Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Presley

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island Fishing Report Summer Fishing Summer patterns continue to rule the day. Try to fish early with top water lures in shallow water and move out deeper as the day goes on. The redfish have been particularly hard to locate more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach Fishing Report Summer Fishing Summer patterns are definitely here. Try to fish early with top water lures in shallow water and move out deeper as the day goes on. This week we have caught fish on the High Roller RipRo more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - A Change of Strategy Almost any fishing trip starts out with high expectations of lots of fish and big ones too. Last week’s trip with Jim, David, and Greg was no different. With high hopes of finding the tarpon, kings, and jacks nearshore we moto more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - COCOA BEACH, MERRITT ISLAND FISHING REPORT Nearshore Possibilities Given the reports of pogies stacking up on the beach, many anglers’ thoughts go to Tarpon, King Fish, and Big Jacks. As the upcoming nearshore season begins, two fellow guides, C more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - COCOA BEACH, MERRITT ISLAND FISHING REPORT RipTide Electric Chicken Continues to be Hot Lure My good friend Cliff joined me for an early morning venture during the last open days of snook season. Remember, the snook season closes June 1 and does more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - COCOA BEACH, MERRITT ISLAND FISHING REPORT HOT TROUT BITE CONTINUES Ed traveled all the way from Canada to do a little Banana River Fishing. An excellent angler such as Ed expects to catch fish and that’s the way it should be. Always think posit more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - May Starts Off With Hot Trout Bite With a lot more mullet on the flats and channels, the trout bite has picked up considerably. It always happens this time of year when the spawn is on. Most of the fish have been coming on plastic mullet. The RipT more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Fishing Improving, get ready for May Lots of mullet have finally made their presence know. They are still not thick as they often are this time of year, but there are many more than a week ago. The water clarity is decent but the wind still seems more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach Fishing Report Still Waiting On Those Mullet The wind still wants to blow us off the water almost every day. Not that necessarily bothers the fish, but it does make for less comfortable (and easy) fishing). I can alwa more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach

Fishing Report for Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island & Port Canaveral - Reds, Trout, Snook, Jacks, and Bluefish Cobia are still on my mind, but haven’t had an opportunity to get out again. Best conditions require relatively calm seas and lots of sunshine. On days I could go, these conditions were not present. However more...
Capt. Ron Presley - Cocoa Beach