The Snook Nook FISHING REPORT
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YEA………….FEB. 3, O5…. LET’S GO CATCH A FISH……..

FINALLY I THINK WE ARE READY, A FEW BOXES STILL ON THE FLOOR BUT THE SECOND FLOOR IS DONE, NEW COMPUTER IS IN AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB, IT IS STILL THE SNOOK NOOK.

WELL IT IS FEBURARY, AND THE WIND IS BLOWING TEMPS ARE COOL AND WHAT CAN I SAY OTHER THAN SAILFISH. SIXTY TO ONE HUNDRED FEET IN DEPTH, LIVE OR TROLLED BAITS THE FISH ARE HERE. ONE LITTLE PROBLEM IS THE FOUR TO SIX FOOT SEAS; NOT IF YOU ARE FROM THE CAROLINAS OR HAVE A SIXTY-FOOT BOAT. JUST KIDDING, WE HAVE FOUR DAYS OF SOME SPORTY SEAS AND THEN IT IS TIME TO FISH. OFF SHORE LIGHTS UP, SAILS, DOLPHIN, KINGS (LIMITS IN THIRTY MINUTES), SNAPPER AND GROUPER, FISHING AT ITS BEST. YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOUR DAYS AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THE FOUR IS USUALLY NOT THE WEEKEND. WHEN THE SEAS LAY DOWN YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.

SURF ANGLERS HAVE PLENTY OF BLUE FISH; THEY DO NOT MIND THE WIND, CHURNED WATER, and CUT MULLET TOP THE BAIT LIST. START WITH A LONG CAST AND WORK YOUR BAIT BACK, PAY ATTENTION FOR THE STRIKEAND CAST BACK TO THAT ZONE. TWO STRIKES IN THE SAME AREA, PUT A SPOON ON, IF IT FLASHS AND DASHS THEY WILL HIT IT. POMPANO BITE HAS BEEN JUST THERE, ON AND OFF. FOR SOME REASON LOTS OF SMALL POMPS, SAND FLEAS ARE THE BAIT. SNOOK ANGLERS THE WATER IS COLD, WAIT TILL THE SUN WARMS THE EDGE AND THEN MAKE A FEW CASTS, BOMBER AND YOZURI PLUGS TOP THEIR BAIT LIST.

YES SNOOK SEASON IS OPEN, WATER IS COLD AND THE FISH ARE DEEP. IT IS JUST THAT EASY, LOOK TO CHANNELS, HOLES, ANYWHERE YOU KNOW OF DEEP WATER. THESE FISH LIKE WARM AND WILL LOOK FOR IT, THEY DO NOT LIKE RAPID CHANGE IN THE WATER TEMPS, DEEPER WATER CHANGES SLOWLY. USE BAIT THAT WILL GET YOU DEEP, YOU HAVE TO FEEL THE BOTTOM ANDNOW YOU ARE IN THE ZONE. I LIKE JIGS WITH A LONG TAIL, RED TAIL HAWKS, JERK BAITS A BAIT THAT YOU CAN LIFT AND LET FALL. BAIT THAT WILL WORK WITH OUT A FORWARD MOTION, LIFT AND LET IT SWIM DOWN. THESE FISH WILL STRIKE THE BAIT NOT OUT OF HUNGER BUT THEIR SENSE OF TERRITORY. SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION THE STRIKE WILL BE A BUMP; ONE SHOT IS ALL YOU GET. TROUT ARE PLENTIFUL AND EATING EVERYTHING FROM SHRIMP TO MIR-O-LURES, REDS HAVE BEEN ON THE WEST SIDE, THE SIDE WITH ALL THE WIND. LOTS A SHEEP HEAD AND BIG AT THAT EVERYWHERE, FISH ARE UP TO SIX POUNDS. SO WHY ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STUART BRIDGE, POMPANO? BIG POMPANO, POMPS IN THE FOUR POUND CLASS AND A BUNCH OF THEM. AN HOUR BEFORE INTO THE HOUR OF THE FALL OF THE FLOOD TIDE AND YOU HAVE THE TIME. ONE DAY THIS WEEK THERE WAS TWELVE BOATS ON THE MARKER SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE AND EVERY ONE WAS CATCHING. BOATERS ARE WATCHING BRIDGE ANGLERS AND WHEN THE RODS START BENDING THE BOATERS START FISHING. DOC’S JIGS, JOES JIGS, NYLURE JIGS ARE ALL HOT AND THE POMPS JUST KEEP BITING. NOT EVERY TIDE CHANGE BUT MOST, BOATERS REPORT FISH SKIPPING FROM INLET TO INLET AND INTO THE ST. LUCIE RIVER. LOTS OF POMPANO. WADERS FROM BEAR POINT TO HERMANS BAY REPORT POMPANO, YOU MIGHT SAY THEY ARE EVERY WHERE.

