Intracoastal Waterway Weather Forecast

Fishing reports straight from our guides in Intracoastal Waterway

Mark Reeves
Mark R.
Crystal River, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Water is cooling off and the fishing is getting hot.
Mark Reeves
Mark R. Crystal River, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Water is cooling off and the fishing is getting hot.
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Matthew Lee
Matthew L.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Since hurricane Milton the water has been super high. But the fish have been chewing. We are catching alot of nice trout and redfish.
Matthew Lee
Matthew L. New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Since hurricane Milton the water has been super high. But the fish have been chewing. We are catching alot of nice trout and redfish.
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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Austin Ferguson
Austin F.
Port Orange, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
fishings been red hot. Snook, reds and jacks.
Austin Ferguson
Austin F. Port Orange, Florida Reported 1 year ago
fishings been red hot. Snook, reds and jacks.
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
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Brad Curtsinger
Brad C.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Waters cooling down with the fall patterns along with shorter days the fish are fattening up for the winter months plenty of good inshore fishing for big redfish along with snook ,also look for the birds along the river and ldyfish ,jacks, and bluefish in the mix its guaranteed to bend a rod also try your luck at big sharks around the river system as well book a trip you'll be sure to remember this fall
Brad Curtsinger
Brad C. New Smyrna Beach, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Waters cooling down with the fall patterns along with shorter days the fish are fattening up for the winter months plenty of good inshore fishing for big redfish along with snook ,also look for the birds along the river and ldyfish ,jacks, and bluefish in the mix its guaranteed to bend a rod also try your luck at big sharks around the river system as well book a trip you'll be sure to remember this fall
Fishing in Daytona Beach, Florida
Fishing in Daytona Beach, Florida
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Brandon Douberly
Brandon D.
Bartow, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Late fall is an epic time to fish our waters, the snook are fully back in the inshore waters and hungry after all the work they put in during their spawning season. You will frequently find long, skinny female snook looking to get their figure back after giving birth to the next generation of snook. We have been catching our bigger snook on large greenbacks we refer to as turbos, these bigger baits are irresistible to those bigger slot and overslot snook. Beef up your leader because you will need it with some of these monsters, I typically step it...
Brandon Douberly
Brandon D. Bartow, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Late fall is an epic time to fish our waters, the snook are fully back in the inshore waters and hungry after all the work they put in during their spawning season. You will frequently find long, skinny female snook looking to get their figure back after giving birth to the next generation of snook. We have been catching our bigger snook on large greenbacks we refer to as turbos, these bigger baits are irresistible to those bigger slot and overslot snook. Beef up your leader because you will need it with some of these monsters, I typically step it up to 40 lb Fluorocarbon which is less susceptible to abrasion when those fish shoot under structure. Redfish are still schooling up towards the tail end of their spawn, mostly the mid to upper slot fish are what we have found around the mangrove islands, oyster beds and docks. Pinfish are hard to pass up but they will certainly eat greenbacks as well. Trout over grass flats and edges of bars and channels have been pretty good, just lacking in size at times. We have been targeting those trout with gulp shrimp under a popping cork. They absolutely love those baits but just about anything will work. At times when the wind is blowing it is best to use a bait you can slow retrieve like a shrimp immitation bait. We are starting to head into a change in season, cold fronts are pushing through and soon we will see a change in bait, tide heights and target species. As we begin seeing lower winter tides we will switch to shrimp and focus more on sheepshead as they make their way into our inshore waters to spawn.
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
Fishing in Cape Coral, Florida
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Justin Rolph
Justin R.
Crystal River, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Redfish and trout are fired up. Good snook. Inspire rocks are loaded with grouper
Justin Rolph
Justin R. Crystal River, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Redfish and trout are fired up. Good snook. Inspire rocks are loaded with grouper
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Leon Hampton
Leon H.
Hernando, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Trout bite The trout are moving around on the flats in 2ft to 4ft of water and there are a few out in the 8ft to 9ft of water still. Use a popping cork for the trout on the flats with a 1/4oz or 1/8oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial and use a MirrOdine XL to trigger them big trout to bite. When you are fishing them deeper trout use a 1/4oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial lure.
Leon Hampton
Leon H. Hernando, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Trout bite The trout are moving around on the flats in 2ft to 4ft of water and there are a few out in the 8ft to 9ft of water still. Use a popping cork for the trout on the flats with a 1/4oz or 1/8oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial and use a MirrOdine XL to trigger them big trout to bite. When you are fishing them deeper trout use a 1/4oz Jighead with a shrimp or artificial lure.
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Timothy Russell
Timothy R.
Port Orange, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
The inshore fall byte, has been heating up. Lots of red fish Some really nice black drum, a few sheepshead and the occasional snook. It's been too rough to get offshore. The last couple of weeks, hopefully that will change soon. The bite should be red hot.
Timothy Russell
Timothy R. Port Orange, Florida Reported 1 year ago
The inshore fall byte, has been heating up. Lots of red fish Some really nice black drum, a few sheepshead and the occasional snook. It's been too rough to get offshore. The last couple of weeks, hopefully that will change soon. The bite should be red hot.
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
Fishing in Port Orange, Florida
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Todd Vivian
Todd V.
Edgewater, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Inlet is still producing some monster Bull Reds, with sheepshead starting to show as well.
Todd Vivian
Todd V. Edgewater, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Inlet is still producing some monster Bull Reds, with sheepshead starting to show as well.
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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Edmond Walters
Edmond W.
Coconut Creek, Florida
Reported 1 year ago
Been blowing for weeks. Hoping it's gonna lay down this week so we can get out there
Edmond Walters
Edmond W. Coconut Creek, Florida Reported 1 year ago
Been blowing for weeks. Hoping it's gonna lay down this week so we can get out there
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
Fishing in Pompano Beach, Florida
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