Scouting Around Palm Beach/Martin County Area

 INSHORE:

With offshore pretty much written off by most, inshore action was the game over the last week.

               photo courtesy of Jayson Arman That's R-Man Land-Based Fishing Charters

In Jensen Beach and in Jupiter snook fishing was the call.

In Jensen, using the east side of the river or bridge pilings as cover from the wind, anglers were having excellent luck using D.O.A. terroreyez lures.

Also, along the bridges the fishing for drum and sheepshead was good flipping shrimp.

In Jupiter, in the Intracoastal and the Loxahatchee River, the snook were hitting lures as well as shrimp and mullet.

Good fishing for jacks and small tarpon was also reported in the Loxahatchee River.

In the Boynton Beach area, blacktip and small hammerhead sharks have been hanging around the flats and deep channels in the Intracoastal between the Ocean Ave. bridge and channel marker 42 off Hypoluxo Island.

Fishing for pompano and croakers has been good around the Lantana bridge with anglers using cut shrimp, sand fleas and white pompano jigs tipped with shrimp.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE:

Despite the hard east winds, the fishing has been OK on the lake, however, the water is dirty from being churned up. Live bait is the key.
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Sebastian Inlet Report

                           
03-09-17 THURSDAY: SHEEPSHEAD, SNOOK, REDS, JACKS, BLUES, TROUT AND FLOUNDER 

It's a gorgeous day at the Sebastian Inlet! Winds are blowing out of the South-Southwest at 4 mph, gusting to 7 and there is a light chop on the water. What a great day to get out and do some boating and wet a line. Conditions are predicted to deteriorate, just in time for the weekend. Always check the NOAA forecast prior to boating.

Sheepshead, Snook, Reds, Blues, Black Drum and Flounder have been making appearances at the inlet. Every now and then, we see an occasional Permit, Pompano, Spanish Mackerel or nice Trout come over the rails of the jetties. The flats are holding some Pompano, Trout and good sized Spanish Mackerel as well.

Our angler of the day is John Berry of Melbourne. John landed the huge 40" C/R Snook using a bucktail from the T-Dock. This big boy put up one heck of fight but John prevailed. John had a couple of other hard strikes and other anglers were pulling in some large Jacks. 

Sebastian Inlet report

03-07-17 TUESDAY: SHEEPSHEAD, SNOOK, REDS, BLACK DRUM, FLOUNDER, MACKEREL AND BLUES 

It's another windy morning at the Sebastian Inlet. Winds are blowing out of the East-Southeast at 18 mph, gusting to 23 and the water is choppy. NOAA has extended the small craft advisory through this afternoon but conditions should start settling down later today.

We are seeing the usual cast of characters come over the rails of the jetties. Sheepshead remain the dominate species. Anglers using medium to small shrimp and sand fleas if you can find them, are having the best luck. Small crabs and clams are also good choices. Snook and Reds remain active as well as a few Black Drum, Mackerel, Blues and Flounder. Get out and wet a line!

Our angler of the day is Pete La Rosa of Sebastian. Pete tries to get out in his boat as often as he can to fish the inlet. Pete has been having good luck with Flounder using mud minnows. Pete also has been catching some Blues and Black Drum to round out his Flounder catches.
Park Info: The FWC will be hosting the 6th Annual Women's Fishing Clinic on Saturday, March 18th from 9:00 - 5:00 at the Sebastian Inlet State Park. The event is open to ladies 18 and over who have a valid recreational saltwater fishing license, unless exempt. Fishing equipment is loaned during the event but you may bring your own gear. All participants must pre-register by contacting Heather Sneed at 850-487-0554 or Heather.Sneed@MyFWC.com. The clinic is a catch and release only event. 

From The Crew @ Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

Inshore there where a few people that battled the wind over the weekend and found a few reds and some nice trout to the north of Ft Pierce around Queens cove to round island top water and soft baits produced well on the outgoing tide. The where a few reports of some nice pompano in the inlet on the incoming tide. The snook fishing has been good around the bridges with live bait and a few fish on jigs. 

