Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area

I made a quick trip to Stuart beach this morning with the hope that the slow fishing from the last few days had picked up. The pattern on the pompano front has been catch a few and then leave the beach after the sharks take over . This held true again today. I managed to put some keepers in the cooler right away but it seems after 45 minutes or so the sharks catch on and you cannot get a fish landed. As Capt Mike Conner stated in a previous post, its not fair to sacrifice these pompano to shark after shark. Right now we have some big numbers of these toothy critters spread up and down all of our local beaches . On a better note those of you who like to target the bluefish can certainly bend a rod as I caught some today on EZ Flea Fishbites along with some blue runners. Once the numbers of shark start to decrease our pompano catch rate will definitely jump up . 

Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

Inshore Fishing:

Off of the Jensen and Roosevelt causeways there is still excellent action for black drum. Shrimp on a jighead is the way to go.

Up by the St. Lucie Power Plant the sea trout bite is also still holding and there are also some redfish being caught in the area.

In the Indian and St. Lucie Rivers, there has been some good snook action. The key is finding the mullet schools and using top-water lures.

Along the beaches in Jupiter they have been catching a little bit of everything including bluefish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, a few pompano and a few redfish. Spoons and lures that resemble shad are working well. Like many things, timing is the key. That first hour after sunrise is when the fish are biting. One shop owner, who caught 13 fish in that golden hour two weeks ago, had five in under an hour on Tuesday. He had three jack crevalle and two bluefish using an Acme Kastmaster spoon.

In the Loxahatchee River, there has been a good bite on jack crevalle, a few bluefish and snook. Working the docks and seawalls using D.O.A. Shrimp lures or live shrimp has been producing good results.                          

Anglers at the Boynton Inlet have been catching sheepshead up to six pounds, small mangrove snapper and sand perch along the seawalls and pilings on the north jetty. The sheepshead are hitting small crabs and the snapper and sand perch are being caught on shrimp.

There have been large schools of sardines and mullet holding in the Intracoastal Waterway right at the mouth of the Boynton Inlet and along the south seawall and adjoining flats.

At the Lantana Bridge, sheepshead, jack crevalle, ladyfish, black drum, small mangrove snapper and sand perch are being caught on various jigs, lures, live shrimp, small crabs and cut mullet.

Lake Okeechobee:

The bass bite has been excellent the past week in the early mornings working the outside grass lines. Best bets are moving baits including Skinny Dippers, Speed Worms and swim jigs.

After the morning bite starts to back off switching to flippin’ and using beaver-style baits or switching to live shiners will keep the action going. The speck bite is starting to pick up some. Jigging around Little Grassy and King’s Bar has been productive. There have also been some taken by anglers using minnows in the deeper areas of the Kissimmee River. There has been good action for bluegill and Mayan cichlids in the Indian Prairie and rim canals. Worms and crickets are the go-to baits.

Sebastian Inlet Report

     

        WEATHER IS GREAT AND THE FISH ARE BITING!

We hear that fishing has been GOOD off both jetties and throughout the inlet.  There’s a mix of Snook, Reds, Black Drum, Spanish Mackerel and Pompano to be had.  Finger mullet are still around and making good bait fish, and shrimp are a good option too.  Go see Sarah and Tommy at Sebastian Inlet Bait & Tackle for the latest…  No one knows fishing the inlet better than these two!

Today, our featured angler of the week is Ryan Widman – thanks for sending in your pics!  Fishing the North Jetty, he caught 3 slot Snook and released two per the FWC set bag limit.  Ryan caught them on mullet on a fish finder rig off the North Jetty in the surf.  “Both were nice days with a few big pods of the last mullet run..” 

From Whites Tackle - Ft Pierce / Stuart

The Pompano fishing along the beaches is slowly improving, and a little cooler weather should kick it into high gear. Clams and sand fleas have been the best bet. Snook continue to be caught on the beaches, with a few larger specimens caught on live bait from Riomar to north of Ft. Pierce Inlet, and Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish have also been fairly consistent. The inlets are still producing Snook, but live bait is still key, and Sebastian is still producing a few Redfish as well. Inside, Snook are still active, particularly during early morning hours, with live bait, soft plastics, and even topwater plugs doing damage. Redfish are becoming more prevalent, particularly in the Round Island area, and soft plastics are producing the best. 

Permit or Pompano

Professional Chef Catch, Clean, Cook - SNOOK - BEST EVER!

Today Sat. Oct. 26 2019

Fishbites Billy Carr and Brett Burford and they are in town . The promotion of Buy 2 bags and get a third one free starts at 10 oclock today at Bass Pro Shops in Port St Lucie and my seminar will kick off at 2:30 . If anyone has been to any of his previous seminars they have always been at the fish tank . Saturday's program will be in the Tracker boat display area . The wind is going to blow so come in and talk to Billy and Brett about their entire line of baits and then relax and enjoy the Late Fall Surf Fishing Seminar.