COOL MORNING AND I AM NOT SURE I LIKE THIS, SIXTY DEGREES, SOON TO BE EIGHTY AND I CAN NOT WAIT.

BLUE WATER HAS BEEN TOUGH, COMING OFF THE FULL MOON THEN THE WIND AND COLD, GLAD I OWN A SMALL BOAT. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK OF TAKING DINNER TO THE FISH, LOTS OF TROLLING AND ONLY A FEW REPORTED. BUT THE CONDITIONS HAVE KEPT MOST IN, MORNING START NICE BUT BLOW UP WITH THE SUN RISE. ANGLERS RUNNING BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH HAD TO LOOK FOR THE FISH. WHO CAUGHT A DOLPHIN, A SAIL, A WAHOO; YOU NOTICE I AM TALKING SINGULAR. COMING OFF THE FULL OF THE MOON I THINK THE FISH ARE JUST FAT AND NOT HUNGRY. WE HAVE HAD FISH REPORTED JUST NOT IN THE NUMBERS WE LIKE TO SEE. GOOD BAIT SCHOOLS BUT YOU COULD FIND YOUR FISH IN 40’ OR 400’ AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN. AGAIN I SAID FISH; THE CATHS LIST WAS THERE JUST NOT NUMBERS. WAHOO MADE A STRONG SHOW BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE JUST THAT ANGLERS TRIED IT ALL AND SINKING BAIT WAS PART OF THE TRY. WHEN FISHING GETS TOUGH KEEP IN MIND THAT 10% OF THE FISH FEED IN THE TOP 10% OF THE COLUMN, YOU CAN BUMP UP YOUR CATCH LIST BUY FISHING THE OTHER 90% OF THE COLUMN, RUN BAIT DEEP AND DEEPER. THE POSITIVE SIDE IS THE BOTTOM FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT, LOTS OF GROUPER AND SNAPPER OF ALL TYPES STARTING IN 30’ AND DEEPER.

ON THE SURFS EDGE IT HAS BEEN BLUE FISH AND MORE BLUES. THE MORNING ANGLERS HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH BOTH CUT BAITS AND LURES, BUSY WEEK OF BLUES IT IS BEST SAID. THE POMPANO ARE THERE FOR THE LONG CAST USING SAND FLEAS, BEST PART ANY TIME IS PRODUCTIVE. THE WHITING AND CROAKERS SHOW WHEN THE EDGE WARMS AND THE BLUES MOVE OUT, LATE MORNING HAS FILLED A BUCKET OR TWO. HAVE ONLY HEARD OF SMALL SNOOK ON THAT EDGE THE WATER IS STILL COOL FOR THE BIG FISH TO MOVE IN. IF SNOOK IS YOUR TARGET I WOULD WAIT UNTIL NOON AND THEN COME ON DOWN, AGAIN WARMER WATER IS THE KEY.

IN THE RIVER I HOPE YOU LIKE POMPANO BECAUSE THEY ARE EVERY WHERE AND ALL KEEPERS; THE BAG IS FIVE, 11’ TO 20’ WITH ONE OVER 20’. NORTH FORK, ROOSEVELT BRIDGE, HELLS GATE, THE CUT UNDER SEWALLS POINT ON NORTH IN THE INDIAN RIVER AS FAR AS VERO. BRIDGE ANGLERS ARE USING THE JIGGING SPOONS AND NYLURES, RIVER ANGLERS ARE TAKING THEM ON THE GULF STREAM RED FISH JIG AND NYLURES TIPPED WITH SHRIMP. BRIDGE ANGLERS YOUNEED TO CATCH THE LAST TWO HOURS OF THE INCOMING AND THE FIRST OF THE FALLING TIDES, LET THE JIG TOUCH BOTTOM AND A SHORT JERK OF THE ROD LETTING FALL AGAIN TO THE BOTTOM. DO NOT BRING YOUR JIG TO THE SURFACE TO QUICKLY BECAUSE THE MAC’S WILL TAKE IT HOME WITH THEM. RIVER ANGLERS MOVING WATER IS YOUR KEY. TROUT BITE HAS BEEN EXCELLENT ON JERK BAITS, DOA SHRIMP AND EARLY TOP WATER. GOOD CATCH NUMBERS WITH A RED THROWN IN AND YES THE POMPS WILL EAT THE SHRIMP. SNOOK ANGLERS HAVE BEEN QUIET, GOOD STRONG BITE OFF THE FT. PIERCE JETTY USING SHRIMP ON A JIG HEAD, THE ROOSEVELT USING THE BIG BOMBERS AND FLAIR HAWKS, DARK HOUR IS THE TIME. NOW WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF REPORTS FROM ALL BUT THE SURF, DARK HOUR IS THE TIME. IF I WERE TO FISH IN THE DAY HOUR IT WOULD BE AT THE PEAK OF THE HIGH TIDE, BIG BAIT, BIG FISH.

