Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

I took a ride up and down Hutchinson Island today trying to find a beach that was fishable. I looked at Blue Heron, Middle Cove, Walton Rocks,Hermans Bay, Normandy, Bob Graham, Tiger Shores, and Stuart beach accesses. I am sorry to report that the weeds have made wetting a line almost impossible and with the updated forecast of a building surf, it looks like its going to be a tough weekend. The only good news is , once we can fish again, the water color looks great. The sandfleas were on most of the beaches I checked and I did come home with a nice bucket full that I boiled and put in the freezer. I also wanted to let everyone know about a great promotion that Fishbites will be running at BassPro Shops in Port St Lucie, on Saturday, Oct 27. The Fishbites Company will be setting up a tent in the parking lot to display all of their products. They will be doing a "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" sale on their baits . If you buy two bags of Fishbites in the fishing department, you can take your receipt out to the tent and receive a bag free. Their staff will be in the tent displaying all of their current products and some great new baits that are just hitting the market. As everyone knows , I do not go to the beach without a couple bags because they catch everything. I will be spending time both in the fishing department and outside in the tent to answer any questions you may have about fishing this great product. The pompano season has kicked off already so what a great time to get some extra bags of Fishbites for the upcoming season. 

Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

     photo courtesy of That's R-Man Jayson Arman Land Based Fishing Services

In the St. Lucie Inlet and along the docks in the St. Lucie and Indian Rivers it is still game on for snook. Guides are reporting regularly getting their clients hooked up with slot-size keepers and some huge 40-inch plus fish. They are mostly catching them using live baits including mullet, croaker and some pinfish.

Anglers fishing for snook are also catching trout and redfish as bycatch.

There have been some nice triple tail caught along the channel markers.

At the Roosevelt Bridge good-size tarpon are being caught.

Anglers working the schools of mullet with artificial lures along beaches in Jupiter are catching good numbers of snook. 

Fly fisherman in the same areas have been reporting catching ladyfish. Fishing at the Jupiter Inlet is producing a huge variety of fish the past week. Anglers are catching Spanish mackerel, snook, jack crevalle, mangrove snapper and even a few keeper muttons.

There have been schools of mullet moving up into the Loxahatchee River and anglers working them have been catching snook, jack crevalle and even a few redfish.

Anglers at the Boynton Inlet have been catching a lot of southern puffers off the south jetty using frozen, cut shrimp. The north jetty has been producing snook, mangrove snapper, jack crevalle , barracuda and permit on a variety of live and cut bait as well as artificial lures. 

The Intracoastal Waterway has had schools of baitfish moving through, mostly glass minnows and mullet. There have been a lot of tarpon rolling along the channel edges and bait schools being chased by jack crevalle and snook along the shorelines early in the morning.

Lantana Bridge anglers have been catching jack crevalle, snook, sand perch and a few redfish using live shrimp and cut mullet.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

The fishing the past week has been pretty good on both live bait and artificial lures. There are a few big bass around to be caught and it will keep getting better as the water begins cooling down next month. The artificial bite has been good using Gambler Aces and Zoom Super Flukes. 

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

                                                   

Inshore the snook bite has been good around the dock lights and a few around the bridges on the outgoing tide. The trout and reds have been to the north of north bridge in the bait schools live mullet and top waters such as the jumping minnow have produced the best. The water is still warm the trout bite should be good as soon as the water cools off.

From Todd &Trey @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE-  Snook fishing remains very good inshore right now.  Look for the snook to be keyed in on eating mullet right now.  The bridges are holding a good number of snook, especially on outgoing tide.  The snook are also hanging around boat docks and seawalls that are good ambush points.  Live mullet will be a solid bait choice; while those preferring lures will find success throwing Yo-Zuri Mag Darters and Hydro Pencils.  Expect a few tarpon to be mixed i with the snook as well.  

SURF/PIER-  The Juno Beach Pier had good action again this week on an assortment of species.  Spanish Mackerel, blue runners, jacks, and snook have all been biting well at the pier.  Still been a good number of small baits around at the pier, so be sure to have some small sabikis.  The bobber rig has been working well for the spanish mackerel.  Should still be a good number of mullet coming down the beach so be ready....everything else will be with them! 

IMPORTANT-New Snook and Redfish Regulations Just Announced Today

From Ty @Underwater Florida You Tube....Mullet Run 2018 Singer Island

Mullet Run...Been Throwing Like This For Years...