With the recent cold fronts and cooling water temperatures the bite has been good. The black drum have shown up in good size schools and the trout and redfish have worked their way into the sand holes. The flounder are still holding in the backwaters and laying on the mud and sand bottom through out the day. The go to baits have been soft plastics, live shrimp and mullet early and ADL spoons in the afternoons.

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

The recent cold fronts and the moon phase has helped push some of the excess water out of the New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon area. The water clarity is awesome on leeward sides of shorelines but the high winds have churned up the bottom making very hard to sight fish in the open. We still have bait through out the lagoon and with the stronger tide pulls last week the shrimp had even started to make an appearance. The trout , black drum and red fish bite has been good when conditions have allowed.

The water temps have cooled a little and is starting to push these fish into there Fall time patterns. This time of year i like to use a lot of different baits from live to artificial. Look for the red fish and the larger trout to be hanging around the sand holes and on and and around the mud flats. A slow retrieve with soft plastics, ADL spoons and a twitch bait are all excellent choices.

The flounder have made a move into the backwaters as well and can be picked up the same way and in addition bouncing a live shrimp on a jig head is always a good choice. in the next few days they are calling for the winds to settle a bit and expect the bite to only increase

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

The last week or so had seemed as though the winds would never settle. It looks like we are coming into a little bit better weather with a high pressure sitting over us for a few days. The winds should be decreasing over the next few days and clearing skies will add up to some good sight fishing.

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