Cocoa Beach Fishing
Captain Richard Bradley is professional fishing guide in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I specialize in the Indian River Lagoon and Banana River Lagoon and also another secluded coastline lagoon called the...
View ArticleWinter Trout Fishing In Central Florida
Spotted sea trout go deep when the mercury falls below 40° F in east central Florida and anglers that are in-the-know will pursue them in the deep water canals and holes in the Indian and Banana River...
View ArticleFall High Water Snook
Hurricanes... Not the football team but the storms bring high water and hungry snook near shorelines that are too shallow normally. We've had our share of hurricanes in East Central Florida in the last...
View ArticleA Week of Windy Fishing
A guide's worse enemy can be adverse conditions for his/her anglers. Notice that I'm mentioning anglers in this opening statement and not fishing. Often the only thing that holds back a guide from...
View ArticleBig Reds near Cocoa Beach during the Fall
This fall we've seen many windy days in Cocoa Beach and it's been challenging for the most part, but when the conditions have been favorable my anglers have found those big "Bull Redfish" that our area...
View ArticleIt's Cold, But The Fishing is Great!
Oh Come On! It's Florida! How cold can it really be? It's never too cold to go fishing, right? Cocoa Beach and the Orlando area are fired up due to the fall mullet run along the coastline of Florida....
View ArticleWhere There's Food... There's Fish
Anglers often ask me how to find fish and what do I look for to locate fish and my answer more than often is "find food, find fish". All animals (including fish) need food and the fall mullet run on...
View ArticleThe BIG Redfish are Here!
It's that time of year again, when the redfish get frisky and spawn. The large breeder redfish can be found in several locations on the Banana River between Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach. Look for...
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