Florida Fishing

New Updated Forum

boodapotamus — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:03:03 GMT

Sorry, this is the end of the line for this forum setup.

Here is the link to the new Surf Guru Forums.
http://www.surfguru.com/surf-forum.aspx

FYI - To post in the new setup, you will need to create a new user account and password. That's good though, because now it will be the same throughout the rest of the site...

Floridana Beach

spottedwolf — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:55:47 GMT

Hi,I'm new here,just sighned-up.

Born and raised in Floridana Beach,now live in kansas but going back down there in a few days.

I need to know the fishing report down around Floridana,Spanish House?

Big fish tourney

buddha — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:19:35 GMT

Surfguru will be live from Fishlips weigh in Party...

Spy Cam

old timer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:27:11 GMT

That damm spy cam caught me Snapper fishing the tip of the south jetty at my not so secret spot .

Celebrate International Surfing Day with Surfrider Foundation!

Surfrider Foundation — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:05:21 GMT

As many of you may or may not know, June 20,2009 is International Surf Day! Come out and celebrate with the Palm Beach County Chapter of Surfrider Foundation and the Snook Foundation at the Surfin' Snook Summer Jam!! Live concert performances include headliner JJ Grey of Mofro performing a rare acoustical set along with Australian recording artist and surfer Will Conner, local artists Peter Stein of Truckstop Coffee and Joey George. Great “green” exhibits and vendors, fishing demonstrations, tournament awards party, fly tying/casting, stand up paddle surfing demonstrations, children’s activities and unique food vendors will be showcased in the brand new amphitheater with lawn seating. This all ages show will take place at the Sunset Cove Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, June 20, 2009 from 3:30p.m.- 10p.m. Tickets are $22 in advance and available at www.surfriderpbc.org.

Late November Reds

old timer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:29:02 GMT

A late rainy,cold & windy November night at the inlet these big Reds were hitting hard .They were spooling & breaking line one even burned up this guys drag like as in melted it.I managed to land this one no telling how big the ones were that got away .This Redfish was released quickly with respect after a quick photo by a fishin bro.

Inlet Fishing Forcast Chart

old timer — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:29:25 GMT

clicky clicky - http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/fishing/USFL0450?from=fishing_welcome

Inlet Report

old timer — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:19:42 GMT

The Snook are there and there biting 11/2 oz. jig's Remember 1 Snook per person between 28" to 32"

Used my Mobile phone to fish

dan_salt_fresh — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:27:37 GMT

I was wondering if anyone else has tried this? I pulled up a mobile site with fishing spots and all sorts of info. My 10 year old told me about it. My phone is a little small (I do not have the money for a Iphone, maybe Christmas). but it worked pretty well. Curious if any one with a Iphone can give it a whirl. It is mobile.clicktoboat.com. Message me with any info...I guess I could always go to the Apple store but I might be too tempted to buy one.

Dan

My First Fish...

Big Wave Dave — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:15:51 GMT

Caughtt my first fish baited,casted and reeled in..

Florida's Indian River Lagoon

julie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:16:13 GMT

Cold fronts have dictated fishing opportunities and catches on the Indian River Lagoon in recent weeks. The water temperature is currently in the 60's with some areas even colder. With the cooler temperatures comes very clear water and great opportunities for sight fishing the flats. Stalking reds and trout in areas that are too dirty at other times of the year. The better areas are south facing shorelines that are exposed to more sunlight and areas with dark soft bottom, which hold heat better.

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julie

Florida Drug Treatment

Hey guys

gulfcoastguy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:30:01 GMT

Sorry for this being a little off topic.

I live in the Tampa, St. Pete area, and have my whole life. But for the past 5 years ago I have been wanting to move to the East coast. Volusia county is really where I've been wanting to live specifically. I've been saving up for the past year or so to make a jump, the only thing stopping me is not having a job there!<> I really would like to have one, I'm sick of making a 2 and a half hour drive to go surfing. And towing my boat that far is out of the question with the way gas prices are, so I haven't even had a chance to do any fishing over there.

I'm 25 years old. 6 years experience in heavy equipment operating, and 2 years experience in pipefitting and welding. I'm also a certified chemical worker. I currently work in the chemical industry (phosphate, sulfuric acid, phos. acid, and caustic). If anyone has any leads for me I am ready to make a move. I'd love to get out there and catch all your fish...don't worry I'll leave a few for you locals!

Thanks

Aaron

Crazy action!!! Permit!!!

attitudefishing.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:46:35 GMT

Wow, lots of action on these Permit. Great fighting fish!

Eric O. and Capt. Eric M.

Attitudefishing.com

Sebastian area Fishing report...

attitudefishing.com — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:43:13 GMT

INSHORE- The beaches are calm. Glass minnows are starting to show up near the beach. Bonita are feeding, a few Tarpon have been spotted. Bait pods of greenies are around as well. Lots of action. Redfish have been showing themselves in the inlet, feeeding on crabs, topwater action!

