Indian River Fishing Reports (April 2026)

Charlie Stuve
Tequesta, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Live bait is easy to catch now that summer vacation is over. Mahi, kingfish, snapper, sailfish, and wahoo are passing through. Mullet run right around the corner.

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Charlie Stuve Tequesta, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Live bait is easy to catch now that summer vacation is over. Mahi, kingfish, snapper, sailfish, and wahoo are passing through. Mullet run right around the corner.

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Todd Vivian
Edgewater, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Mosquito Lagoon is a one of a kind estuary where the Red Fish spend their entire life. Unlike regular reds that migrate and go offshore to breed this particular type is born here and spends its entire life here. With the loss of habitat in the past 8 years the...

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Todd Vivian Edgewater, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Mosquito Lagoon is a one of a kind estuary where the Red Fish spend their entire life. Unlike regular reds that migrate and go offshore to breed this particular type is born here and spends its entire life here. With the loss of habitat in the past 8 years the numbers have been going down significantly which is why the catch and release only regulations for the entire Indian River system.

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Matt Brockman
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been nice in the mornings and wind and rain has been moving in after lunch

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Matt Brockman New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been nice in the mornings and wind and rain has been moving in after lunch

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Hunter Bach
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The tarpon bite is at its peak, or very close to it, for the season here in new Smyrna beach. Targeting tarpon off the beach we are catching Bonita, jacks, and kingfish as well. Inshore we are getting some adult tarpon as well as great numbers of medium (22"-26") snook...

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Hunter Bach Oak Hill, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The tarpon bite is at its peak, or very close to it, for the season here in new Smyrna beach. Targeting tarpon off the beach we are catching Bonita, jacks, and kingfish as well. Inshore we are getting some adult tarpon as well as great numbers of medium (22"-26") snook as well as some over slots. Moving farther into the back country the sightfishing for redfish is already getting better and the forecast for the fall/winter is looking stellar. Wetter you want to chase giant tarpon off the beach or sight fish redfish and snook. It's a great time to get on the water here.

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Randy Seidel
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The winds are not the problem, it is the salinity in the water that is causing it to be difficult to find fish, salinity is 3 x's what it should be due to the lack of fresh water.

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Randy Seidel Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

The winds are not the problem, it is the salinity in the water that is causing it to be difficult to find fish, salinity is 3 x's what it should be due to the lack of fresh water.

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Charlie Stuve
Tequesta, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Looks like the unseasonal wind is finally subsiding. Mutton snapper has been the highlight bottom fishing. King fish bonitos and mahi are around. I've been finding some Goliath grouper and large snook for the Instagram bros. Mullet run is right around the corner. Then the tarpon, snook, Jack, and blacktip...

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Charlie Stuve Tequesta, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Looks like the unseasonal wind is finally subsiding. Mutton snapper has been the highlight bottom fishing. King fish bonitos and mahi are around. I've been finding some Goliath grouper and large snook for the Instagram bros. Mullet run is right around the corner. Then the tarpon, snook, Jack, and blacktip sharks will be abundant. When this happens we always seem to find mahi offshore.

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Joe Clouse
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Well floundering. has been great. 15-20 flounder every night. The biggest one was 19 1/4 inches long average being 15-18 inches. Next real good times to book are last week of October and December 15-30

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Joe Clouse Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Well floundering. has been great. 15-20 flounder every night. The biggest one was 19 1/4 inches long average being
15-18 inches. Next real good times to book are last week of October and December 15-30

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Todd Vivian
Edgewater, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

While the fishing for Bull Reds hasn't been what was expected this time of year the other species have been really active. Night fishing at the causeways has been good for Snook with an occasional Red. I had a charter with international customers following Icast last week and they caught...

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Todd Vivian Edgewater, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

While the fishing for Bull Reds hasn't been what was expected this time of year the other species have been really active. Night fishing at the causeways has been good for Snook with an occasional Red. I had a charter with international customers following Icast last week and they caught 19 species. One was the monster Barracuda which ate another one which was a permit the customer had battled for 5 minutes and had to the boat twice before it became bait. The reds have been there during prime tide times. Still getting some slot size reds in the lagoon on artificial with an occasional trout.

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