From Todd @ Juno Bait Crew-Juno Beach

 INSHORE-  So-so week inshore this week.  Snook fishing has been fair.  The Loxahatchee and ICW are producing a few snook, just not a red hot bite.  Live mullet remains the top bait choice for the snook during the day.  At night the flair hawk bite is trying to get going around the bridges.  Outgoing tide will likely produce a few more snook bites.  A few jacks and occasional tarpon mixed in with the snook.  Other inshore action remains a bit slow; with a few mangrove snapper and sand perch being caught.  

SURF/PIER- Not a red hot week on the beach; but those putting in the time have been finding a few fish.  Pompano are still being caught, but still not in huge numbers.  It feels like we should still have a good push of pompano coming; though we are starting to get a little late in the season.  The usual bait assortment (sand fleas, clams, Fishbites) will do the trick on the pompano.  A few pomps coming over the rail at the Juno Beach Pier on Doc's Goofy Jigs early in the week as well.  Bright colored jigs (orange and pink) seemed to be the best color.  Still some scattered bluefish around; though it has to be near the end of them soon.  A few good schools of jacks cruised by the Juno Beach Pier this week.  A well presented Rapala X-Rap or Yo-Zuri Mag Speed is the top lure choice for the jacks.  A few scattered kingfish at the Juno Beach Pier as well.  The same swimming plugs that work for the jacks will work well for the kings.  Croaker and whiting have been biting good in the first trough.  Small pieces of fresh shrimp is the way to go for the croaker and whiting. 

 

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From Todd @ Juno Bait Crew-Juno Beach

INSHORE:  Snook fishing remains decent inshore.  Pretty standard report on the snook (and occasional tarpon or passing jack), with the ICW and Loxahatchee river producing some fish along seawalls and under boat docks.  During the day live mullet is the top bait choice. Early morning and late afternoon with favorable tide conditions you maybe able to trick a snook or two into smashing a topwater.  At night the snook will switch to bridges and docklights, with the outgoing tide tending to produce the best results.  Water hasn't warmed enough to really fire the snook up, but it's getting close for sure.  Won't be too long before they really start snapping.  Other inshore action remains a bit spotty.  A few late late season sheepshead hanging around inshore mixed in with a few early arriving mangrove snapper.  Sailfish flats in Stuart continue to see a few pompano, but those numbers continue to fall as well.  

SURF/PIER:  Surf and pier action has been pretty good this week.  Pompano numbers seem to have improved a bit, with some decent catches coming along the beach, and a handful of pomps being picked off the Juno Beach Pier as well.  Sandfleas, clams, and Fishbites (with pomps it pays to have an assortment) remain the baits of choice on the beach.  The same baits and also Doc's Goofy Jigs are getting them on the Juno Beach Pier. Still a few late season bluefish cruising around, though that has to be close to winding down.  The Juno Beach Pier has been producing a few Spanish Mackerel, with a white or white/silver JYG Pro crappie jig the top lure choice for the Macs.  A handful of snook showing up at the Juno Beach Pier as well.  It's not huge numbers yet, and the snook are not overly aggressive but they are showing up.  Best bet for the snook is fresh dead bait chunks fished very patiently on the bottom with a very light lead.  Jack schools have been passing by the pier, though they have not been overly interested in eating as of late.  Conditions have looked right for some kingfish to come cruising by the pier as well, but no reports yet to speak of on them.  Keep those Rapala X-Raps and Yo-Zuri Magspeeds ready to go...it's gonna happen anytime!
(NOTE: I don't have the exact times, but the Juno Beach Pier will close on Saturday afternoon to allow for Easter Service set-up. It will reopen for fishing following Easter Service sometime around noon).  

Sebastian Inlet Report With The Snookman

 

Water temps need to climb before the fishing takes off again 

Here’s this week’s fishing report from our fishing guide, “Snookman” Wayne Landry, who has fished at Sebastian inlet for more than 50 years: “Good morning,  Sebastian Inlet fishing friends. I hope everyone enjoyed the nice springtime weather last weekend! Expect similar weather all week long.

This report will be brief as the fishing was slow all weekend, based on my observations and what I heard from others. I believe the water temperature is still playing a big role in the lack of fishing action and the lack of any baitfish in the water. I was at the inlet both days over the weekend and not much was caught. At the south jetty in the early morning incoming tide there were several under slot snook caught on live mojarra, and a few redfish, which you still cannot keep.  At the tip on the outgoing tide, all I saw caught were smaller black margates on dead shrimp. I did hear about a couple of keeper flounder caught in the pocket area on the beachside of the jetty — live shrimp did the trick on them. And that was pretty much it.

 Back around the T-dock and cleaning station, there was a decent snook and redfish bite on Saturday, both tides, on live mojarra. One of my friends said she caught four nice redfish, (which you cannot keep because season is still closed), and three snook; one under slot, and two over slot. She returned on Sunday and in the same area caught a 31-inch slot snook on the very first cast! After that, only a couple under slots were caught. I didn't see much of anything else caught back here as the  T-dock is closed, and that is where we see the other species caught. 

The surf areas north of the north jetty and just south of the south jetty have been slow due to the cooler water temperatures, still at 73 degrees as of this writing, and the silted-up water. About the only thing I saw caught in these areas over the weekend were a couple of nurse and bonnet head sharks.

 

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