To the angler who loves to fish the beaches, shores, jetties, bridges and piers of Florida.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area
Its been a tough week so far for anyone who has tried to fish the beaches due to a continuing SE wind that has been keeping the surf roughed up and the weed supply ongoing. As far as our local surf fishing is concerned it appears as if the wind is going to subside somewhat and change direction fom the steady E-SE we have been experiencing. It wont be too long before we will be talking about the Fall Mullet Run . Last year it was the third week of August when some "scout"schools of bait surprised me at Tiger Shores during a whiting and croaker trip.Big Jacks, Tarpon, Snook, and sharks will all be present when these bait schools start showing.
Friday, August 3, 2018
Scouting Around Palm Beach / Martin County Area
The snook fishing at the St. Lucie Inlet and the docks along the St. Lucie River, especially Hell’s Gate has been excellent. Tarpon fishing at the Crossroads, the Jensen Causeway and Big Mud by the power plant has been good as well. Snook fishing at the Jupiter and Lake Worth spillways is also good right now. Swimbaits are working well. Fishing around the Boynton Inlet has been good for snook, tarpon, mangrove and dog snapper. Anglers fishing the inlet at night are catching permit using whole squid or live crabs.
In the Intracoastal Waterway there are tarpon rolling in the channel and bonefish and barracuda providing excellent action for anglers fly fishing the flats west and north of the inlet. Crazy Charlie Flies are working for bonefish and Needlefish Flies have been good for the barracuda.
The Lantana Bridge has been holding lots of baitfish including small threadfin herring and anglers are using them to catch short mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, jack crevalle, snook and tarpon. Moonfish are hitting small yellow or white jigs at night around the bridge.
Remember, if fishing for snook it’s catch and release only until the season opens on Sept. 1.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE
On the lake the bass bite is still firing in the mornings! Swim jigs, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits are working well. Around mid- to late-morning anglers switching over to beaver-style baits or flipping jigs are reporting the best action. The bite backs off in the afternoons, but picks back up in the evenings with live shiners working well.
King Bar’s is still one of the hot spots and a few areas on the east side including J&S and Henry Creek are also working well. Bluegill are still biting in the rim canal and the river and are hitting worms, crickets and beetle spins.
LAKES OSBOURNE AND IDA
Looking for a fight? Hard-fighting bullseye snakeheads are hitting top water frog lures early in the morning and Streamer Flies in the afternoon along the banks of both lakes and their adjoining canals.
From Todd &Trey @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach
INSHORE- Catch and release snook fishing remains the main game in town on the inshore side of things. The Loxahatchee River has started to produce a good number of snook, and Jupiter Inlet is holding strong as well. It's not mullet run time just yet; but a few little pods are trickling through and the snook are on them! Some big jacks as well mixed in with the snook. A few decent mangrove snapper reports continue to come in, especially at night.
SURF/PIER- Catch and release snook fishing has been good along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier again this week. Lowlight periods of the day and high tides at night are the best bet for the snook. Spoolteks and large swimbaits have been working well for the snook; while croakers and sandperch are the top live bait choices. Still a few tarpon cruising along the beach, but the better numbers of tarpon are farther up the line now towards Vero and Sebastian. East winds this week pushed some pompano in along the beach. No huge numbers, but a few good reports of pompano did come rolling in. With continued east winds in the forecast for the weekend, it could be worth a try. Croakers and sandperch are biting well in the first trough on small pieces of fresh shrimp.
From Capt.Giles @Southern Angler - Stuart
The summer fishing has been great and should remain steady through August with lots of bait in the river and along the coastline. Lots of juvenile tarpon can be found rolling back in the St. Lucie River 7-9am. Getting them to eat can be challenging, but we’ve hooked them on DOA TerrorEyz and shrimp. For fly fishing, try throwing the Midnight Magic, puple/black, or chartreuse clousers and zonkers with intermediate or sinking line. If nothing else works, try free lining live shrimp on a circle hook. Theses 10-30 lb. tarpon can also be found at the inlet. The larger tarpon can be found at the Crossroads, inlet, and beaches early morning. Try pitching live mullet 9-12”, greenies, pilchards, or threadfins.
After an early attempt at the tarpon, there’s allot more to try in August. The snook are piled up at the Inlet spawning but are out of season, catch and release with caution. Some good methods at the inlet are Giles Jigs, Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnnows, DOA jigs, live pilchards, and live shrimp. Simply look for any spots that snook can get out of the fast moving current around the rocks and Jetties.
The ocean has been glassy calm, so we’ve been going out a few miles to the “Sandpile”, Bullshark Barge, and other spots to try for cobia, snapper, kingfish, bonita, and more. There’s plenty of bait there as well to catch with sabiki rigs. Slow trolling live bait on a weighted “fish Finder” rig has worked great for kingfish, cobia, and bonita. We use different size weights ½ to 2 oz to fully cover the water column while slow trolling. Of course we always leave one on top with no weight. Pitching chunk bait while slow trolling will attract the fish more as well as dragging a chum bag.
The mullet run typically starts in September, but can show up early in August. It’s never too soon to cruise the beaches in the morning looking for big schools of finger mullet with a tarpon feeding frenzy. Also chased by snook, jacks, and sharks.
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