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An angler in a camouflage cap and plaid shirt holding a big redfish on the bow of a boat

December Fishing Report: Trophy Reds, Sheepshead, and Pompano

Capt. Austin Ferguson says December brings schools of snook, redfish, and black drum to Volusia's inland waters, while sheepshead and pompano on light tackle can fill the cooler for a holiday fish fry.
A woman in a visor and sunglasses holding a big sheepshead on a boat

Ponce Inlet & Backwaters Forecast: December 2025

Capt. Jamie Thrappas switches to black drum and sheepshead in December, fishing docks, jetties, and causeway bridges with blue crab, fiddler crabs, and sand fleas on Carolina rigs and jig heads.
A smiling angler holding a redfish in front of the mangroves

Edgewater Backcountry Forecast: December 2025

December's clear, cold water in the Edgewater backcountry brings sheepshead to the pilings, black drum to deep holes, and spooky redfish and trout to sunny flats. Fish slow, light, and stealthy.
Marco Pompano on the beach holding the redfish he caught by hand line

Freak on the Beach by Marco: December 2025

Marco battles seaweed and a tangle of crossed lines on the beach, then hand-lines a 25-inch slot redfish with help from his friend Pat and shares a few facts about redfish.
An angler in a cap and sunglasses holding a big snook on a boat

November Fishing Report: Bull Reds and Tarpon at the Inlet

Capt. Jeff Patterson drifts live blue crabs, pinfish, and pigfish for bull reds and tarpon south of the inlet in New Smyrna Beach, and works live shrimp on mangrove points for redfish and snook.
Benny Widerman holding his first bass over 10 pounds, a 10.60 pound largemouth that ate a Zoom Junebug trick worm and was released

St. Johns River Forecast: November 2025

The St. Johns River is running high and fast this November. Charlie McCullough on where Derby crappie hold, the best trolling speeds and jig colors, and bass fattening up for the spawn.
A shirtless angler in a cap holding a big snook on a boat

Ponce Inlet & Backwaters Forecast: November 2025

Capt. Jamie Thrappas switches to cut bait and halved blue crab for the bull redfish at the inlet, drifts select shrimp for snook, and targets sheepshead and black drum as winter fishing starts.
A smiling boy in a cap holding a snook in front of the mangroves

Edgewater Backcountry Forecast: November 2025

November starts the seasonal transition in the Edgewater backcountry. Capt. Michael Savedow covers topwater mornings, the bull redfish spawn at Ponce Inlet, snook season, surf pompano, and nearshore Spanish mackerel and bluefish.
Marco Pompano crouching with a surf rod below a sand cliff cut into the beach at Wilbur by the Sea, with a damaged beach walkover behind him

Freak on the Beach by Marco: November 2025

The big scout pompano sneak into Wilbur by the Sea, and Marco catches them on crab knuckles, sand fleas, and fish gum while king tides and a northeaster carve a cliff into the beach.
A young girl in a pink sun hat, a woman in a visor, and a man in a bucket hat holding a big redfish on a boat

October Fishing Report: Stand Out From the Mullet Schools

The mullet run fills the Intracoastal from Flagler Beach to Edgewater in October. Capt. Marshall Wallot on tarpon, snook, redfish, and jacks, and why a lure that stands out can beat matching the hatch.

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