This week the fishing has been excellent in the river near New Smyrna Beach, and the bite has been decent when heading offshore out of Ponce Inlet. There are bull redfish at the jetty, and they should hold there for another couple months. Some nice bull reds are being caught throughout the river as well. Most of my inshore fishing takes place in the mangroves, and although the fish generally are not as big as they are at the rocks, I find it fun to search for them in the mangroves and oyster bars of Calallisa Creek. Live bait works best but you can catch them on artificial fairly easily as well. When cruising the river, keep an eye out for rolling tarpon. I like to keep a spinning rod with a free lined live bait ready to go whenever we see one. Spanish Mackerel were along the beach last week in numbers but I am not sure if they are still there. Some big tarpon were caught off of the beach as well.

Heading offshore out of Ponce Inlet, look for a decent temperature break near the 28 fathom curve. Obviously, this can vary day to day, but the gulf stream tends be more stable during this time of the year, as we have less eddies that swirl off of the stream, meeting cooler coastal water. Some mahi were found as well and some nice size kingfish out towards this good water. On the bottom, the bite slowed down a little this week. We caught a nice Mangrove Snapper mixed in with Red Snapper, along with some porgies and lots of small black sea bass. I am hoping to start kingfishing more as fall comes upon us. If you are heading out and want a report before you go, feel free to call me anytime to talk fishing. Be safe out there guys and send me your fish pics.

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Fishing out of Ponce inlet last week was unusually fun. We found lots of schoolie sized mahi on weed lines between 25 and 40 miles east of New Smyrna Beach. It almost looked like spring time out there. Bottom fishing was fruitful, as we found large commercial grade vermillion snapper, as well as triggerfish and porgies, and the usually red snapper. I’m hoping to get out to the weather bouy in search of yellowfin tuna and blue marlin. I will let y’all know how it goes. Be safe out there and try not to fish alone! Cheers!!

Capt. Jimmy
New Smyrna Beach Offshore Fishing Charters

Fishing in New Smyrna Beach has been consistent as usual. Red Snapper season is upon us, and plenty of charter fishing boats were on stacked on top of the reefs and wrecks outside of Ponce Inlet the past couple weekends. The bite on the bottom has been time dependent and I would guess that changing sea temperatures have been affecting the fishing on the top and bottom. Trolling out of New Smyrna Beach in the summer can be slow once the day gets hot, so we bottom fish a lot in the summer. We have plenty of good holes for giant red snapper and grouper, so use your sonar machine to locate a good ledge or rock pile (any change in bottom), and do your best to find some fish. Looking forward to fall, the trolling should get better for a bit before winter is upon us. I’ll keep you guys updated! Good luck out there!

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Last week in the Ponce Inlet area we had a lot of beautiful blue water push closer to shore, which has encouraged the fish to eat. Inshore things have been pretty good, with most guys catching flounder limits before noon. We have been bottom fishing, as it is red snapper season, and we have had some luck. We found plenty of nice size red snapper in Ponce Inlet, and we added a mutton snapper to the mix. We find live bait to be best, with mullet or pinfish as our choice. I hope you had a great experience out there this year and remember for next time that these snapper see a lot of lines and bait, so scale down your tackle for the most bites.

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Our favorite bait for mahi fishing is dead naked ballyhoo. Sometimes we rig them with chugger heads so that they make a little smoke in the water. On charters and commercial trips, we also make wire pin rigs as opposed to monofilament when the kingfish or wahoo are biting. With all of the toothy critters in New Smynra Beach, these wire pin rigs help us land those fish, that we otherwise would not land. If you want to fish for wahoo and King Mackerel, New Smyrna Beach and Ponce Inlet are wonderful options for your family fishing charter. The rig works just as well on any other species out there. Good luck out there and have a great week. 

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