SURE IS NICE TO HAVE THE NOOK BACK, STOP IN AND FOR YOU FOLKS UP NORTH IT IS RALLY NOT THAT COLD, SIXTY…NEXT WEEK

FEB. 14, 05 FISHING

THE SUN IS SHINING, NO WIND, TEMPS ARE PERFECT, SEAS ARE FLAT, IT MUST BE MONDAY.

THE TURBITY HAS SETTLED AND THE FISHING IS GOOD, BLUES, POMPANO, WHITING, CROAKER AND A SNOOK OR TWO. THE SNOOK BITE HAS BEEN IN THE LATE MORNING, LET THE EDGE WARM AND THE SNOOK MOVE IN. THE DOA BAIT BUSTER, CRYSTAL MINNOW OR A RED TAIL HAWK WILL FIND THE SNOOK. BLUES ARE THERE EARLY ANDWITH CUT BAIT TO LOCATE THE FISH, SPOONS AND BIG FLASHY TOP WATER WILL KEEP YOU AND THE FISH BUSY. POMPANO HAVE MOVED IN WITH THE TURBITY SETTLING; SAND FLEAS TOP THE BAIT LIST, GOOD BITE THROUGH OUT THE DAY. WHITING AND CROAKER AFTER LUNCH, THEY LIKE THE WARMEST TEMPS, A PIECE OF SHRIMP AND A VERY SHORT CAST WILL FILL THE BUCKET.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD RED FISH MORNING WITH TWO ANGLERS IN REPORTING SCHOOLS THREE MILES NORTH OF THE JENSEN CAUSWAY (THE CAUSWAY WILL OPEN MARCH 5). THE REDS HAVE BEEN HERE BUT HARD TO LOCATE, THESE FISH ARE IN THE SLOT AND WITH THE TURBITY DOWN THE CATCH LIST WILL GROW. GOOD TROUT BITE ON SOFT RUBBER BAITS AND THAT IS WHAT THE REDS HAVE BEEN HOOKED ON. START LOOKING IN TWO FEET AND GO DEEPER FROM THERE. YES, LIVE SHRIMP ARE VERY EFFECTIVE. POMPANO AT THE BRIDGES, SO THEY MUST BE EVERY WHERE, HOW ELSE WOULD THEY GET TO THE BRIDGE. ANY DEEP CHANNEL WITH MOVING WATER IS THE PLACE TO START, BOATERS USE THE RED FISH OR NYLURE JIG; BRIDGE ANGLES THE JIGGING SPOONS TOP THE LIST. SNOOK BITE HAS BEEN IN THE GRAY TO DARK HOURS BUT WHEN FLIPPING BAIT TO THE TROUT AND REDS DO NOT BE SURPRISED A SNOOK OF TWO TAKE IT. PLENTY OPF LADY FISH, JACKS, BLUES, MAC’S AND SOME I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO KEEP ANGLERS BUSY. FOR THE POMPS CATCH THE FLOOD OF THE TIDE, IT WORKS.

OFF SHORE THE SAIL FISH BITE HAS BEEN OFF AND ON, FISH TO BE CAUGHT BUT NOT IS SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. BUT CONDITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST FOR THE ANGLERS; LESS THAN POLITE SEAS IS A NICE WAY OF SAYING, FIVE TO SIX FOOT AND AN EIGHT THROWN IN JUST TO KEEP YOU SHARP. SEAS HAVE BEEN DOWN, ANGLERS CAN GET OUT TO THE FISH, AND WE WILL GET EVEN WITH THEM. DOLPHIN THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN IN THE TWELVE POUND CLASS THE BITE STARTED IN 150’ AND WENT OUT FROM THERE. THE KINGS ARE IN CLOSE, COBIA AND WAHOO HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST. PLENTY OF LIVE BAIT BUT THE TROOLERS HAVE PUT THE FISH IN THE BOAT. SPANISH IN PECKS LAKE AREA ARE STILL THICK, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOME HOME AND RIG THEM FOR THE SUMMER MARLIN, NOW IS THE TIME.

