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Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

INSHORE FISHING

Along the beaches from Peck’s Lake down to Hobe Sound, it’s all about snook. The best bait has been live pilchards.

In the same areas, the tarpon bite also has been good. In addition to live bait, they are being taken on DOA Terroreyz and white grubs on a 3/8-ounce jig head.

Along the beaches in Jupiter and at the Jupiter Inlet, the catch-and-release action for snook has been great. The trick is to avoid the sargassum. Artificial baits in the early mornings and late afternoons has been working well.

Though they usually don’t begin their spawn until August, some mangrove snapper are beginning to show along the beaches.

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The bass bite is still excellent. Working the outside grasslines, anglers using speed worms, spinner baits and swim jigs are having a blast in the early mornings and late afternoons. Switching to live shiners has been effective during the mid-day. Hot spots are King’s Bar, Indian Prairie and Third Point.

The bluegill bite is good as well. Like bass, the bite has been along the outside grassline. For bait, worms and crickets are working better than any artificials. Good spots have been J&S Canal, Taylor Creek and the rim canal.

From Todd &Trey @ Juno Bait -Juno Beach

INSHORE-  Catch and release snook fishing remains the main stay on the inshore scene.  The snook are largely in the inlets and surrounding areas.  Of course there are always a few backcountry snook that don't leave if your looking to avoid the crowds.  

Hot weather doesn't really slow down the mangrove snapper bite inshore.  Look for the bigger mangroves to be most active at night, especially around deeper bridges with a fair amount of current.  Live shrimp and small live pilchards are top bait choices for the mangrove snapper.  

Surf/Pier-  Seaweed continues to be a day to day problem along the beach, but the cleaner days are providing pretty good action for summertime standards.  A scattering of pompano are being caught extremely early each morning north of Jupiter Inlet.  Sandfleas, Clams, and FIshBItes have been the ticket for the predawn pomps.  Mixed in with the pompano have been some croaker and big sandperch.  They will bite a little longer into the morning as well.  Catch and release snook fishing remains very good along the beach, at the Juno Beach Pier, and in Jupiter and Palm Beach Inlets.  FLair Hawk Jigs and big swimbaits are the ticket in the dark, while live croakers and sandperch are your best bet during the daylight hours.  Rumor has it a few schools of mullet are being spotted north of Sebastin Inlet...another month or so and should be on here! 

Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

The weekend is here and to be honest with everyone I haven't really had a chance to fish this week. I ran up to Stuart Beach on Wednesday afternoon to try to fish for a couple of hours and got chased off by the lightning and rain. I did manage to catch a couple of nice whiting in the 15 minutes I was able to fish and probably would have put a few in the cooler as there were quite a few swimming in the first trough in the gin clear water. Light winds are forecast for the next few days so the conditions should be pretty nice. High tide will be in the late afternoon this weekend so target your fishing from 3 to 6 pm. Make sure you have Fishbites in your tackle box because the live shrimp availability is almost zero. It is the time of the year when the shrimp are extremely small and the shrimp boats usually take a break from pursuing them .Salted clam shrimps and frozen shrimp will be available for those that want to fish some natural bait along with the Fishbites. Whiting, croaker, catch and release snook , and sand perch should be on the catch list this weekend. 

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Land based barramundi fishing Vol. 104

Sebastian Inlet Report

We hear the Mangrove Snapper moved in a few weeks ago and are still around the inlet, biting on shrimp and minnows.  Spanish Mackerel and Blue Runners are hitting on spoons or jigs and shrimp and minnows too.  Pompano can be found on the beach.  Anglers have also reported some Permit and Barracuda.  For the most up-to-date info on what’s happening at the inlet, go visit Tommy or Sarah at Sebastian Inlet Bait & Tackle Shop.