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Todd Vivian
Todd V.
Edgewater, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
All pretty much inlet trips. Reds, Bull Reds, Snook, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, flounder....... You name it we got some....
Todd Vivian
Todd V. Edgewater, Florida Reported 1 year ago
All pretty much inlet trips. Reds, Bull Reds, Snook, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, flounder....... You name it we got some....
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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Hunter Bach
Hunter B.
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Now is a great time of year for tarpon and bull redfish. We are catching multiple reds in ver 35" in a 4 hr trip and the tarpon are here in solid numbers for the next few weeks
Hunter Bach
Hunter B. Oak Hill, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Now is a great time of year for tarpon and bull redfish. We are catching multiple reds in ver 35" in a 4 hr trip and the tarpon are here in solid numbers for the next few weeks
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Mark Haley
Mark H.
Jupiter, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
We caught 30 blackfin, 2 sails and mahi on Saturday
Mark Haley
Mark H. Jupiter, Florida Reported 2 years ago
We caught 30 blackfin, 2 sails and mahi on Saturday
Fishing in Jupiter, Florida
Fishing in Jupiter, Florida
Fishing in Jupiter, Florida
Fishing in Jupiter, Florida
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Craig Korczynski
Craig K.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
Mid December, whoever thought we would get a tropical depression in south Florida this time of year. Lots of rain and wind have been the main story the past week. There are many places we can hide and fish, but 45 to 50 winds are not fun.
A few days that we were able to get out dodging rained and wind, the snook were plentiful in the backcountry, targeting mangrove, shorelines and deep channels, using Live bait and Rapala, shadow wrap, and X wrap twitch baits. A mixed bag of species of snook common, fat and sword spine, great catches...
Craig Korczynski
Craig K. West Palm Beach, Florida Reported 2 years ago
Mid December, whoever thought we would get a tropical depression in south Florida this time of year. Lots of rain and wind have been the main story the past week. There are many places we can hide and fish, but 45 to 50 winds are not fun.
A few days that we were able to get out dodging rained and wind, the snook were plentiful in the backcountry, targeting mangrove, shorelines and deep channels, using Live bait and Rapala, shadow wrap, and X wrap twitch baits. A mixed bag of species of snook common, fat and sword spine, great catches
for anglers due to the weather.
The jacks and bluefish are still plentiful in the channels and deep holes using DOA 3” shad tail and top water Rapala skitter walks for best results. With the cool fronts, pushing into the South Florida area, we will be receiving migration fish, like mackerel and Pompano to add to the fun.
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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Matthew Lee
Matthew L.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
Black drum have shown up and ate hungry. The redfish bite still remains good as they start schooling up. And last but not least some flounder are arriving and the trout bite still remains good throwing artificial at them.
Matthew Lee
Matthew L. New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported 2 years ago
Black drum have shown up and ate hungry. The redfish bite still remains good as they start schooling up. And last but not least some flounder are arriving and the trout bite still remains good throwing artificial at them.
Black Drum Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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Neal Goodrich
Neal G.
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
My latest report is titled Thanksgiving Week. The weather was windy, the water was a little choppy in spots and the sun peeked in and out of the clouds a little each day... But it might as well have been raining redfish! That's how many we caught! The first day (Wednesday), i took out Chad and Kari for a few short hours. They brought 9 redfish, 2 snook and a few mangrove snapper to the boat. It was Kari's day and everywhere she cast she was catching the reds! Poor Chad was a good sport about it, even though Kari...
Neal Goodrich
Neal G. Oak Hill, Florida Reported 2 years ago
My latest report is titled Thanksgiving Week. The weather was windy, the water was a little choppy in spots and the sun peeked in and out of the clouds a little each day... But it might as well have been raining redfish! That's how many we caught! The first day (Wednesday), i took out Chad and Kari for a few short hours. They brought 9 redfish, 2 snook and a few mangrove snapper to the boat. It was Kari's day and everywhere she cast she was catching the reds! Poor Chad was a good sport about it, even though Kari gave him her spot on the bow he still didn't catch one. Friday Art and his grandson Daniel got a bit of a late start on another partly cloudy and windy morning but the wind died down a little and we got on the redfish on the first stop and before the morning was over they had caught 30 head of reds, a 20 inch trout, 4 snook and 7 mangrove snapper. WOW!!! They were sure some happy fishermen when we got back to the dock! If this is any indication of what is to come, the redfish season is going to be fantastic!
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
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Matthew Lee
Matthew L.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
Trout and redfish bite has been on fire all month. Fish pods of mullet on flats edges and bars. Topwater Bute has been great first of the morning and live bait and soft plastics later in the morning.
Matthew Lee
Matthew L. New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported 2 years ago
Trout and redfish bite has been on fire all month. Fish pods of mullet on flats edges and bars. Topwater Bute has been great first of the morning and live bait and soft plastics later in the morning.
Speckled Trout Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Speckled Trout Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Speckled Trout Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Speckled Trout Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Speckled Trout Fishing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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Hunter Bach
Hunter B.
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
