The cool mornings and pleasant days are telling us fall is near in Central Florida. The Lagoon, Indian, and Banana Rivers are on fire with limits of trout all week and cruising tarpon on the flats. Tarpon are also all over the river and at the inlet. Reds are plentiful, with the water levels rising over a foot during the past several weeks, the redfish have plenty of areas to visit that were inaccessible during the summer. Many of the large redfish have moved to the deeper basins for their spawn. When you can find the reds on the flats, however, they have been willing to eat a variety of lures.  The ladyfish frothing still continues along any drop off where the fish have the bait backed up against the flat. Pompano are along the deeper troughs in the same area and will hit a small chartreuse Gulp squid. The snook are at the docks and around some select mangroves.  Watch for those monster Snook to just appear.. that's NOT a tree trunk up in that shallow water, cast to it!! Live finger mullet or any large white plastics are bending our rods!

Much of my time the past couple weeks has been dedicated to chasing tarpon on the beach- Some 100 pounders out there.  Look for the bait pods and you should be on quickly. Inshore you can find at least a few every day and some days they are quite plentiful. I have gotten them to eat Terror Eyz, and white sea shads. There are only a few weeks left to consistently find them in our river so keep your eyes open and be prepared with the proper tackle.