INSHORE- Snook fishing remains the best bet inshore. The snook are definitely in a pre-spawn pattern and have largely started moving towards the inlets. The nice thing about the snook this time of year is...when they want to eat, they WANT to eat. Some of the most aggressive snook bites of the year will go down now. Large baits and jigs are a great way to go for the snook right now. Look for the snook to feed best on the last of the incoming and first of the outgoing tide. During the day live mullet fished along seawalls and under bait docks is a great way to go for the snook. At night the snook will be easiest to target around bridges and docklights. Moving water (Incoming or outgoing) will be key to getting the snook biting best. A few big jacks continue to roam around inshore, along with scattered tarpon. Mangrove snapper seem to be biting a bit better inshore these days. Live shrimp and small pilchards are the top bait choices for the snapper.
SURF/PIER- Snook fishing continues to improve along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier. A return to more normal water temps, a good amount of bait, and a pre-spawn appetite has the snook biting well. Along the beach the best bite will be early in the morning and then again late in the afternoon. Small bucktail jigs, swimming plugs, and twitch baits are a great way to go along the beach. Small live pilchards are also a top bait choice. Look for sections of beach without heavy traffic and a deeper trough for best luck on the snook. At the Juno Beach Pier the snook have been eating live sardines. Lowlight periods will be best for the snook, but they will also feed on tide changes and ahead of approaching storms. Surprisingly, still a few good schools of big jacks cruising down the beach. A Rapala X-Rap is a great lure to cast at the cruising jacks. Tarpon reports have improved this week. Sounds like a good number of tarpon are starting to move down the beach.
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