
About Me
I love fishing and have had a passion for it since I was 3 years old. 17 years later I am living a dream come true. I live in New Symrna Beach, Florida and Fish primarily inshore for tarpon, snook, redfish and trout. I love having conversations about fishing gear and discussing current events in the fishing world.
My Recent Articles

Fishing Report:
The snook bite has been great all over the east coast of Florida for the 2020 season. I have caught over 250 snook this year and kept 5 slots. The snook season is quickly nearing it end on the 1st of June. Get out there and get yourself a slot before the season closes.Voluisa County, Ormond Beach an...

How To:
Choosing A Snook Reel
What Is The Best Reel For Snook Fishing? #BullbusterDotNet Member JD With A Nice Snook Caught Along The Mangroves When you are snook fishing having the right equipment is key. Having a sturdy rod (see best rods for snook fishing) with a good reel can make the difference ...
My Articles

Fishing Report:
Pre Summer Snookin
The snook bite has been great all over the east coast of Florida for the 2020 season. I have caught over 250 snook this year and kept 5 slots. The snook season is quickly nearing it end on the 1st of June. Get out there and get yourself a slot before the season closes.Voluisa County, Ormond Beach an...

How To:
Choosing A Snook Reel
What Is The Best Reel For Snook Fishing? #BullbusterDotNet Member JD With A Nice Snook Caught Along The Mangroves When you are snook fishing having the right equipment is key. Having a sturdy rod (see best rods for snook fishing) with a good reel can make the difference ...

Fishing Report:
Night Bite In New Symrna!
October 2018 Night Fishing In New Symrna The night bite in New Symrna Beach has been great over the past few weeks. We have been fishing the causeways primarily and have been catching snook, redfish and tarpon. We have been throwing large swim baits and flairhawks on the incoming tide slowly bu...

How To:
How To Choose A Jetty Rod
What Are The Best Rods For Fishing A Jetty? There are hundreds of rod brands out there with thousands of models to choose from. These rods can vary in price from 50 dollars all the way up to 500 dollars. With so many rod choice's how does angler make a decision? First of all, you as the angle...

Fishing Report:
The Great Summer Slump
This past week in the New Smyrna Beach, Spruce Creek area the fishing has been incredibly slow. I honestly don't know what is going on. I have been going at all the right times and using the rights lures and live baits and I have been coming home as well as many of my fellow anglers. In ...

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Sebastian Snooking
Sebastien Inlet Snook The fishing around the Sebastian inlet area has been great lately. I have been fishing the beaches and the inlet the past few days and the bite has been hit or miss. On the beach we like to get out 15-25 minutes before first light and throw swimbaits such as the 9...

How To:
Mullet Run Prep
The 2018 Mullet Run Is Just Around The Corner The mullet run is just around the corner for us Floridians living on the East Coast. The mullet run is an epic fishing event that happens from late August to early October, where the mullet make their yearly migration down the East Coast of Florida. T...

Fishing Report:
The Rain Is Heating Things Up!
July 2018 New Smyrna Beach Fishing ReportIn the New Smyrna Beach, Spruce Creek area the bite has been on the slower side until these last few days, due to the fact there has been a lot of rain. Whatever happened is great the fishing has been better and I have been enjoying it. In the New Smyrna B...

Fishing Report:
Flock To The Piers!
August Volusia County Pier FishingIn the Volusia county area the beach piers are where all the hot action is. The Main Street pier in Daytona Beach has been producing slot sized redfish, black drum, whiting, angel spadefish and some sharks. The bite has been steady but there are two or three "15...

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Pond Pounding
Fishing For Micro Tarpon On Golf CoursesAlthough the summer bite has been "bleh" in saltwater, the freshwater and pond bite has been excellent. I have been fishing a few golf course ponds recently and I have been catching 5-10 each outing. I typically like to go out in the evenings and the bass h...

Fishing Report:
The Summer Slump
July Fishing In New Symrna Beach Beach, Spruce Creek area the fishing has been mediocre. I have not been catching too many fish lately, although the night bite has been steady. The backwaters of the New Smyrna Beach area have been yielding a few small redfish and jacks and...

Fishing Report:
Sebastian Summer Snookin
Summer Fishing In Sebastien Florida For SnookRight now on the east coast of Florida the snook are breeding of of the beach. These fish can be sight fished from the beach and you can see them swimming in the first trough. It is almost surreal seeing a fish that big swimming that close to the bea...

Fishing Report:
Where Are The Fish?
Slow Fishing In Spruce Creek! The fishing in the New Smyrna Beach and Spruce Creek area has been quite slow these past few days. I think that the water temperature has been too high as well as having an excess amount of runoff from the rainfall. This has made the water very dirty and very rough. ...

