Fishing Reports by Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon

Nov 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - November is a transition month on the inshore waters of Central Florida. November typically signals the end of the fall bait run as stronger cold front sweep into the area dropping water temperatures. The ensuing cooler water temperatures also start more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

October 09 - New Smyrna Beach, Ponce Inlet, and Mosquito Lagoon - The first cold fronts of the season have just dipped into Florida, fall is in the air. From this point forward fishing on the Space Coast will be in a transition phase. The inshore and nearshore waters are full of baitfish making their migration sout more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

Sept 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - Labor Day weekend typically signifies the start of football games, the end of the busy tourist season, the early stages of the fall bait run, and all fish in Florida stuffing themselves before the colder weather begins to arrive next month. While vis more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

Aug 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, Ponce Inlet area - The dog days of August are upon us. July is one month I didn't want to see end, the fishing action was spectacular here on Florida's Space Coast. As mentioned in my previous report, things wouldn't change much until September, so tarpon, redfish, and more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

July 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, Ponce Inlet and Beaches - July in Florida...it's been hotter than a firecracker! We just wrapped up another busy June that provided some consistent fishing for a variety of species. Speckled trout, redfish, and tarpon are the everyday targets, with snook, black drum, tripleta more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

June 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - Can you believe it's already June and soon the year will be half way over? May was another great month of fishing here on the coastal waters of Central Florida. While we received about 20 of flooding rains at the end of the month, I found numerous f more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

May 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - The spring bait run is fully underway on the coastal waters of Central Florida. I'm ready to leave behind the windy April we just had and welcome the warm wind-free days of May. Redfish are still providing the most consistent bite; right now is a gre more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

April 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - Citrus trees in full bloom, white butterflies in the air, and glass minnow and mullet are filling the area waters...April has arrived in Florida! We are just wrapping up a fully booked March and the fishing was pretty great. Trophy size redfish in th more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

March 09 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - It's March and despite some fairly good fishing, I'm quite happy to be leaving February behind. Winter struck hard in February, bringing very cold weather and gusty winds for much of the month. During the middle of the month we experienced a hard fre more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach

Feb 2009 - Mosquito Lagoon, New Smyrna, Ponce Inlet Backcountry - Moving right along into 2009 and the fishing is spectacular. Extreme low water levels, coupled with some of the coldest weather of the year, is yielding big schools of fish making for the continued great sightfishing. Catch numbers are outstanding, 1 more...
Capt. Nathaniel Lemmon - New Smyrna Beach