COCAO BEACH, ORLANDO, AND DAYTONA BEACH AREA FISHING REPORT JUNE 03 2013
Cocoa Beach located due east of the Orlando area has good water clarity at this time despite the abundant amount of rainfall this area of Florida has received over the past few weeks. Speckled trout are hitting a variety of lures and baits along the Cocoa Beach area grass flats of the Banana River lagoon. Topwater plugs like the Rapala Skitterwalk and sub surface lures like the X-Rap 08 or 10 are the preferred lures for the trout and redfish at this time. I have also had some small tarpon and snook hit these lures, but have not been able to land any of these yet. But we’ll keep trying. In the Indian River due east of Orlando there are small tarpon, ladyfish, small jack, speckled trout, and small redfish holding near docks and mangrove covered shorelines. Live fingerling mullet or the previously mentioned lures that imitate them are working on most days. We are getting out early and coming off the water early right now because the fishing in the Orlando area has been slowing to a crawl during the hot mid-day periods. The redfish bite in the Daytona Beach area located northeast of Orlando is best during the early mornings as well. I’m having my clients travel 30 to 45 minute south of Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach areas to the waters of the Mosquito Lagoon. This is where we have been getting shots at redfish ranging in size from 20 to 40 plus inches. The afternoon can also be a good time to go fishing for redfish and speckled trout in the Mosquito Lagoon south of Daytona Beach, because the afternoon sea breezes tend to cool and oxygenate the Mosquito Lagoon waters. This cooling effect often makes the redfish and speckled trout more active and willing to bite our lures and baits. Tarpon ranging in size from 50 to 130-pounds have begun to show up along the near-shore waters east of the Orlando area between Daytona Beach and Cocoa Beach this week. Launching from Port Canaveral located 5 to 10 minutes north of Cocoa Beach and about an hour south of Daytona Beach give us an easy inlet to pass through, and puts us right in the middle of the tarpon migration that is occurring this month. Anglers who have not pulled on a tarpon before should be prepared to spend 40 minutes to an hour and a half of hard pulling to land one of these giant prehistoric behemoths. The bite for these fish is getting better by the day and my regular customers from the Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Cocoa Beach areas line up to get a chance to land one of these prized game-fish. Make sure if you are interested in this type of fishing that you book your trip on my website today!
