Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

Heres a quick surf report from the past 2 days . I fished yesterday from 8 am to 4 pm and ended up with 7 keeper pompano . Believe me , that's a lot of time to put in to only get 7 but the catch would have been much better if our friends, the sharks, were not here in the numbers they are. Tonight I fished from 2 to 5 pm and put 5 nice keepers in the cooler and would have had another 4 if I didn't get sharked off. Like I have said previously, after 3 or 4 shark offs , I am packing up and going home. I fished at Stuart the last two days and the news is the water was beautiful at all of the beaches tonight from the Jensen Traffic Circle on A1A, south. The other positive note was that I released 6 pompano that were 10 to 10 1/2 inches long . These smaller , almost keeper size pompano have not been around in any numbers and I hope this is an indication of a new body of fish moving into the area. The other situation was I saw two large schools of Spanish mackerel moving south as I was leaving. I have not seen these schools in the past month. If you are lucky enough to have the day off tomorrow take advantage of the am northwest wind forecast and head to the beach. Looking ahead to the weekend the first real cool front is going to arrive with north and northeast wind predicted to be up to 20 knots and seas to 10 feet through Saturday. EZ Flea Fishbites continue to produce but the Yellow Crab Bait has been producing also. There are not many stores in the area that have the Yellow Crab but it is available on Fishbites website. Heres to hoping you can get out tomorrow .

Sebastian Inlet Report

POMPANO ON THE BEACH, AND BLACK DRUM, SPANISH MACKEREL, SNOOK AND REDS OFF THE NORTH JETTY

Anglers have been reporting a good Pompano bite on the beach and some nice Black Drum have been coming over the rails on the tip of the North Jetty with clams, frozen shrimp and sand fleas as ideal bait for targeting both.  On the tide changes, Sarah and Tommy have been seeing some nice keeper Snook and Reds.  Your best bet is live shrimp, finger mullet or lures.  Spanish Mackerel have also been biting off the North Jetty on finger mullet or Gotcha lures.

Today, our featured angler is  Sabita who was fishing the North Jetty with her dad when she brought in this good-looking Black Drum.  

Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

Inshore fishing:

North of the Jensen Causeway and past the powerlines, the sea trout fishing is still excellent. They’re not huge, but there are good numbers of them. Look for patches of sea grass that have returned. For bait, go with soft plastics including D.O.A. Shrimp and D.O.A. C.A.L. lures in glass minnow or mullet patterns. In that same area, there has been good action for snook and redfish on the east side of the river closer to the mangroves.

Anglers fishing from the Jensen Causeway are still catching black drum using shrimp on a jig head. That bite should hopefully pick up even more after the passing cool fronts.

Anglers working the docks in the St. Lucie River are having some luck catching snook. Live pinfish or mullet are working well.

Anglers fishing the Boynton Inlet are catching sheepshead and small mangrove snapper. For the sheepshead, live crabs worked around the pilings on the north jetty during the incoming tide are working best. Sheepshead are also being caught off the Lantana Bridge using clams and small crabs.

Lake Okeechobee:

Despite not having any cool fronts the speck bite is phenomenal right now! Anglers are catching their limits of 25 fish working areas around King’s Bar, Little Grassy and Indian Prairie. They are also doing well drifting around the weather station in the middle of the lake. As far as bait goes it’s been a 50/50 mix of live bait using minnows or artificial jigs. Also, though many anglers are getting their limits there are some shorts mixed in so catching upwards of 40 or more fish is not uncommon right now.

Using live shiners, the bass bite is still good in the early mornings and late afternoons along the outside grasslines. During the midday the buck bass have been moving back into the weeds as the spawning season draws nearer. Bass guides are currently getting around 30 fish per trip with a few up to 10 pounds.

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

The Indian River has continued to fish well, with good numbers of Snook around, on the flats and around shorelines as well. Early morning topwater action has remained steady, with soft plastics and jigs working thru the day. Redfish are making a better showing now that water levels have receded, with soft plastics and flies such as Clouser Minnows and the Shrimp Tease working well. Seatrout have also been plentiful, with larger fish being found on cleaner flats on outgoing, with soft plastics being the best bet. Surf fishing has been decent, but upcoming east winds could put a damper on that. Snook and Pompano have been around though. 

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Catching and Cooking Sand Flea Bait

From Todd &Trey @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE- The inshore fishing was a bit of a toss up this week. The big news was some good action heating up around Munyon Island.  A nice push of finger mullet around Munyon Island and in McArthur State Park had the snook, jacks, and bluefish fired up.  Throwing top waters early and late in the day is a good bet.  Don’t overlook fishing at night as a good option as well in the same area.  Snook fishing around the bridges slacked off a bit this week, but still a decent number of fish around.  Sheepshead and Black Drum are beginning to pop up in the wintertime hangouts.  Live shrimp will be the bait of choice for them.  Reports along the Hobe Sound Flats are improving, with a mixture of wintertime species beginning to take up their seasonal homes.
 
SURF/PIER- Southeast winds have really slowed the reports down for the week.  Pompano reports have not been very good this week.  A handful of pomps around, but tough fishing for the most part.  The bluefish action slowed down this week, but that could change with an upcoming change in the wind.  The bluefish that are around have been biting best late in the afternoon or at night.  Best action on the bluefish has been north of Jupiter Inlet.  The Juno Beach Pier has had some Spanish Mackerel and a few Kingfish around as well.  Best action of the mackerel will be with crappie jigs and the “bobber rig”.   A Rapala X-Rap or Yo-Zuri Longcast Hydro Minnow is a good way to go for the kings.  Best action on the kings will be first thing in the morning.  Blacktip and Spinner Sharks are around in pretty good numbers.  Best action on the sharks will come very late in the afternoon or at night.  The Juno Beach Pier also saw a handful of redfish and surprisingly a few flounder this week.