Indian River Fishing Reports (April 2026)

Craig Korczynski
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Mid February is living up to its potential, weak fronts, windy conditions and plenty of sunshine. Florida issues, but for anglers frustration builds as winds due. Locating Snook! Anglers can target mangroves, docks, seawalls, bridges and other structures for great action. Live baits, DOA C.A.L. 3” shad tail and for...

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Craig Korczynski West Palm Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Mid February is living up to its potential, weak fronts, windy conditions and plenty of sunshine. Florida issues, but for anglers frustration builds as winds due.
Locating Snook! Anglers can target mangroves, docks, seawalls, bridges and other structures for great action. Live baits, DOA C.A.L. 3” shad tail and for fly anglers clousers and deceivers get the strike.
Bottom structure is key when weather conditions get tough for anglers. My groups had great success catching a plethora of species working shrimp and small bucktail jigs near the bottom. Most species caught during our outings the past week was 13 different species. Snapper, grouper, jacks, mackerel, drum and ladyfish just to name a few.
Well that is the fishing report for the past week, hope you all enjoyed. Remember you can’t catch them from the couch, so get out there and get hooked up. Tight Lines!

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Hunter Bach
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

We have a very consistent trout bite with the current size ranging from 15"-21" along with a few kicker fish over 24". The snook have come out of the freeze pretty strong and we are catching good numbers of 18"-25" snook in creeks and canals where the water is warmer....

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Hunter Bach Oak Hill, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

We have a very consistent trout bite with the current size ranging from 15"-21" along with a few kicker fish over 24". The snook have come out of the freeze pretty strong and we are catching good numbers of 18"-25" snook in creeks and canals where the water is warmer. Out on the flats we are having a fantastic season for redfish. My clients can expect 20 shots in a half day of fishing but the fish are challenging! The shallow winter pattern combined with crystal clear water will test any anglers abilities who targets them. They're a great warm up for bone fishing! We are getting shots at singles and schools of up to 50 fish. The average size for the redfish is getting better as well with most fish over 24" and some of the reds on the flats are over 30". They're a fly fisherman's dream!

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Craig Korczynski
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Last week brought very windy conditions for our local waters, cool front passed through bringing 40 knot winds and showers. Targeting snook was mainly done around leeward points and cuts due to the winds. Smal fish were caught near docks and drops offs. Live baits and DOA Curl tails bait...

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Craig Korczynski West Palm Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Last week brought very windy conditions for our local waters, cool front passed through bringing 40 knot winds and showers.
Targeting snook was mainly done around leeward points and cuts due to the winds. Smal fish were caught near docks and drops offs. Live baits and DOA Curl tails bait of choice.
Gusty winds made it fun for fly anglers, but that’s when night fishing comes into play. Dock lights and bridges areas to locate snook, tarpon and many other species. Small deciever flies and live baits get the bite.
Channels and drop offs offer a plethora of species for anglers to target using shrimp and small buck tail jigs. Snapper, drum, jacks, mackerel, and my other species put a bend in the rod.
Well that is the fishing reply for the past week, hope you all enjoyed. Remember you can’t catch them from the couch so get out there and get hooked up. Tight Lines!

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Craig Korczynski
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

January was a wild month hot, cold, windy, calm we experienced it all. So many different conditions led to many different species and situations to target fish. Lots of bent rods and smiles. Snook fishing was great the past week lots of small fish but an abundance of them along...

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Craig Korczynski West Palm Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

January was a wild month hot, cold, windy, calm we experienced it all. So many different conditions led to many different species and situations to target fish. Lots of bent rods and smiles.
Snook fishing was great the past week lots of small fish but an abundance of them along with multiple Spector snook being caught. Mangrove shorelines, docks and bridges all areas holding linesiders. Live baits, Rapala twitch baits and flies all got the snook hooked on the line.
Schools of jacks, mackerel, bluefish, blue runners and many other species made great rod bending action. Shrimp, bucktail jigs, DOA Terror Eyz and Rapala skitter walks all great lure choices.
Well that is the fishing report for the past week, hope you all enjoyed. Remember you can’t catch them from the couch, so get out there and get hooked up. Tight Lines!

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Travis Glidden
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing is pretty much shutdown this week due to small craft advisories. The last couple weeks have been good, but lots of spooky fish as well. Still catchable, just required longer casts to get them to eat before seeing the skiff.

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Travis Glidden Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing is pretty much shutdown this week due to small craft advisories. The last couple weeks have been good, but lots of spooky fish as well. Still catchable, just required longer casts to get them to eat before seeing the skiff.

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Michael Pisciottano
Port Canaveral, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Tilapia are starting to spawn in the shallows of our freshwater lakes here in central Florida along with many other fish to shoot such as Florida gar suckers and much more!

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Michael Pisciottano Port Canaveral, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Tilapia are starting to spawn in the shallows of our freshwater lakes here in central Florida along with many other fish to shoot such as Florida gar suckers and much more!

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Rick Hilliard
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The snook bite has been really good the last couple of weeks with the warm weather. The water has been gin clear with lots of schooling reds and trout. The potential for a solid inshore slam is daily

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Rick Hilliard New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The snook bite has been really good the last couple of weeks with the warm weather. The water has been gin clear with lots of schooling reds and trout. The potential for a solid inshore slam is daily

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Hunter Bach
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing the rest of this winter and spring is going to be one for the books. We are consistently getting 20+ shots in a half day. Quite of few of these shots are at schools of 10-30 redfish or black drum. The water is crystal clear and the fish...

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Hunter Bach Oak Hill, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing the rest of this winter and spring is going to be one for the books. We are consistently getting 20+ shots in a half day. Quite of few of these shots are at schools of 10-30 redfish or black drum. The water is crystal clear and the fish are feeding great on artificials and flies. We are commonly catching "lagoon slams" of trout, black drum, and redfish on fly and spin. The best times to book are the days leading up to a full moon to witness the most schooling activity but the fishing has been good all throughout the lunar cycles.

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