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Angler with a cleaning table of pompano and other surf-caught fish

Freak On The Beach By Marco – December 2024

After the hurricanes it seems we get more species of fish on the beach, including flounder, mangro, snapper, black drum, …

A smiling woman in a kitchen holding a wooden board with two whole pompano grilled with Chinese chili crisp

Freak on the Beach by Marco: November 2024

The dirty water is gone and the pompano run is starting at Wilbur by the Sea. Marco and his wife Sophie land the season's first scouts, then grill them whole with chili crisp.

Marco Pompano in sunglasses and a red vest holding a wooden board lined with trout beside a grill, with a white dog looking up at him and trees behind

Freak on the Beach by Marco: October 2024

Five days of surf fishing with great bait have brought Marco only throwbacks. He talks redfish during the mullet run while he waits on cooler water and the start of pompano season.

Whole rainbow trout lined up on a gas grill beside ears of corn on the cob

Freak on the Beach by Marco: September 2024

A cold upwelling drops the water from 90 to 80 degrees overnight, but the pompano still bite at Wilbur by the Sea. Then Marco heads to Quebec to troll glacier lakes for trout.

Capt. Rod’s Fall Surf Fishing Forecast

Fall is probably the time when surf anglers can target and catch a wider selection of species from along Florida’s east coast than during any other time of year. Surprisingly, knowing the best methods to catch each of these fish is only a small part of a successful fishing experience.

NSB Surf Fishing Report: Sept. 2014

Well the dog days of summer are slowly coming to a end and to be honest it’s been a great year for fishing here at the beach. In working at End of the line bait shop it gives me a unique opportunity to hear all of the great stories by locals and visitors alike and one thing they have all agreed upon was that this has been one of the best summers for fishing in several years.

NSB/Daytona Beach Surf Fishing Report: August 2014

We’ll the humidity is back along with the afternoon storms which can only mean one thing here at the beach. Summer is back, and it’s seems as hot as ever already. With the change of seasons so does the change in fishing here. Usually this type of year when it comes to ocean fishing it’s typically pretty simple to predict with just Whiting, catfish, and shark being caught.