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MAR. 11, 05 FISHING

BEEN A LONG WEEK WITH EVERY WEATHER YOU COULD WANT OR NOT WANT. FIFTY DEGREES IN THE MORNING, SOLID RAIN ALL DAY WEDNESDAY, OVER CAST AND NOW THE SUN IS SHINING. WIND FROM THE EAST, WEST, NORTH AND A FEW DAY I AM NOT SURE OF, BUT HERE IS THE WEEK END AND THE SUN IS SHINING. LET’S GO CATCH A FISH.

TO THE SURF IT IS BLUES, MAC’S, POMPANO AND WHITING DEPENDING ON THE DAY. BLUES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THE EARLY ANGLER USING CUT BAITS OR CHROME SPOONS. DEPENDING ON THE DAY THEY MAY BE THERE ALL DAY IF IT IS OVERCAST. THE WHITING LIKE THE WARM WATER, SO IF THE SUN IS SHINING THEY WILL BE THERE EATING BITS OF SHRIMP AND SQUID. THE WIND HAS KEPT UP THE TURBITY, LOOK FOR THE POMPS AT THE CLEAN WATER EDGE, AND YES SAND FLEAS ARE THE NUMBER ONE BAIT FOR POMPANO. POMPS OF MEDIUM SIZE, GOOD TARGET WITH A TWELVE FOOT ROD. THE MAC’S ARE MIXED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. SNOOK, STILL TO COLD FOR THEM TO MAKE A GOOD SHOW ON THE BEACH, FEW SHORTS IF ANY. TWO DAYS OF EIGHTY DEGREES WOULD MAKE BOTH THE SNOOK AND I VERY HAPPY.

RIVER IT IS BIG TROUT, FEW REDS, LOTS OF SNOOK AND FLOUNDER AND THEN THE LADY FISH, JACKS, POMANO AND FIVE OTHER SPECIES TO KEEP BUSY WITH. RIVER FISHING HAS BEEN VERY GOOD IF YOU DON’T MIND WORKING AROUND THE WEATHER. WITH THE OVER CAST DAYS ANGLERS FOUND THE FISH IN THE SHALLOWS ALL DAY, TOP WATER, SOFT RUBBER, AND LIVE SHRIMP TOP THE LIST. EARLY FOR THE TROUT FROM THE JENSEN CWY NORTH, REDS HAVE BEEN AT WALTON ROAD AND POMPANO FROM THE STUART CWY SOUTH. NOW THESE FISH ARE EVERY WHERE BUT THE LOCATIONS I HAVE GIVEN ARE WHERE THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN. FLOUNDER IN THE ST. LUCIE RIVER AND THE SPOIL ISLANDS AROUND BOY SCOUT ISLAND. SNOOK AT THE BRIDGES, SNOOK IN THE FORT PIERCE INLET AND IN GOOD NUMBERS. A DARK BITE BUT ALL REPORT A SHRIMP ON A JIG HEAD OR A RED TAIL HAWK. BOTH METHODS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE BOTTOM, FISH SLOW JUST BUMPING THE BOTTOM. THE FISH ARE DEEP, THAT’S WHERE THE WATER IS WARM AND I DON’T BLAME THEM. HOW ABOUT SOME SNAPPER OR GROUPER IN THE RIVER, TROLL A DEEP RUNNING PLUG IN THE CHANNEL NORTH OF SOUTH BRIDGE IN FT. PIERCE, NORTH TO HARBOR BRANCH AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHANNEL, YOU WILL FIND SOME REALLY NICE FISH.

FOR THE BLUE WATER ANGLER IT HAS BEEN HOT BOTTOM FISHING. ANCHORED OR DRIFTING OVER THE REEFS THE CATCH LIST IS LONG. GROUPER, REDS, MUTTONS, COBIA, KINGS, AND DOLPHIN EVEN HAD A SAIL EAT A SARDINE. FROM THIRTY FEET OUT IT HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. ONE BOAT HAD EIGHT COBIA TO THE BOAT ALL IN THE THIRTY POUND CLASS. THE KINGS HAVE BEEN IN THE TEN POUND CLASS, DOLPHIN ABOUT THE SAME SIZE BUT THE GROUPER AND THE SNAPPER HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ROD PULLERS. TWENTY POUND GROUPER, TWELVE POUND MUTTONS, BIG REDS ONE BOAT WAS IN A SCHOOL OF TWELVE POUND BLUE FISH. SARDINES AND GRUNTS TOP THE BAIT LIST. TROLLERS FOUND THEM SELVES OUT IN TWO HUNDRED FEET AND WATCHING FOR WEATHER CHANGES. FEW WAHOO, SCATTERED DOLPHIN, SMALL KINGS AND FEW SAILS IT WAS A WEEK FOR THE BOTTOM ANGLERS. ANY TIME WAS A GOOD TIME FOR THE REEF ANGLERS AND YES THE SPANISH ARE STILL IN THE HOLE.

NOW IF WE CAN KEEP THE SUN SHINING AND THE WATER WILL JUST WARM A FEW DEGREES FISHNG WILL JUST GET BETTER OR THE TRUTH OF IT IS EASIER ON US OLDER ANGLERS.