bluefish on cut mullet, and Spanish mackerel are striking silver spoons.
BY JORDAN KAHN, STAFF WRITER Surf & Piers Anglers on the Sunglow Pier in Daytona Beach Shores are reporting catches of a few Spanish mackerel, some black drum, blues and whiting. The action has been slow without any strong runs, not even on blues or Spanish mackerel. And there's not a lot of talk about sharks on the pier this week either. Todd Wynn at the Fishin' Hole in Daytona Beach said anglers are reporting a mixed bag of action at the Main Street Pier. "A couple guys caught some real nice-sized trout," at the pier, he said. Amy LaMonica at Big Al's Bait & Tackle in Flagler Beach said about all she has been hearing about is bluefish and they're taking cut mullet. 11-24-10
Saint Aug. The other good news is the run of big bull whiting on county beaches. It was red-hot early in the week. Folks were filling coolers -- even at the county pier.
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