Posts by bpettigrew
Daytona Beach Fishing Report
Weather is cooling down and the fishing is heating up. The waters of Flagler Beach, Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach and Port Orange are heating up with the Redfish bite as they are schooling up in the shallows. This is the time of year where you down size your baits. I like using 2″ mud minnows…
Read MoreFeb 2023 Daytona Beach Fishing Report
With January coming to an end, the cool water temps set in, it is now for the main event in the Daytona Beach. Fishing is heating up with schools of redfish working the flats and Sheephead piled up on rocks, docks and bridges. You couldn’t think it could get better as a Fishing Guide or…
Read MoreFishing Report Daytona Beach
With the cooler weather here and water temperature is down. This can make for a great time to be fishing, The back waters, creeks and flats in the Daytona Beach area you are going to look for Flounder, Trout and Reds in the feeder creeks of the flats. The reds are going to be cruising…
Read MoreAugust Fishing Report
Well with the heat wave already here in full swing and the water temp in the 80’s the beach action is on fire with Flounder, Shark , Kingfish, Bonita, Tarpon, and more. Slow troll live mullet or pogy along the beach between 30 and 50 foot of water for your Kingfish and Sharks. You can…
Read MoreWinter Fishing
With the weather cooling down the bite is heating up in the Daytona Beach, Ponce Inlet areas. We also have Black Drum and Flounder moving in. Live Shrimp is the key this time of the year. Use them on a float or free line around the bars and lay downs. Fish are from Ormond Beach…
Read MoreAug 2018
The Summer time fishing has been hot….. But we are getting ready for that fall running of the bulls. Right now the bite has been great in Ormond Beach with Trout, Redfish, Snook, and Snapper. Best bite right now has been shrimp free lining around docks, rocks, and oysters. In Port Orange and Ponce Inlet…
Read MoreMay Fishing report 2018
May for the Daytona Beach area is RED HOT. The spring has sprung for fishing here. The Tomoka Basin in the Ormond Beach area is teaming with Redfish and Trout along with Snook. All are eating finger mullet or live shrimp under a float or free-lining. The main river in Daytona Beach has Jacks busting…
Read MoreFall Fishing
With the cooler weather coming in…well kind of in Florida. This has the big BULL REDS on fire in Port Orange and Daytona Beach. This also has the Snook, Jacks, Flounder and other game fish on the hunt to feed in the Halifax River. Since the hurricane the Tomoka Basin in Ormond Beach is full…
Read MoreAugust Fishing Report
With the heat staying the bite is still red hot. The Tomoka Basin in Ormond Beach is producing Redfish, Trout, Snook, and Tarpon. You can catch these on live finger mullet and shrimp right now. While Daytona Beach the surf fishing has been pretty good with Whiting, I would use fresh dead shrimp or clams.…
Read MoreJuly's Fishing Report
MATANZAS INLET, RIVER: Herrera calls mangrove snapper the key fish this week, using mud minnows and live shrimp. Fish around docks, pilings, artificial reefs, “anything mangrove like to inhabit,” he said. Expect a lot of 11- to 12-inch keepers, he added. Redfish are good around low tide, but the numbers down in area, he said. Use…
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