Tarpon, snapper, and sharks that keep their rods bent
don’t look now But back to school is just around the corner. Fishing activity can slow down just before the big day as temperatures rise and the wind ceases.
But it hasn’t slowed down this year. Spotted trout, snook, redfish and tarpon fry keep anglers busy in the lagoon. Offshore, snappers, cedars, kingfish, sharks and large tarpon do the same. Freshwater lakes and rivers and surf zones aren’t exactly booming if somewhere slow.
Space Coast anglers have plenty of targets to keep them busy all weekend, unless they don’t want to spend time stocking up on school supplies.
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Impact of closures and regulatory changes: Anglers will be reminded of the ongoing harvest closures of these fisheries and those that are about to begin and end.
- lobster: The regular season resumes on August 6th.
- Redfish: Beginning September 1st, redfish harvesting will be prohibited in Indian River Lagoon and Mosquito Lagoon.
- Dolphin: New fishing regulations for state waters began May 1st. The bag limit is now 5 fish per day per angler. The ship limit is now 30 fish per day. The captain and crew may not be included in the limit.
- Grouper: The shallow water grouper season runs from May 1st to December 31st. This includes gag groupers, red groupers, scamps and six other small species.
- Hogfish: Hogfish Harvest will take place May 1 through October 31, 2022 in Atlantic waters off the coast of Florida.
- Amadai: Commercial fishing will be closed from 6 July to 31 December 2022.
- base: Headwaters Lake bass will soon be all catch and release.
For complete fishing regulations in Florida, MyFWC.com.
Mosquito Lagoon
This is a good time to fish two popular catch and release targets, snook and tarpon. Snook can be fished on live shrimp and crab cuts in the Haulover Canal, or on shrimp and jerkbaits around the shallow waters of lagoon islands. Redfish, black drum, and spotted sea trout can be caught in shallow water around the island with free-line shrimp and shrimp caught under popcorks.
offshore
Some of the popular reefs are too strong one day and just right the next. Fishing for Mangrove Snapper and Lane Snapper is pretty good in good weather. Kingfish, sharks, cedars and tarpon are found around schools of menhadens or threadfins.
surfing
Seaweed, slime grass, and surf fishing activity is fairly slow during this time of year. Whiting and whiting can also be caught. There are some jacks around. However, pompano, mackerel and bluefish are rarely caught. It gets better in a few weeks when the mallet run starts.
Sebastian Inlet
The seaweed and cold water upwelling near here shuts out most of the bites. Pier anglers had a hard time getting bites. A few mangrove snappers were caught near the rocks of Katmohala, and anglers caught and released a few overslot redfish from the reef at the northern pier end. Drifting in boats is beneficial for tarpon, big jacks and sharks.
Indian River Lagoon
One of the best bites was at Banana River Lagoon around the Thousand Islands. Here, a young tarpon catches live shrimp, live bait, or jerk her bait for kayak anglers, says Merritt Island’s local line charter captain Alex Goricky. Black drums crowd near the railroad bridge in Titusville. Cracked crabs are stabbed. Redfish can be caught by casting on the wharf. Spotted trout bite early in the morning in two to three feet of water in topwater plugs.
Freshwater
Bluegill, cichlids, shell crackers, and small channel cats can be caught in some local lakes. They are stung using live crickets or red earthworms.Bass fishing slows down in the heat, but fish can be caught along drop-offs and ledges
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Tarpon, snapper, and sharks that keep their rods bent
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