C.A. On The Fly Episode 37 (How To Keep Your Gear Organized)

From Todd &Trey @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE- A decent number of jacks around in the ICW and Loxahatchee River right now.  Live mullet along a seawall or boat dock is a solid choice for them, and an backcountry resident snook as well.  Catch and release snook fishing remains good inshore, but a bulk of the fish are in the inlets and along the beach currently.  Mangrove snapper reports are decent at night, with live shrimp and small pilchards being top bait choices.               SURF/PIER-  Snook fishing (the catch and release style...) is the main game in town right now.  The Juno Beach Pier has had a great snook bite, as has Jupiter Inlet.  In both places a live croaker is going to be the top bait.  At night the snook are biting flair hawk jigs and swimbaits well.  Decent number of croakers and big sandperch are biting small pieces of shrimp in the the first trough.  Still some schools of tarpon roaming the beaches as well. 

Cool Fishing Hack - I transformed my old lure into this!

Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

The snook bite at the St. Lucie Inlet and along the beaches in that area has been really good. They are mostly being caught on live greenies.

Also on the beaches in the Jensen area, there has been a good tarpon bite. They are hitting crabs, big mullet and greenies.

The bite for whiting and croaker has been decent. If you happen to catch a smallish croaker, they are working good for snook bait.

Though there haven’t been a ton of them, there are some cobia moving along the beach. Not a bad idea to keep a cobia rod set up and ready to go just in case.

At the Boynton Inlet, anglers have been catching Cubera snapper up to 12 pounds using blue runner halves during the last two hours of incoming tide.

Mangrove snapper have been hitting live shrimp and live sardines off the north end of the jetty during outgoing tides. Snook are being caught and released at night by anglers using two-ounce flare hawks off the south jetty.

Intracoastal Waterway still has an abundance of small blacktip sharks both north and south of the inlet. Jack creavelle, tarpon and barracuda have been hitting slow trolled shallow diving plugs in mullet patterns along the channel edges.

Mangrove snapper have been hitting live shrimp and live sardines off the north end of the jetty during outgoing tides. Snook are being caught and released at night by anglers using two-ounce flare hawks off the south jetty. Intracoastal Waterway still has an abundance of small blacktip sharks both north and south of the inlet. Jack creavelle, tarpon and barracuda have been hitting slow trolled shallow diving plugs in mullet patterns along the channel edges. Lantana Bridge anglers are reporting catches of sharks, sheepshead, small tarpon and lots of catch and release action on snook this week during the nighttime hours.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

The bass fishing has been fantastic the past two weeks!

Using swim jigs and spinner baits in the early mornings and switching to live shiners after that, anglers are catching 25 fish or more per outing. Not guppies either, there are some eight and nine pounders being taken. Hot spots have been King’s Bar, Indian Prairie and Third Point.

The bluegill bite has also been incredible. Go to baits are still crickets and worms. Not just in the Kissimmee River, the bite is also in the lake.

Sebastian Inlet Report

                                        

SPANISH MACKEREL AND SOME SNAPPER TO BE FOUND…

Sarah tells us the Spanish Mackerel are still hanging around and you can catch them on Gotcha lures or popping cork rig or on bait fish.  The Mangrove Snapper are here, but the Shrimp are few and far between so we recommend frozen shrimp or try the squid too.  There were a couple of Redfish caught today on the outgoing tide using a popping lure and another one on a spoon.  That’s about all the action we have to report during the summer doldrums…

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

The beaches are calm and clear, but you may have to find areas without seaweed, but there’s plenty of weed free areas around. Glass minnows and small Pilchards are along most beaches, and Snook, Spanish Mackerel, Ladyfish, Jack Crevalle, and even a few Tarpon are there to thin their numbers. Jigs, plugs like Mirrodines, and flies such as Clouser Minnows, Polar Fibre Minnows, and Bush Pigs are catching their share. Snook are still being caught on Croakers and other live bait in the inlets, but remember that season is closed and release them with care. Inshore, Snook and Redfish are prevalent along shorelines, taking flies like sliders and Kwans, as well as DOA CAL jigs, and baby Tarpon are around for early risers around outflows and basins. 

Striper Fishing: Cape Cod Canal (2019)