Good place to surf fish Cape Canaveral to Melbourne

saltwater1

I will be in area Sept 5-11 and would like to take my son to a good spot to surf fish. Also do you know what we can target at that time.

JohnnyTsu

That will be the start of the mullet run. Drive around and look for baits in the water and be prepared to walk. Those traveling schools of mullet will host snook, tarpon, jacks, bluefish among others.

Alleni

Areas with less foot traffic tend to be my favorite south PAFB and Melbourne beach. Plugs and live bait are king this time of year. Like Johnny said try not to use a sand spike keep moving and cover ground

TritonRider

Ill give you my favorite spot ( I grew up in Satellite beach)

the little beach behind "Son on the Beach" and Pappagallos restaraunts

killer snook spot

saltwater1

Thanks, snook is at the top of our list if we can be so lucky

Lunch Money Surf

All very good suggestions on this thread.

MirroLure Catch2000 with the green back is a good choice if you're walking and casting. Exact same size/shape/color as the little fingers that will be running. If they're running.

saltwater1

Lunch Money Surf wrote: »

All very good suggestions on this thread.

MirroLure Catch2000 with the green back is a good choice if you're walking and casting. Exact same size/shape/color as the little fingers that will be running. If they're running.

Thanks for the lure suggestion.

saltybum

Snook are looking better this year in the surf already. I've caught three. lost a couple and a buddy has caught ten. Shorts, slots and over slot. Get out there. Live finger mullet caught in the surf.

Alleni

Also when targeting snook in the surf cast parallel to shore and cover the shallow water, usually the inside trough. I large percentage of snook I've caught in the surf have been in less than knee deep water, and sometime be sight casted.

Teej

Alleni wrote: »

Also when targeting snook in the surf cast parallel to shore and cover the shallow water, usually the inside trough. I large percentage of snook I've caught in the surf have been in less than knee deep water, and sometime be sight casted.

Agree with that, the fish are literally right there a few feet in front of you. They ambush the bait fish in the trough and run out into the deeper water. High tide is optimal. As are low light hours at dusk and dawn - particularly for plugs. Combo of high tide and low light is a MUST GO this time of year.

Finally, be careful at those Satellite Beach spots, there are submerged rocks in that area that are great snook habitat but they can also foul you up; particularly an ill-placed cast net throw.

and EXTRA tip - buy some snapper/croaker rigs and frozen shrimp at Walmart and hit the relief bridges in the Indian River to catch some croakers or pigfish when the beach bite is slow. While you can cast net mullet along the beach, many times throwing a bottom bait that snook largely feed on will get you hit rather than the tons of mullet they have to choose from this time of year.

Good Luck!!

saltwater1

Returning from time near Melbourne. One day went to Sebastian Inlet and fished south jetty. My son caught enough mangrove snapper to feed us for dinner. Another day took a 4 hour charter to Indian river. It was a dud. Caught two very small specks and two small reds. Planed to go nearshore but surf was rough.
Next day "Bill" who responded to my post took us out to Sebastian Inlet. My son caught a nice red about 20 lbs. Thanks Bill !
The last day we fished surf at Sebastian and the mullet run was good that day. Not much time to fish but did catch one small tarpon. Snook were being caught around us. If I had to do trip again I would of just gone to surf at Sebastian and take Bill's kind offer to go out on his boat.
Love the area. Hope to return next mullet run. I wish had fished the surf the whole time. The first day went to Satellite Beach before light and fished a rough surf and yes,there are rocks. After that experience the advice I heard discouraged us from the surf.