Author: Ed Killer, Florida Today

Fish the edges of the bait schools to find redfish, trout and snook.

Tarpon and kingfish will be among the targets now that red snapper season is closed until 2020.

Red snapper fishing was great last weekend and should be Friday and Saturday, too.

Red snapper will be in 90-160 feet of water; Tarpon are in 20-40 feet of water.

Kingfish, tarpon, sharks and jacks are in 20-40 feet of water

Go deep for dolphin or stay shallow for tarpon and kingfish.

Snapper fishing has been good on the reefs and kingfish can be caught from the beach.

Tarpon are along the beach and in the lagoon, too.

Mangrove snapper are biting really good; Tarpon are along the beach.

Grouper and kingfish are bending offshore rods; Trout fishing is good inshore.

Sea conditions should be good for bottom fishing while speckled trout inshore are chewing.

Grouper bite is a little more reliable than the dolphin bite these days.

Grouper season opened Wednesday, but bluewater anglers were forced to wait.

Mutton snapper, bluegill, trout and redfish are all biting.

Anglers are catching cobia out of Port Canaveral.

April is the month for the best trout fishing.

Speckled trout fishing has been really good the past week

Inshore waters are giving up good fishing for trout and pompano.

The spring season for snook on Florida’s east coast runs from Feb. 1 through May 31.

       

Now is the time to catch and release 70-pound black drum.