Browse Recent Port Canaveral Florida Fishing Reports

East Central Florida Fishing Outlook, October 2009 by Tom Van Horn (9/29/2009)
Fishing Forecast for East Central Florida

Light Tackle Action by Keith Mixon (8/27/2009)
Around Port Canaveral, mangrove snapper continue to aggressively feed on live shrimp around the jetties. In addition, large jacks have been attacking top water lures and scented jerk baits throughout the port.

Space Coast Fishing by Keith Mixon (8/14/2009)
In the past week, mangrove snapper have not been able to resist live shrimp when fished inside Port Canaveral. During an outgoing tide, a free lined shrimp has worked very well around the jetties, docks and other structure.

Sunrise Fishing Port Canaveral, Banana River by Keith Mixon (7/23/2009)
In the past week, the black drum bite has been hot around the spoil islands in the Banana River near the "No Motor Zone". Around Port Canaveral, flounder have continued to bite a wide variety of artificial and fresh dead baits along sandy bottoms throughout the port.

Summertime Door Mats by Keith Mixon (7/16/2009)
Inside Port Canaveral, flounder measuring up to twenty inches have been caught on sandy bottoms near pilings, docks, and other structure on both live and artificial bait. Snook fishing at night has also been good near the North jetty at Port Canaveral.

7/11/2009 - Port Canaveral summertime Snapper, Grouper, & Cobia by John Adair (7/12/2009)
Great day to be on the water with the snapper, grouper and cobia chewin

Half Day 7/10/09 by John Adair (7/12/2009)
Half day for Clayton Hooks, Justin and Stephen Adams. Caught a limit of 8 Kings and one undersized Cobia released

Summertime Red Snapper by John Adair (7/09/2009)
Charter party caught 8 keeper red snapper from 8 to 18 pounds

Kings Are In by Tim Altman (6/10/2009)
16 miles is all you have to go to catch quality Kings and Mahi.

East Central Florida Fishing Outlook by Tom Van Horn (6/04/2009)
Light tackle saltwater fishing forecast.

Indian River Trout by Keith Mixon (6/04/2009)
Top water lures such as MirrOLure's (16mr808) Mirromullet with a black back and orange belly have worked well from as early as one hour before sun up to 9:30 am, and again during the last few hours of the day. Also, live bait fish such as mullet or a pinfish under a cork has worked well later in the day until around noon in about four to six feet of water.

Red Hot Fishing by Keith Mixon (5/29/2009)
In the last few days of snook season, my clients have had many opportunities to catch snook in and around Port Canaveral. Many of these fish have measured 24 to 38 inches in length. When fishing the flats, large "gator" trout can not resist a live pigfish, pinfish, or mullet when fished under a popping cork. Many of these large trout have been caught in three to four feet of water during low light conditions.

Snook At the Port by Keith Mixon (5/14/2009)
Around Port Canaveral, snook have been caught on a variety of live and artificial baits near the jetties, docks and the S.R. 401 bridge located at the west end of the port. Live mullet, pinfish, and shrimp have worked well when free lined near these structures at night.

Sarrgassum, slicks, and structure.....Oh My. by Tim Altman (5/12/2009)
Mahi are still scattered from 150-?. Look for clean water with bait.

Mahi are late but here by Tim Altman (5/03/2009)
Mahi are being caught a little late this year.

More Donks, And the Mahi have arrived. by Tim Altman (4/08/2009)
The Dorado have arrived slowly but surely.

Spring Time reds by Keith Mixon (3/21/2009)
Bright sunny days, and warm temperatures have helped redfish and black drum return to the flats. In the Indian River, north of Titusville, live shrimp have worked well when sight casting to smaller schools of reds.

Holy Mackerel by Tim Altman (2/16/2009)
kingfish are off the chain at pelican reef. They have arrived.

Fishing around Port Canaveral by Keith Mixon (2/13/2009)
Around Port Canaveral, sheepshead have been in abundance around the jetties as well as other structure. Live shrimp have been the ticket when it comes to bringing these tasty fish to the boat.

The palagics are here by Tim Altman (1/30/2009)
Finfreak offshore charters limits again. Amberjack was are first stop limiting out.

Port Canaveral Fishing by Keith Mixon (1/29/2009)
Fishing along Florida's east coast has been good reports Captain Keith Mixon. Sheepshead continues to aggressively feed on sand fleas, shrimp, and small jerk baits. In addition, look for schools of Jack Crevalle to put up an awesome fight near the jetties as well as the locks.

More Amberjacks by Tim Altman (1/11/2009)
Amberjacks were out in full force on the ridge. Sailfish were in 150ft free jumping.

Reef Donkeys, Get you some!!! by Tim Altman (1/08/2009)
Limited on Amberjacks. Now is the time for the donkeys to test your tackle.

Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast by Tom Van Horn (2/28/2008)
Fishing outlook for east central Florida for March 2008.

Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishihg Report by Tom Van Horn (7/29/2007)
Light tackle saltwater fishing report on Florida\'s Spacecoast, less than one hour from the Orlando theme parks.

Port Canaveral Fishing Report by Bob Levine (5/14/2007)
We first stopped on the “ Brevard Reef”, about 10 miles SE of the Port. A few Kingfish were caught there the day before, and I thought it would be a good place to start. We had only 1 strike on the down rigger bait after a while, and the water quality wasn’t that great. I decided to go out to Pelican Flats since the bite there had been good lately.

Florida Surf Fishing Report for: Cape Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet by Beth Sinclair (3/07/2007)
It's March alright! Can you say blustery conditions? Well, you have to pick your days because right now it's a constant battle with the wind.

Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast by Tom Van Horn (3/01/2007)
Fishing forecast for Florida's east central coast.

Pompano are here! by Beth Sinclair (2/14/2007)
Before the recent blustery weather conditions, anglers were finding decent numbers of good-sized pompano along beaches from Port Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet. By far the best area has been between Patrick AFB and Indialantic, however, the fish move daily and changes in weather can also cause a move.

Surf Fishing Report for East Central Florida by Fish Brevard by Beth Sinclair (1/19/2007)
Unusually warm weather is being blamed for the lack of pompano along our area beaches. With the coolest weather to date this winter being back in November, and temperatures typically soaring into the mid-80s, pompano just aren't foraging in the surf like they usually would be this time of year.