From Henry & Fred @ Snook-Nook - Jensen Beach

Yes it is hot and in the afternoon we will have a shower or two but

it is summer and I love it.  You have to fish early or deep if you are going

to find them.

 Going to the surfs edge watch the sun come up or catch the high tide.

Lots of bait schools and lots of fish with them, fish the edges of the bait, one

bait on the out side of the school is easy pickings. Tarpon and Snook will be

your target but big Jacks will travel with the school so be ready.  Make sure

your spools are full because you will need every inch once in the your target.

Look at the edge, you  are looking for activity, when you see it is is time to get

the equipment and put it to work.  Check your hooks, are they sharp? Now if you

are like me and tend to sleep a little later watch that tide chart and catch it an

hour before high tide till an hour after, watch for the activity. 

Now if it is Whiting and Croaker come on down, most of the day they are in the trough, do not forget the ice.

   Fishing the river if you are looking for numbers fish before sun up, just fishing look to deeper water or shaded water.   Good  Trout bite in numbers on top water but as the sun brightens the fish will disappear.  Still Tarpon rolling in the inlet, Snook to the rocks on the south side but these fish are out of season so take the barbs off the hooks or go back into the river and fish the shaded water for best results.  

Sebastian Inlet Report

07-21-15 TUESDAY: FISHING REMAINS SLOW 
It's a beautiful morning at the inlet! This morning winds are blowing out of the Southwest at 8 mph and there is a light chop on the water. Fishing remains slow. Jacks, a few Snapper, Reds and C/R Snook have been biting inconsistently. There are greenies and mojarra schooling around the jetties but there's not a lot of activity. 

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

The beach fishing has been good with the Tarpon starting to show up with some snook mixed in find the bait and you will be able to find the fish.Inshore there has been a few reds around to the north of the north bridge in Ft. Pierce with a few trout mixed in.

Scouting Around -Ft Pierce Area

The summer patterns are in full swing so the best times to be on the water is just before first light until about 9am and from 6pm until dark. The rest of the day is going to be too hot and on most days there will be rain showers in the mid afternoon. In the morning the trout and redfish bite will be at places like Bear Point, Midway Road area and at Harbor Branch. The bite should be red hot when using top water baits like a Sebile Flat Belly Walker, Zara Spook, Buz Walker or a MirroLure - all in the natural colors. As the sun gets up go to a live bait like a pilchard, finger mullet or a shrimp. The snapper fishing should be good along the channel edges and the local bridges when using a live shrimp fished on a 1/4oz trol-rite hook and a 20 pound fluorocarbon leader. For the afternoon fishing try a live shrimp fished under a popping cork or a soft plastic bait like a Monster 3X, D.O.A shrimp or a bait buster or a fluke jig. Try the area around Queen's Cove & Round Island. Fish up tight around the mangroves. The Ft. Pierce Inlet should be full of catch and release snook. Your best choice of baits will be a pigfish, pinfish or a pilchard fished on the bottom at your favorite spot like the cleaning tables or Judy Rock. There should be tarpon at several places in St. Lucie County. First around the Ft. Pierce Inlet, next in the Turning Basin and last down by Big Mud Creek. All the fish will be around just before daylight and just before dark. Free lining a live mullet will be your best choice.

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

The beach fishing for snook and tarpon has been good with a few nice fish in the schools of glass minnows from Ft. Pierce to Stuart find the bait and you will find the fish.Inshore there were a few reports of some nice trout and reds around the power plant to middle cove soft baits have produced well.The bridges have had a few nice snook around at nigh remember its catch and release so please take care of the fish when you catch it so when you release it it swims off. The channel ledges have had a few snapper around the live shrimp has produced the best.

Here's a nice easy Snapper and Shrimp Scampi dish.

                                       

Ingredients:
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 shallots, minced
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 1 tablespoon pimento, diced
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/2 cup bottled clam juice
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 4 (6-ounce) snapper fillets
• 1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced sea salt to taste
• 12 ounces vermicelli or angel hair pasta, cooked
Directions:
1. Heat the oil and butter in a large sauté pan.
2. Add garlic and shallots and sauté for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring often.
3. Raise heat to medium, add capers, pimento, wine, clam juice and pepper; simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Add fillets and simmer over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes.
5. Add shrimp, spreading them evenly over the skillet; simmer for 3 minutes until fillets and shrimp are cooked through.
6. Stir in parsley; add salt to taste.
7. Place fillets and shrimp on pasta on individual plates. Spoon scampi sauce over all and serve.

 courtsey of Tackle For Less-Bait and Tackle store 

Headed up to Orlando to the ICAST Show- Biggest Fishing show in the world. I will be check out all the new stuff coming out this fall