To the angler who loves to fish the beaches, shores, jetties, bridges and piers of Florida.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area
I hope anyone who was planning to fish the surf this morning took a good look at an updated marine forecast because if you listened to the network weather people on tv you probably didn't fish. The front that slid down our coast this morning gave a window of opportunity to wet a line as the forecasted northerly wind didn't pick up untill late morning. I looked at 3 beaches: Porpoise, Coconut, and Blue Heron before I made my way to Middle Cove. All of the mentioned beach accesses start just south of the Fort Pierce Inlet, and can provide some great pompano action during the season. I walked onto the sand at Middle Cove and was lucky enough to run into friend and local beach expert Barry Richards. Barry was reeling in a bluefish and had a nice 2-pound pompano in his bucket already. A quick move back to the truck to get my gear proved to be the right move as the action was great the entire morning. Jacks, bluefish, whiting, big ladyfish and a limit catch of pompano made for an excellent day. EZ Flea Fishbites and natural sand fleas were the baits that produced the pompano, and Orange Clam and Crab scented Fishbites accounted for the other species. As the case usually is during the early part of the pompano season, you have to play catch-and-release with the pompano under 11 inches in order to get your limit. I probably caught 20 pompano during the morning and it is still great fishing even if you throw back 75% of your catch. Looking at the coming week, tomorrow may be the only challenging day due to the forecasted 20 knot northeasterly winds we are going to see along the coast. Tuesday might be a little iffy early in the day but the surf will be calming down in the afternoon. I hope everyone gets out and bends some rods this week as the action should be great.
Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area
Here is the information and times for this Saturdays Fishbites - Buy Two Get One Free Promotion at Bass Pro Shops. The hours for this special will be from 11 am to 5 pm. Fishbites will have their own tent situated right outside the entrance to Bass Pro Shops at 2250 SW Gatlin Boulevard in Port St.Lucie. All you have to do is come into the fishing department, purchase two bags of this great bait, and head out to the tent to get your free bag by just showing your receipt.The Fishbites tent will be manned by Billy Carr, who is one of the owners of Fishbites and Brett Buford, who is the Pro Staff Director of the company. I will be conducting a Question and Answer Forum/Seminar starting at 2:30 pm in front of the Aquarium. I will be happy to answer any and all questions you might have about the entire line of Fishbites products such as colors, shapes, and techniques as they pertain to different species and locations. I will also touch on the current surf fishing action along our entire area and answer any questions you might have on that topic.Tackle, rigs, locations, techniques and all Fall surf species will all be discussed. I plan on bringing actual rigs with the Fishbites baits already on the hooks to show everyone a few tips to improve your catch rate. The Fall surf season is off to a great start so come and take advantage of this great sale to put Fishbites in your bait supply.
From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart
Inshore the mullet have been all over the river find the bait and you will find the fish. Top water plugs such as the jumping minnow and the new mirrolure C-eyes top water have produced well around first light and later in the afternoon.
The bite has been hit or miss around the bridges First Light jigs and Hogy swim baits have produced well on the out going tide. Hopefully the beach fishing will get good again if we get a cool front and cool the water off.
Sebastian Inlet Report
SNOOK, REDFISH AND BIG SPANISH MACKERELS BEING CAUGHT
Walked the North Jetty this morning with a strong east wind, rough surf, and a good number of anglers out despite the reported presence of red tide. Several regulars reported a good bite this morning, and our friend Tommy Turowski at the Sebastian Inlet Bait & Tackle has been seeing a good amount of Snook, Redfish, Big Spanish Mackerels and Ladyfish.
NOAA expects changing winds all week, between 5-10 knots, with seas between 3-4 feet until Friday. On Friday, southeast winds move to 15 knots with seas of 4-5 feet anticipated. Chance of showers grows greater towards the end of the week into Thursday and Friday. Temperatures look glorious – mid 80s all week!
Meet Manly Chow, our angler of the week. Thanks for sending in this pic with your story! He caught this 35-inch Snook at 7pm at the Inlet and released him after a quick photo.
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