OFFSHORE- The bottom is slow, the cold water is in. The surface has been chilly as well. Kingfish and Barracuda are plentiful around Bethel Ledge. A few scattered Dolphin. Good number of Sailfish out of Fort Pierce. A fair number of Cobia being caught, look for the leatherback turtles and Sharks.

Check out Attitudefishing.com to see what we are catching!

Capt. Eric Metcalf

Jennifer caught this 20lb. Permit on 10lb. test Sat. 6-21-08

Sebastian area fishing report

attitudefishing.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:07:34 GMT

INSHORE- The weather has been really calm every morning. If you are going to try the flats then make it early. The tide is incoming in the morning. Outgoing in the late morning and into the afternoon. The greenies are still holding right outside the inlet and there have been kings and Bonita around the bait pods. Some Reds on the outgoing in the inlet. Look for the crabs on the grass.

OFFSHORE- The bottom fishing is a little slow. Dolphin are still hit or miss. There were a few nice Dolphin caught over the weekend. Reports of Cobia being caught. Some fish have been traveling with the Bull Sharks and Turtles. If you want Kings try the beaches or live baiting the 90ft. ledge.

attitudefishing.com

Len and his son Sam on father's day

Sebastian area fishing report

attitudefishing.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:51:58 GMT

INSHORE- It has been really hot. The water temp. is warm. On the flats, try the first hour of light. After that you might have to try docks or some deeper water. There are still reports of good size trout being caught first thing in the morning. There also has been some pompano. Report of a few Permit and Cobia roaming outside the inlet.

OFFSHORE- Kinfish are still everywhere. Baitpods are close to the inlet. Slow troll some live ones. The Dolphin are hit or miss, most of the fish are small. The weather should be nice for the rest of the week and in to the weekend. So there is always a chance of catching the big one! Bottom reoprts are good. decent number of Snapper.

Check out attitudefishing.com

Capt. Eric Metcalf

Sebastian area fishng report

attitudefishing.com — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:28:56 GMT

Inshore- Well summer is here. The weather has been calm and hot. Good size Trout have been reported in the early morning on the east side shoreline. The greenies have been thick around the Inlet. Snook season is closed. The Snook are feeding during the days, they have been moving out to the beaches. With summer here it is time to run the beaches. Kingfish, Bonita, Spanish Mackeral and Jacks for now. Soon the Tarpon will arrive.

Offshore- The Dolphin run is on the down side. One or two fish a day on Ballyhoo, kind of slow. The fish are moving closer in. I caught some Dolphin at 90ft. this week. The bottom has been pretty active at 90ft. Some good size Mangrove Snapper. Kingfish have been anywhere from the beach out to 60ft.

Check out attitudefishing.com

Capt. Eric

Sebastian area fishing Report

attitudefishing.com — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:29:37 GMT

OFFSHORE- West wind have everything blown out to sea. Weeds and Rips werehard to find this weekend. Dolphin are few and far between. A couple of nice fish caught. At the S.I.S.A tournament the biggest Dolphin 41lb. and only one Wahoo was weighed in 33lbs. The bait is on the beach and Kingfish are mixed in. It is all happening close to the Inlet. Attitude Adjustment had a good half day with 10 Kings. biggest 24 lbs. and a few in the mid teens.

Inshore- Thw water temp is rising and the fish are active. Trout bite is good, a lot of small fish and the Redfish can be a little tricky to find. Try some unused docks on the east side. The Inlet tide is outgoing in the morning this week. Best chances for your daytime Snook will be right at sunrise. Small boats can get to the kings right now, especially with this west wind. That can be fun.

Get up and go Fish!

Attitudefishing.com

Sebastian area Fishing report and forecast

attitudefishing.com — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT

Offshore- The winds have not stopped. It's gonna be blown out this weekend. It should lay down on Monday. If you can get out start looking for weeds in 120ft. plus. Try rigging some Ballyhoo's(nakeds are my favorites) There were some good reports of some nice big Dolphin last weekend. It was rough though.

Inshore and Sebastian Inlet- The Inlet has been active. The tide is should be slack and switching from incoming to outgoing around 8:30 p.m. If you want to catch Bluefish, Ladyfish, Jacks, and Spanish Mackeral then get down there now. You can't miss! Lots of Greenies moving through on the incoming tides. The Snook bite has been fickle. Hit or Miss! Last week the pins were hard to find. I have started catching a few this week. The Redfish and Trout have been active in the flats. Live Shrimp is always the best for Trout.

Capt. Eric Metcalf

attitudefishing.com

Value OUR Coast survey

bkelly — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:11:32 GMT

Local researchers at FIT are trying to value some of Brevard County's coastal activities and the natural resources that make these activities possible, specifically fishing and surfing. If your a saltwater angler and fish in Brevard and you have a few minutes, please help us by filling out the following survey. Thanks.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=fqoOJolMe7m56YNLSBJo6w_3d_3d

4/20 Greenery

Triplehelix — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:52:10 GMT

Picked up 36 pounds of fresh greens this past Sunday out of Sebastian. Also got an 18lb cow and lost about a 25lber. Note to self: change biminis when the knots feel like sandpaper. Naked ballyhoo. There be some fishies out there my bredren.

