This past week has been a little on the windy side to say the least. It has definitely made it a little challenging in the open waters of Mosquito Lagoon. We have fought through it and over came the hurdle to boat fish. Look for redfish , snook and trout holding on the windward points throughout the New Smyrna Beach waters. Beating the bushes with both artificials and live bait has been the trick. Live finger mullet , shrimp and soft plastics seem to work the best. Hopefully the weather will be calming for the upcoming week and bringing everything back to normal.

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

It seems as though the winds have hopefully started to lay down. The bite has continued to be good throughout the New Smyrna Beach area. We have been boating several species on the daily from redfish and black drum to trout and snook. I have started to see quite a bit of mullet moving through the area and should continue as the months move forward. The redfish and trout have been holding in the shallows mixed in with the bait. Live shrimp, finger mullet and artificials have all been working well. The snook and black drum have been holding in the deeper water focusing on the shrimp that have been running this past week. The bite should continue to only get better as we move into the month of May and the weather should continue to stable as well .

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

This has definitely been the windiest March and April that I can remember for a long time. With the wind though has brought some good fishing throughout the New Smyrna Beach area. We have been bringing several different species boat side along with several slams as well. With weather permitting the redfish have been working the shallow flats of Mosquito Lagoon pushing small baits and shrimp out of the mud. The trout bite has started to come around as we have had a influx of mullet schools across the flats. The snook bite has been good as well , as they have been hanging on shorelines with structure and bait. A variety of soft plastics and plugs have been working well along with live finger mullet and shrimp. I’m hoping the weather will be settling down over the next week or so to allow for some easier conditions.

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

The weather has finally warmed back up to our Central Florida standards and the bite has warmed up as well. The snook, redfish , black drum  and trout bite has been good early in the morning. The bait pods have been flooding on to the flats early bringing the redfish and trout with them. Soft plastics ,spoons , live shrimp and cut bait have been working well. The snook and black drum have been holding on structure in and around the New Smyrna Beach area. Plugs , soft plastics and live shrimp have been working well. The weather looks stable going into next week making for the bite to continue to get better.

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

The weather has been a little unstable this past week with strong winds and afternoon showers making for some challenging fishing but thankfully the mornings have been great weather which makes for great fishing. Snook bite has been hot along with the trout and red fish bite as well. Targeting the oyster beds and shallow mud flats in the New Smyrna Beach area has been working well . Mosquito Lagoon has been productive  as well with trout and Black drum on the shallow flats. Live shrimp, finger mullet along with spoons and soft plastics have all been working well. Looks like we have a little cooler weather coming in for this weekend but won’t last long. I believe after this weekend it’s going to get summer time hot very quickly.

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

The bite continues to be good throughout the New Smyrna Beach waters south into Mosquito Lagoon. We have been bringing several species boat side like redfish, trout, snook and black drum. As Spring starts to transform into summer the bite will only continue to be good. Look for the redfish and trout in the shallows early mixed in with the schools of bait. The snook and black drum have been holding along the deeper shorelines and structure. Shrimp and artificials have both been working well and as the shrimp continue to run I believe the bite will continue as well. Looks like our weather pattern has started to become steady and do not believe we will have anymore cold fronts in our future.

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

According to the calendar Spring is upon us but the weather this past week had another idea. We had a mild cold front pass through Central Fl bringing cool and windy conditions these past few days. It has definitely made it challenging to fish but my clients have prevailed bringing several fish boat side . We have had some good luck around structure throughout the New Smyrna Beach area. The bite in Mosquito Lagoon has been good in between the bad weather days. Look for redfish, drum and trout holding on the shallow flats and bars mixed in with the bait. Live shrimp along with spoons and soft plastics have been working well. It looks as though we have some nice weather ahead of us which should increase the bite.

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

The fishing here in the New Smyrna Beach area has continued to be steady . As we are starting to enter Spring things are starting to change on the waters of Mosquito Lagoon. The water has started to warm and bait has started to move up on the shallow flats. The fish have started to spread out as well ,sometimes making it a little harder to pin down. It looks as though winter is not finished with us quite yet. They are calling for a cold blast this weekend bringing the lows into the possible 40’s . With the quick warm up they are calling for I do not think it will effect the fish patterns as the water temps should not dip that low. Live shrimp and finger mullet along with soft plastics have been the key this past week.

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

The bite has been good this past week in and around the New Smyrna Beach area. The redfish have been cooperating well and the trout have also decided to join in the fun. We still have a good number of black drum roaming the flats throughout south Mosquito Lagoon. This past week has been a little breezy making the water conditions a little murky for sight fishing. The winds do look to be subsiding over the next few days and will hopefully allow water conditions to clean back up. We have had some stronger tides this past week in the New Smyrna Beach area making it a little harder to net bait but if available finger mullet and mud minnows have been working well. Further south in Mosquito Lagoon the trout and redfish have been very receptive to soft plastics and spoons along with a few black drum on artificials as well.

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

It looks as though the weather is on a warming trend over the next week or so throughout the Central FL area. The bite has continued to be good this past week and I look for it to continue through the up coming weeks. Look for the redfish, trout, snook and black drum around the oyster beds in the backwaters of the New Smyrna Beach area.If heading further south into Mosquito Lagoon look on the edges of the flats and in the pot holes for lingering trout and redfish. Artificials have been not working the best this past week but live shrimp and finger mullet have been doing the trick.

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