How To:
What I Use For Goliath Grouper
My Go To Pier Goliath Grouper Set Up I have been pier fishing for most of my life but more recently I have seen people start to target Goliath Groupers for Sport. The setup I have is a great all around set up that can handle fish from 10-200lbs and it can be fishe...

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Lure Selection For Spruce Creek Backwaters
Choosing Your Lures For Fishing In Spruce Creek The spruce creek river system is a unique ecosystem. There are many points in the river where freshwater runs into it creating a brackish ecosystem. The primary species that are found in the spruce creek water way are tarpon, snook, redfish, trout a...

Fishing Report:
The Great Summer Slowdown.
Summer Fishing In New Symrna FloridaThe fishing in the New Symrna Beach and Spruce Creek has been quite slow these past few weeks. Although there has been a mixed bag. The backwaters of spruce creek have been producing small snook redfish and jacks on the end of the outgoing tide. These fish are ...

Fishing Report:
Sebastian Snapppers
6/20/2018The summer pattern has finally began in Florida.The snook have moved off to the beachs to start breeding and the snook fishing at sebastian inlet has been put to a screeching halt unless you can find a few dozen croakers.However there are larger more powerful gamefish lurk around the piling...
Fishing Report:
Memorial Day Snooking
Crazy Snook Catch During Storm Albert!These past few days in the New Smyrna Beach and Spruce Creek the bite has been not too good. Tropical Storm Alberto was on the opposite coast of Florida and we on the east coast have been receiving outer bands from the storm and that has been keeping most...

Fishing Report:
Snooky Sunday
Snook Fishing In New Symrna BeachThis past week in the New Symrna Beach, Port Orange area the bite has been hot. Whether it is early morning back water fishing or late night causeway fishing the fish have been coming up thick. The most popular catch right now is snook due to the fact that the wat...

How To:
Topshoting With Mono And Its Applications
Why I Don't Use Straight Braid On My Reels A few years ago I made the switch from mono to braid. I ran straight braid on all my reels for a while but then I read an article on using braid as backing and mono as your mainline. That was the invention of the top shot. I have 3 setups that I use...

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Cast Net Selection For Bait
How To Choose Your Cast Net My Introduction To Cast NetsI have been fishing since I was 5 years old. But surprisingly I did not get a fishing rod first. Instead my Grandpa made me a 2.5ft custom cast net and he gave it to me for my 5th birthday. I learned how to catch mullet and diff...
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Jack Jack Attack!
New Smyrna Beach Fishing ReportThe past few days in the New Smyrna Beach have been wet and gloomy. But when the rain stops for a few hours each day the bite has been okay. In the backwaters we have been catching lots of Jacks, Ladyfish and Bluefish. One day we hooked up on jacks every single cast. W...

How To:
Ultralight Fishing For Saltwater?
Many people have the mindset that you can not ultralight fish for saltwater fish. I think that that is the furthest thing from the truth. Over the past month I have been doing a majority of my inshore and jetty fishing with an ultra light set up. The reel I use is the Daiwa Legalis LT 1000. This ree...

How To:
How To Cook Mangrove Snapper And Redfish
My Two Favorite Inshore Fish To Eat! There is always something memorable about going out for a day of fishing and then coming back home and being able to eat your catch. My 2 favorite fish to eat are mangrove snapper and redfish. They are present in great I numbers in the New Smyrna Beach area. ...

Fishing Report:
Backwater Blowups
Fishing Report Out On Spruce Creek!This afternoon in the backwaters of Port Orange in the Spruce Creek waterway we had hot action on super spooks and super spook juniors. The species being caught were jack, ladyfish, and snook. We are also starting to see tarpon rolling in the backwaters. The mo...

How To:
Swimbaits I Use For Bridge, Jetty And Pier Fishing
My Favorite Lures For Fishing From Land 15 Years Of Swimbait Action! The upgraded hook and the self deploying steel leader will help increase you hook up ratios. The first lure I ever used, was a swimbait. 15 years ago I started to fish my local community pond and all...

How To:
How To Choose A Snook Jigging Rod
Best Rods For Throwing Snook Jigs What Is Snook Jigging? Snook jigging has become quite the popular thing on Florida's East over the past year. I know many of the fishermen down south have been doing it since the 80's. Up around the New Symrna and Daytona Beach area our local outfitters and...

Fishing Report:
Causeway Madness
New Smynna Causeway Fishing (May 2018)This past week the bite around the New Smyrna Beach Causeways has been exceptional. We have been catching snook, redfish and tarpon. Every night we have been out we have landed multiple snook and tarpon and the occasional bull red. The key has been "bumping bott...
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