Enjoy the pictures,

Matt

Peace love and crabs. Waves have been pretty nice huh?

Sebastian area Fishing Report

attitudefishing.com — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:27:59 GMT

INSHORE- The river has been producing good numbers of Trout and Redfish in the shallower water. Try the east shorelines north of the Inlet. The Inlet has been fun. The night fishing was really good before the full moon. It has been slow the past few nights, but look for that to change. The tide is incoming in the mornings and the evenings. Slack should be around 1 p.m.

OFFSHORE- Good numbers of good size Dolphin being caught this past weekend. The seas are suppose to jump up the next couple of days and then lay down for the weekend so get out there and find them. Look for the weedlines, starting in 120 ft.

attitudefishing.com

DW and some locals from outback

buddha — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:56:57 GMT

Are these the dolphins Triplehelex was talk bout????

Locals rule .... hmmmmmmmmm good.... wheres mine....

Sebastian area Fishing Report

attitudefishing.com — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:22:35 GMT

OFFSHORE- The Dolphin are here. Last weekend was awesome. Lots of big Dolphin. I had reports of 3 or 4 fish in the 60lbs. range and lots of fish in the 20lb to 40lb range. If the winds lay down as predicted then this might be another great weekend to get offshore. There are few Wahoo as well being caught.

INSHORE- With this last front and the strong winds. Fishing might be a little slow and the water may be a little dirty for a day or two. Once it cleans up look for some Trout on the flats. There have been a lot of smaller fish. There is always a chance that Redfish will be around. The inlet has been slow during the days. The evening has plenty of over sized Reds and a Snook here and there. Fishing is getting good. Everything is starting to happen.

Keep it reel !

Capt. Eric Metcalf

attitudefishing.com

Dolphin be here mon

Triplehelix — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:19:04 GMT

First, thanks CFOA and FSFA for supporting and organizing this tagging opportunity. It was a great experience and I sure learned a lot about dolphin. Big thanks to the scientist of the day Don Hammond for his expertise and passion for them fish. That guy sure is dedicated to learning everything there is to know about the dolphin and sharing it with anyone who will listen.

The purpose of this trip offshore was to tag a dolphin, at least 25lbs, with one of two satellite tracking tags. One of the tags will remain in the fish for 30 days and the other will stay put for 6 months until it pops off and floats to the surface. Data is recorded every 20 minutes.

Thanks a lot Don (aka “don”) for the ride out, Mikey Wahoo, Randy (aka “randy”), and Singlefin Steve.

Well, to make a long story short, I don’t think we could have had a much better day to tag a couple dolphin. Early in the morning the radio sounded like an auction block. “Do I hear 25lbs?” “We got a 30lber boatside” “Ten miles away we got one!” ”We got one, wait too small” “This is Topcat or Bosscat we got one here” “We got a big one, two miles away” “SOLD to the gentleman in the Palmetto!” The first two fish were tagged

Massive schools of flying fish were popping up all around, all the time. We had consistent action all day long. Cruise around for 45 mins to an hour, catch a nice fish. Cruise around, catch a couple more. It was like that until we headed home in the afternoon. Our first fish was a healthy 25lber, but the tagging vessel was already en route for a closer fish. That one got a special tag. A little later we pull in another big cow around 25lbs. Then a sailfish. Then don feels the urge to bottom fish, but we troll on. Then a couple more nice bulls. Then another nice bull.

Every fish was caught on circle hook rigged ballyhoo, minus one dolphin. I was pretty skeptical at first, but Mikey’s ballyhoo hooked the dolphin perfectly every time even without needing to drop back. Of course, most of the fish were big enough to swallow the ballys whole, but they still worked great.

All day long we had sailfish messing up our nice ballyhoo courtesy of Bionic Bait. No small dolphin around except for one big peanut that swam up behind one of our hooked fish. Steve got some crazy underwater pictures of the dolphin and was almost speared by an enraged sailfish while he was snorkeling and taking pictures boatside.

It really was just “one of those days that really makes you love to troll”.

Thanks again everyone involved for making this happen and I am grateful to have been a part of it.

Tight lines, east swells and light offshores,

Matt B

Mike doing battle

Spoils of war

Cameraman ready to go

The Goin’ Catchin’ livin’ up to its name

Sea Monster

Fire breathing dragon

Randy’s sail

Don ready with the tag stick

All the right colors

Big bull gets a skin graft

Steve’s solid gaff shot….

…not so solid.

(that fish landed right in the box!)(also notice cirlce hook)

Great day aboard this forum’s flagship, the Deep Blue Sea.

For a whole bunch more information on this dolphin(mahi-mahi) tagging study, check out Florida Today Outdoors on Sunday, April 19th.