It seems as though our recent spring time weather here in the New Smyrna Beach area has gone to the wayside for upcoming week . Here in the Central Florida area we will be experiencing some much cooler conditions then this past week . This will only secure the winter time fishing pattern that they have been using this past week.

Look for the redfish and black drum to be holding over the shallows of Mosquito Lagoon as the trout and snook will be looking for the deeper waters of New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach waters. Small soft plastics along with live shrimp have been working well and extremely slow retrieves have been the key. The water clarity has been exceptional this past week and will only get better as the cool temperatures move in making for some great sight fishing.

Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386)566-1394

The New Smyrna Beach fishing has been hot unlike the recent weather. The one good thing about the recent cold fronts moving across Central Florida is the shifting winds which has lowered the  water quite a bit. With the lower water and cooler water temps it has schooled up a lot throughout the flats. The redfish and black drum can be found gathering warmth along the shallow sandy bottom of Mosquito Lagoon.

As the sun gets higher these fish will move up super shallow to gather warmth , where as the snook and trout are moving inti deeper water to ride out the cooler water temps. Small baits have been the trick lately with very little movement. Live shrimp , cut bait and small soft plastics have been the go to. It looks as though we will be getting a little warmer trend toward the end of the week . The warmer weather should help stabilize the water temps from Daytona Beach south through Mosquito Lagoon continuing the hot bite.

Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386)566-1394

The winter time fishing in New Smyrna Beach backwaters has been good and with this securing cool fronts this week it will be even better. With the shifting winds and cool temperatures coming into Central Florida look for the water levels to start to lower and fish to gather making for some great sight fishing opportunities.

The redfish and black drum have been and will continue to be holding in and around the shallow sand holes throughout the Mosquito Lagoon . Look for the snook and trout to start moving into the deeper holes and shorelines as the water temps start to drop over the upcoming week.

This is definitely one of my favorite times of year to fish the backwaters of New Smyrna Beach and the shallow waters of Mosquito Lagoon as the fish tend to be very happy as the water temps cool down. Do not neglect the deeper waters of the intracoastal throughput the Daytona Beach area as well . The snook , trout ,redfish and other species like to hold of the deeper mud throughout the Intracoastal. Weather looks to be good into next week so get out and bend a rod.

Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386)566-1394

The fishing in the New Smyrna Beach waters this past week has been like the weather a little unstable . It had started out a little tuff with a windy cold front moving some fish around but as the week moved on so did the weather . With this steady forecast through next week the fish seem to be happy throughout the New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon waters.

With the recent cool down the mullet have moved into deeper waters like the Intracoastal from Daytona Beach south through Titusville. The shrimp have been flowing pretty well especially with the recent full moon pushing these fish more to a shrimp bite . Look for the trout and snook holding in the deeper waters in and around the bait pods as  the redfish and black drum can be found in the shallows searching out the crustaceans.

Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386)566-1394

This past week has had some chamber of commerce days both on and off the water. Central Florida has seen mid to upper 70’s with  clear skies and cool evenings make for some great fishing on the New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito lagoon waters. The backwaters of New Smyrna and Daytona Beach have been producing some great sheep’s head, snook and trout bites as where Mosquito Lagoon has been magical with tailing redfish and black drum.

The artificial bite has been ok but with the recent shrimp run going on you can not go wrong with a nice select shrimp . With the cold front county into play it will bring some gusty conditions for a day or two but should only secure the already good bite for the week to come.

Capt Patrick Rood
www.spotntailcharters.com
(386)566-1394