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From The Shore with Jayson Arman and Coastal Angler Magazine

Fishing in October along the Treasure Coast can be very exciting for the land based angler. The mullet will be pushing in the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie River. By this time of year, you probably won’t have to look very hard for bait. Some areas that will hold plenty of bait will be any of the smaller creeks in the St. Lucie River. If you are fishing in the Indian River Lagoon, go to the side of the river that the wind is coming from. This will help you find more bait.

Now that you understand where the mullet are, it’s time to understand on what to use. Yes. a live mullet will be pretty hard to beat. But also understand if you are putting your mullet in a school of hundreds of other mullet and yours is the only one with a hook in it, your odds might not seem very good. My suggestion would be to have a handful of different lures that look like the bait that is around, and having the right size can be very important, which means sometimes lures that are as big as 10-inches.

These are some of my suggestions for an artificial lure. Live Target makes some of the most realistic lures imaginable. D.O.A. Lures makes probably my most confident lure for the mullet run. I have caught so many big snook and tarpon on a D.O.A. Bait Buster. If you are not using this lure during this time of year, I will not be mad at you. But if you are the person that is always going to use live bait, try a couple small things to make your mullet stand out. Putting a very small cut on the side of the bait, cutting one of his fins, and/or hooking the bait In different places of its body will increase your chances of out-fishing your buddy.

These are just some of the things to look for during the month of October. The Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie River is a very diverse area. Follow the tides. Make sure you are on the water at dark “30”. And don’t forget to have fun. It is called fishing and not catching.

report courtesy of Jayson Arman That’s R-man Land Based Fishing Services for coastalanglermag.com 

Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

If anyone took a look at the weather forecast yesterday it showed there was going to be a short window to get to the beach and wet a line before our next dose of strong easterly winds moves into the area on Sunday. The swell has subsided and the weeds are not an issue after weeks of battling those two situations. I took advantage of this opportunity and headed to Middle Cove this morning. Pompano, whiting, croaker, ladyfish, jacks, tarpon, sharks, and yes, catfish all provided some great action on the long rods. Sand Flea scented Fishbites was my bait of choice and provided all of the strikes. The bad news is all14 pompano I caught were throwbacks and almost all the same size, from 9 to 10 inches. It was definitely good practice for the upcoming pompano season and the larger fish will be moving into our area as the waters start to cool. The whiting and croaker were nice sized fish and the jacks and ladyfish always make a good showing for themselves as they are a blast to catch. I had two tarpon bites and got jumps out of both fish after they ate my whiting or croaker as I was reeling them in. The spinner shark did a full 360 degree spin after eating another hooked fish I was trying to get to shore. This is the type of surf action we can expect to see after this next bout of strong winds gets out of here by next weekend. Better days are coming and hopefully we can get back to some steady surf action by next weekend. Good luck and catch em up.

From Todd /Trey/ Paul @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE-  Full on mullet run inshore right now, and the fishing has been reflecting it.  Snook will continue to be the main game in town; with some jacks, tarpon, ladyfish, redfish, and sharks also in the mix.  Live finger mullet fished on the edge or under the school are a good way to go.  Those into throwing lures will have luck fishing the far edges of the school or underneath as well.  Heavy swimbaits and bright (odd) colored lures can be great choices when trying to separate your bait from a million other mullet.  If fishing around mullet schools provides more frustrating than rewarding, try going to easy ambush points where the fish maybe waiting to have mullet washed to them in the current.  Never forget snook are lazy and want the bait to come right to them.

SURF/PIER-  Large ground swell and dirty water have made surf fishing pretty tough this week overall.  The Juno Beach Pier has had a handful of redfish being caught on bottom baits.  A chunk of sardine or mullet is a good way to go for lazy redfish.  A few Spanish Mackerel are being caught on the pier as well.  As the swell comes down in size and the water begins to clear up, we should see a large improvement along the surf in short order.  The mullet will show up again and should be lots of fish in tow with them.