Fall is a magical time if year on the flats. As the cold fronts begin to hit and the water temperature drops, the shallow grass flats of mosquito lagoon begin to flood with the larger redfish and and numbers of trout that have been in deeper water most of the summer. The seatrout spawn throughout the late fall, and into early spring. It is not uncommon to find a group of 20 or more over-slot trout sunning on a patch of hard bottom ready to inhale almost any presentation. As for the redfish, instead of the singles, pairs, and small...
Hunter Bach
Hunter B. Oak Hill, Florida Reported 2 years ago
Fall is a magical time if year on the flats. As the cold fronts begin to hit and the water temperature drops, the shallow grass flats of mosquito lagoon begin to flood with the larger redfish and and numbers of trout that have been in deeper water most of the summer. The seatrout spawn throughout the late fall, and into early spring. It is not uncommon to find a group of 20 or more over-slot trout sunning on a patch of hard bottom ready to inhale almost any presentation. As for the redfish, instead of the singles, pairs, and small groups of mostly slot fish we find in the warmer months, we now get the opporunity to target redfish upto and over 30” in less than a foot of water and find schools of more than 50 redfish cruising around together. And last but not least, with the cooler water temperaturs, the fish feed on the flats all day long! Book now to chase the schools of shimmering copper redfish and wolf like packs of gator trout!!
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
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Hunter Bach
Hunter B.
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
Fall is a magical time if year on the flats. As the cold fronts begin to hit and the water temperature drops, the shallow grass flats of mosquito lagoon begin to flood with the larger redfish and and numbers of trout that have been in deeper water most of the summer. The seatrout spawn throughout the late fall, and into early spring. It is not uncommon to find a group of 20 or more over-slot trout sunning on a patch of hard bottom ready to inhale almost any presentation. As for the redfish, instead of the singles, pairs, and small...
Hunter Bach
Hunter B. Oak Hill, Florida Reported 2 years ago
Fall is a magical time if year on the flats. As the cold fronts begin to hit and the water temperature drops, the shallow grass flats of mosquito lagoon begin to flood with the larger redfish and and numbers of trout that have been in deeper water most of the summer. The seatrout spawn throughout the late fall, and into early spring. It is not uncommon to find a group of 20 or more over-slot trout sunning on a patch of hard bottom ready to inhale almost any presentation. As for the redfish, instead of the singles, pairs, and small groups of mostly slot fish we find in the warmer months, we now get the opporunity to target redfish upto and over 30” in less than a foot of water and find schools of more than 50 redfish cruising around together. And last but not least, with the cooler water temperaturs, the fish feed on the flats all day long! Book now to chase the schools of shimmering copper redfish and wolf like packs of gator trout!!
Capt. Hunter
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Redfish Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
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Hunter Bach
Hunter B.
Oak Hill, Florida
Reported 2 years ago
We knew we'd be up against it due to the moon phase of the past week or so. Full to half-full moon up for most of the night and deadly high mid-day temperatures give the fish an excellent opportunity to feed all night and look the other when no matter how well a bait is presented to them during the daytime. Repeat client and good friend, Tyler was not intimidated. We kicked the day off watching 20 - 60 lb. tarpon lazily roll at first light. For about 45 minutes we pitched live shrimp, blue crabs, and baitfish as well...
Hunter Bach
Hunter B. Oak Hill, Florida Reported 2 years ago
We knew we'd be up against it due to the moon phase of the past week or so. Full to half-full moon up for most of the night and deadly high mid-day temperatures give the fish an excellent opportunity to feed all night and look the other when no matter how well a bait is presented to them during the daytime. Repeat client and good friend, Tyler was not intimidated. We kicked the day off watching 20 - 60 lb. tarpon lazily roll at first light. For about 45 minutes we pitched live shrimp, blue crabs, and baitfish as well as artificial presentations to them. A few sipped down the blue crabs but gave us the slip as a bony-mouthed tarpon will sometimes do. By the time the sun cleared the horizon, the tarpon activity declined and we moved onto the flats. Within minutes we were staked out on a school of black drum in the 5-15lb. range. After a few missed hook-ups we finally landed one around 22" and a slot red before the school moved on. From there it was pretty much all sight fishing. We had a few opportunities at large trout and snook cruising the flats despite the tough moon phase and Tyler followed directions perfectly to sight-fish a couple of over-slot Mosquito Lagoon redfish! They are plentiful but demanding in the clear shallow water and closely adhering to the direction of your guide is all but imperative. In the late afternoon, we returned to the main channel to try our luck with the bull reds. On light tackle, we landed a few more fish including another over-slot redfish and we had an absolute monster on the 6500 penn that somehow managed to break us off on some structure
Black Drum Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Black Drum Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Black Drum Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
Black Drum Fishing in Oak Hill, Florida
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Recent Indian River Reviews

  • ★★★★★
    Fantastic experience. I was on holiday from the UK and Mike kept me well informed prior to the trip. His knowledge and experience was incredible and made my trip.

    Adam G. | July 12, 2026

    Trip: Fly Fishing Mosquito Lagoon

  • ★★★★★
    Todd brought us to the spot and we started catching right away. Got enough to feed 6 the next day. He is always baiting the hook or doing something for us. I would love to go with him again. David Doyle

    David D. | October 6, 2025

    Trip: Spot Stalker Inshore Quickie

  • ★★★★★
    The four of us had a great time fishing with Captain Todd! We did a quick morning trip and it was just enough for all of us to catch a handful of fish. Todd was very knowledgeable and a great guide. Would definitely go again!

    Natalie B. | August 22, 2024

    Trip: Spot Stalker Inshore Quickie

  • ★★★★★
    Todd was great! Very informative regarding species of fish being caught. He cleaned our fish we kept as well. It was awesome being able to eat fresh catch same day! We will definitely make this an annual event during our beach trip from now on.

    Nicole L. | July 27, 2024

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