From Todd @ Juno Bait Crew-Juno Beach

 INSHORE-  Inshore conditions have been tough this week again.  The Loxahatchee River and ICW have had a lot of freshwater and the bite has been slow.  A few snook biting at night around the bridges.  Bright colored flair hawks have been the best bet for the snook with the dirty water conditions.  Mullet activity has been slim due to the less than ideal water conditions.  As water and salinity get back to normal we should still see a decent push of fish coming through.  Palm Beach Inlet has had a few jacks and tarpon cruising through, but overall conditions remain less than ideal.  Conditions do look to be somewhat improving towards the end of the weekend. 

SURF/PIER-  Tough weather conditions and very dirty water have kept reports to a bare minimum over the past few weeks....unless you're into catching catfish.  The catfish bite remains very hot!  Sounds like a fair amount of finger mullet have been coming down the beach over the past week.  A few scattered small snook, ribbonfish, and small tarpon have been following behind the schools of finger mullet.  A handful of scattered pompano around.  Not big numbers; but as the weather calms down and water conditions start to improve the pompano fishing should fire off.  No bluefish reports yet, but conditions are lingering up for them to arrive in the near future. 

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Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

 

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on today’s bite and our forecast for the weekend. I took a ride up to the other side of Fort Pierce Inlet this morning and looked at a couple of beach accesses to check on the weed situation . The three beaches I looked at were relatively clean of the weeds we have been dealing with the past couple of weeks so I set up on one where I was the only angler . I started with 3 setups all with Fishbites Ez Flea Electric Chicken . One had a couple of frozen sandfleas along with the Fishbites and within 5 minutes the ladyfish and palometas started to chew . I have been down in Florida almost 14 years and I have to say I have never caught and released as many palometa as I did today . Other than 3 sharkoffs the palometa, ladyfish, bonefish , and pompano kept the activity at a level that I started fishing just 2 poles . The pompano total was probably around 15 but just 5 keepers . The palometa count had to be in the 30’s or 40’s with at least 7 or 8 doubleheaders . I do keep the bigger ones as they are great eating but the majority of these were in that 10 inch range . A couple of the bonefish were really nice and pulled some drag . It figutres with all of this life in the water we are going to lose some days to the swells that are going to be coming ashore on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday , and Wednesday according to the forecast . If you are able to fish tomorrow conditions look great . Intel says there were some keeper pompano caught today on the south end of the island also . All of my bites today were from 60 to 90 yards off . The five keepers were all nice fish too and expect the keeper ratio to keep getting better as we head towards October . I am happy to deal with the swells for the next few days as it is a lot better than the system making landfall directly in our area . Hope everyone has a great weekend . I’ll be at Bass Pro from 9-1 tomorrow if anyone has any surf fishing questions they would like help on . Good luck and catch em up .

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From Todd @ Juno Bait Crew-Juno Beach

 

INSHORE-  Snook fishing remains good inshore right now.  Some decent pods of mullet around and the snook are tagging close behind. Scattered tarpon and jacks will be mixed in with the snook as well.  The mullet will be most active early in the morning, late in the afternoon, and at night.  At night the snook will also be hanging around the bridges.  Outgoing tide seems to be the best bet on the snook, with a flair hawk jig remaining a top lure choice right now.  If the snook are popping mullet on top; a Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil or Yo-Zuri Mag Darter is a solid lure choice.  The toadies are biting well inshore this week.  Small pieces of fresh shrimp on a long shank hook is the way to go for the toadies.   

SURF/PIER-  Despite less than ideal looking water along the beach; the fishing has been pretty good.  A good number of mullet pods have been coming down the beach with snook and tarpon still being around in good numbers (When the bluefish show up...the snook go away!).  Some jacks and sharks have been mixed in the mullet schools as well.  A live mullet fished on the edge or under the school is a great way to go.  When you're fishing in a million baits, you have to figure out how to make yours look a little different.  The Juno Beach Pier snook bite is not red hot right now; but still a pretty  good number of fish around.  The bait situation (unless a school of mullet comes by) is a little tough at the pier.  Pompano reports were good last weekend, with a nice number of fish around.  Conditions look good to hopefully se some pompano show up again this weekend as well.  

Fishing The Mullet Run: Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil

Sebastian Inlet Report With The Snookman

 

Warm, messy water keeps the fish away 

“Snookman” Wayne Landry, our fishing guide, offers a brief report due to lackluster conditions:

“Good morning, my Sebastian Inlet fans, I hope everyone enjoyed the nice weekend. The ENE breeze kept the temperatures down to a bearable level. This report is another short one, unfortunately, because the water is still messy, dirty, silty, and receiving too much fresh water on the outgoing tide. In addtion, water temperatures remain a bit warm for this time of year — 84 degrees as of this writing when it should be in the upper to mid-70s for the fish to turn on.

The finger mullet are still around, but there are no predators after them. About the only fish I heard being caught were Spanish mackerel, lookdowns, blue runners and jacks on the north jetty; no snook, and only a couple of redfish at the tip on the incoming tide. That’s pretty much it. I heard from some of my hardcore fishing acquaintances, and they said the same of their trips to the inlet.

On the south side on the incoming tide there were a few snook caught on live pinfish, but just a few. The outgoing tide at the tip was the usual: catfish, puffers, blue runners and a couple of bluefish. The rest of the inlet was quiet as well due to the poor water quality and seaweed still around.

I don't like writing these kinds of reports, but like I always said, I tell it like it is! No fluff. Expect a nice week, though. Hurricane Gabrielle should stay away, but we might see a resulting surf swell, and the constant ENE winds persist. I wish everyone a great week!” — Snookman.