DO NOT FORGET THE CAMERAS, A FISH IS TOO IMPORTANT TO BE CAUGHT ONLY ONCE……………………………

FEB.21, 05 FISHING

IT IS MONDAY AND YES THE SEAS ARE POLITE, NO WIND AND THE SUN IS SHINING. WATCHING THE GREEN DRAW BRIDGE BEING LOADED ONA BARGE, THE BRIDGE WE LOVED TO SEE OPEN, THE ONE WE HATED TO STUCK AT IS GOING TO BECOME A REEF THE FISH WILL LOVE.

A LITTLE SOUTH WIND THIS MORNING AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO WAKE UP THE OFF-SHORE ACTION. THE WIND WILL BRING IN THE COOLER WATER, WEED LINES AND A MIX OF TEMPS THAT WILL GIVE THE FISH A REASON TO BE HERE. THE TURBITY HAS LEFT THE EDGE, LIVE BAIT WILL RETURN WITH THE WARM WATER, THIS MORNING AT THE HOUSE OF REFUGE IN SEVENTEEN FEET IT HAS STARTED. START AT THE BLUE WATER EDGE, 100’ AND TROLL FROM THERE. MOST FISH ALL WEEK HAVE BEEN SOUTH TO THE LORAN TOWER, TWO DAYS OF THIS AND THEY WILL BE NORTH TO THE KING FISH NUMBERS, A GOOD WEEK FOR THE BLUE WATER ANGLERS. DOLPHIN HAVE BEEN IN THE FIFTEEN POUND CLASS, KINGS TO TWENTY POUNDS AND THE SAILS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT. SPANISH MAC’S ARE IN THE HOLE, ONE CAST ONE FISH GREAT DINNER AND GREAT BAIT. BOTTOM FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT AND A CHUNK OF SPANISH WILL GET EVERY SPECIES ON THE ROCKS TO THE HOOK. IF YOU SEE TWO ROCKS ON YOUR BOTTOM MACHINE AND YOU DON’T DROP BAIT, YOU MISSED A FISH. NO COBIA THIS WEEK, BUT MORE THAT ONE WAHOO IS ON THE LIST.

SURF ANGLERS IT IS BLUES AND MAC’S EARLY, THAN AS THE EDGE WARMS THE WHITING, POMPANO AND SMALL SNOOK MAKE A SHOWING. CUT BAIT FOR THE BLUES AND MAC’S, SANDFLEAS FOR THE POMPANO AND PIECE OF SHRIMP FOR THE WHITING. THE POMPANO BITE HAS BEEN THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY, WITH THE BLUES IT IS AN EARLY BITE. NOW THE WHITING COME IN AT NOON AND THE SNOOK FOLLOW. FOR THE SNOOK A SMALL FLASHING PLUG IN THE SHALLOW WATER WILL FIND SOME NICE ROD PULLERS.

RIVER ANGLERS HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE WEEK HIDING FROM THE WIND IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER. WITH THE DEPTH AND WIND SHAPE OF THE RIVER THERE IS LOTS OF AREAS TO HIDE. SMALL TARPON AND SOME KEEPER SNOOK ARE ON THE LIST BUT ALL SAID THEY WORKED FOR THEM. SO LEAVE THE BOAT HOME AND FISH THE BRIDGES. POMPANO FORMTHE STUART CAUSWAY DRAW SPAN HAS BEEN OUT OF CONTROL CATCH THE TOP TWO HOUR OF THE INCOMING TIDE AND THE TWO HOURS OF THE OUT GOING, BINGO LIMITS OF BIG POMPS. SNOOK FISH THE DARK HOURS AND FISH DEEP, LIVE OR LURE AS LONG AS YOU ARE DEEP IT IS FISH TIME. THE TROUT HAVE BEEN IN THE INDIAN RIVER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, THREE FOOT OF DEPTH AND YOUR FAVORITE SOFT BAIT WILL FIND THE LIMIT. REDS IN ONE FOOT AND EARLY IS THE BITE, LOW LITE IS THE KEY.

TIME TO GET TO SHELVE BUILDING AND MAYBE WITH A LITTLE LUCK THIS MIGHT BE MY WEEK TO FIND A FISH. TILL NEXT WEEK………

 

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