Ormond Beach Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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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Clay Philips
St. Augustine, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Been catching mangrove snapper and redfish on fingerling mullet and mud minnows.

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Clay Philips St. Augustine, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Been catching mangrove snapper and redfish on fingerling mullet and mud minnows.

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Mike May
Hollister, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

The bite has been good early and late. Summer time pattern so get out early or late afternoon just before dark. Coordinate with the tides. Outgoing early and incoming late is best for reds and trout. It's a new moon so the tides will be strong. We've been experiencing low...

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Mike May Hollister, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

The bite has been good early and late. Summer time pattern so get out early or late afternoon just before dark. Coordinate with the tides. Outgoing early and incoming late is best for reds and trout. It's a new moon so the tides will be strong. We've been experiencing low low tides the last few weeks with a west to south west wind that's pushing the water out. Hit the creeks and flats early in the falling tide and you should do well on the reds, drum and flounder.
Shrimp are still the bait of choice but the mullet run will kick off in the next few weeks so expect a shift in baits. Black drum, flounder and trout can be found in deep corners along the creek bends with a strong current on jigheads or circle hooks with a small splitshot .

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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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Clay Philips
St. Augustine, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Been catching a few, but it will get better in September and October around here, caught some big shrimp over on the west coast of Florida while we were on vacation, thanks

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Clay Philips St. Augustine, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Been catching a few, but it will get better in September and October around here, caught some big shrimp over on the west coast of Florida while we were on vacation, thanks

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Chris Endicott
Port Orange, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Trolling ballyhoo

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Chris Endicott Port Orange, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Trolling ballyhoo

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