    Fishing New Smyrna Beach backwaters this past week has been great with several double digit days coming boat side. The weather this past week had warmed up to the mid eighties making the fish spread out a bit looking for new food opportunities. With the clear skies , great water clarity and ambitious fish the shallow waters of Mosquito Lagoon made for some awesome sight fishing . Although we have had a little cold front move through early this week I believe these fish are definitely on the move toward their spring time patterns.
The main focus has been locating the pods of bait . If you find the bait you will find fish , whether it’s along the oyster beds throughout the Intracoastal in Daytona Beach or south on the grass flats of Mosquito Lagoon. The trout and snook have started to get active again as the water temperatures are on the rise . The redfish and black drum have not skipped a beat and continue to be on the hunt and chewing aggressively. To for the weather to continue to fuse and the bite to stay strong looking forward to Spring time pattern. Capt Patrick Rood www.spotntailcharters.com (386)566-1394
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The fishing in New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon continues to not disappoint. The weather has been a little up in down this past week with warm days, cool days and even a little rain but the fish from Daytona Beach south through Mosquito Lagoon continue to be firing on all cylinders. It looks as though we will continue to have a warm up into the weekend with another possible cool down the beginning of the week.
These fish seem to have fallen into this pattern with schools of both black drum and redfish cruising the shallows looking for a easy meal , and the snook and trout continuing to hang in and around the deeper edges. As the warm up continues into the weekend the large trout will start to move up on the shallows into the sand holes making for possible sight fishing opportunities. Small baits have been the go to’s like soft plastics , shrimp , spoons and small finger mullet have all worked well. Capt Patrick Rood www.spotntailcharters.com (386)566-1394 Warm days are ahead for this week with the overnight temperatures staying in the low 50’s. These temperatures will give our fish in the New Smyrna Beach backwaters a little break from the cold. These temperatures will give our fish a little break from the cold. These temperatures bite bite continues to be really good throughout the waters of Mosquito Lagoon and New Smyrna Beach stretching into the Daytona Beach area as well.
The redfish and black drum have been firing on all cylinders along with a steady trout bite as well. The snook still have been a little shell shocked from the cold but moving into this week I believe they will also start to turn on .the water clarity has been excellent making for some great sightfishing opportunities with both artificials and live bait. Long range forecast is showing another front moving in early next week but we will have to wait and see. Capt Patrick Rood www.spotntailcharters.com (386)566-1394 |
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