Sebastian Inlet Report

                                                  
03-06-17 MONDAY: SHEEPSHEAD, SNOOK, REDS, BLUES, JACKS AND SPANISH MACKEREL 

We have a windy, gray day at the inlet. Skies are overcast and winds are blowing out of the East-Northeast at 25 mph, gusting to 31. The water is choppy and NOAA has a small craft advisory in effect through tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. 

Over the weekend the bite was decent in spite of the wind according to Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait and Tackle Shop. The Sheepshead bite was the most prevalent for anglers using shrimp or sand fleas. Snook were active as were Reds, Blues, Jacks and Spanish Mackerel. Shrimp are still running at night. 

Our angler of the day is Harry Jones of Columbia, SC. Harry landed this huge Bluefish using dead finger mullet from the beach. He also landed five other Blues, an undersized Red and five or six decent sized Whiting. All fish were released except for two of the Whiting which he took home for dinner. Sounds like a great day of surf fishing.

Scouting Around With Chris Beachwalker & Coastal Angler & The Angler Magazine

March will be a month of change. With the warmer weather, tarpon will be starting to show up around inlets and bridges. Snook fishing will be hot on the beach and getting there early will make the whole difference of catching and not. If it rains a lot during the month,  go to the St. Lucie Locks to see if the water is running. If so, the snook bite will be great. I always use plugs from Yo-Zuri but you can catch them on soft baits and jigs. Best location bets are Walton Rocks and St. Lucie Locks.

Huge jack crevalle will be in the river but most will be caught on the beaches. They start to spawn offshore and you catch these big boys on topwater plugs, spoons and even dead bait. Look for incoming tide to fish and they will be at your feet. Best location to go to is hands down Walton Rocks Beach.  This beach has a great reef and has the outflow from the powerplant.

Bluefish will be making their last showing and they will be hungry. Cut bait and spoons will work great and fish high tide. Best place to fish is Hobe Sound Beach and get there early and walk about 100 yards to the left and look where the reef comes close to the beach.

Tarpon fishing will start to get good and there is no better place than the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart and using threadfin as bait can’t be beat. Fishing night time will give you a better chance to get on these fish. Fish moving tide and where there are lights. Use heavy gear 65-pound braid or more, and number 9 circle hook tied to 80-pound leader.

Redfish will be good too with little ones around the flats from the west side of river to the east side. Bull redfish will be at the Sebastian Inlet, the hands down best place to have a chance at catching these big fish. Pinfish, pigfish and mullet work great, but jigs, plugs and soft rubber baits also work great with moving tide. Get there early because crowds are crazy, and fish the south side of the inlet on the beach for some great action.

report courtesy of Chris Sharp@Beachwalker Guide Service

Scouting Around Palm Beach/Martin County Area

INSHORE:

In the Jensen Beach area, the snook bite has been really good. Using live pilchards around 3 inches in length has produced excellent results around area bridges.

The pompano bite has been decent along the Jensen Beach Causeway by the Relief Bridge on incoming tide.

For trout, the waters around Bear Point have been fairly consistent.

Along the beaches in the Jupiter area anglers are taking keeper snook using lures in the churned up water.

In the intracoastal, near the Catos Bridge, the fishing has been good for snapper, although most have been juveniles.

Further up between markers 42 and 46 the fishing has been steady for sheepshead, croaker and black drum.

Around the Boynton Beach Inlet, mangrove snapper, tarpon, bluefish, jacks and a few snook are being taken on live shrimp or cut mullet.

In the Intracoastal around Boynton Beach, anglers fishing the various flats and around the docks, have been getting mangrove snapper and sand perch on cut shrimp, sea trout and snook on both top water plugs and rootbeer Cotee jigs.

They’ve also been getting small blacktip sharks in the same areas on any kind of bloody bait.

At the Lantana Bridge anglers have been reporting good action on sand perch and small black drum.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE:

On the lake, the outside grassline has been best if it’s not too dirty to fish.

With this weekend’s approaching strong winds the fishing will be challenging. The best bet will be to find a place to hide and look for clean water. Shiners are still working great. If going with an artificial bait, try using chatterbaits, spinnerbaits and swim jigs.

courtesy of Palm Beach Post