The Snook Nook FISHING REPORT
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Current Fishing Reports

OCT.15, 04 FISHING
            TO THE BEACH, FISHING IS HOT, ONE PROBLEM ACCESS. THE COUNTIES HAVE
CLOSED MOST ACCESS TILL THEY CAN GET THE CLEAN UP EFFORT UNDER CONTROL. THE
STORMS TOOK OUT MOST CROSS-OVERS, FILLED THE PARKING LOTS WITH SAND AND COVERED
THE BEACH WITH EVERY THING THAT WAS FLOATING. THERE WORRY IS THAT SOME ONE WILL
STEP ON SOMETHING, LIKE A NAIL? O0H WELL, FOUR IN MARTIN AND TWO IN ST. LUCIE
COUNTY ARE OPEN AND MARE EVERY DAY. THE FISH DON’T CARE. BLUE FISH, MAC’S,
SNOOK, TARPON, BIG JACKS, POMPANO, SHALL I GO ON? THE MULLET RUN IS ON AND THEY
ARE THICK, BIRD WORKING THEM, FISH CRASHING THROUGH, TARPON IN THE AIR AND I AM
STILL PLAYING WITH PLY WOOD. EVERY HOUR, EVERY TIDE POSITION THERE IS A SPECIES
ON THE MOVE.  USUALLY I WOULD SAY EARLY BUT ANY TIME YOU GET THERE IS A GOOD
TIME, LOTS OF FISH, LOTS OF NUMBERS AND ALL IN CASTING RANGE.
            THE TURBITY IN THE INDIAN RIVER IS SETTLING MORE EVERY DAY. THE
MULLET RUN IS IN HIGH GEAR. THE TEMPS ARE PERFECT, SO WHY ARE YOU NOT FISHING.
START ON THE EAST BANK FROM THE SNOOKNOOK AND GO NORTH TO BEAR POINT, FIFTEEN
MILES, LOTS OF FISH. THE TROUT BITE HAS BEEN THE THREE FOOT ZONE, THE SNOOK AND
BIG JACKS HAVE BEEN SHALLOWER, THE BLUE FISH ARE EVERY WHERE AND THE POMPANO ARE
SKIPPING BEHIND THE BOAT THAT’S HOW GOOD IT IS. FROM A BOAT YOUR WORLD IS OPEN
PUT IN AT JC PARK AND RUN SOUTH BUT IF YOU ARE LAND LOCKED IT GETS A LITTLE MORE
NARROW. THE STUART CAUSEWAY IS OPEN AND IT IS A GREAT LOCATION FOR BIG DRUM AND
SNOOK. THE SNOOK BITE HAS BEEN LATE OF THE TURN OF THE HIGH TIDE WITH A FEW
POMPS AND BLUES MIXED ALL DAY. BUT YOU NEED TO GO FOR A RIDE AND CHECK OUT OTHER
AREAS LIKE BLIND CREEK AND LITTLE MUD CREEK. BOTH THESE AREAS WERE WASHED OUT
FROM OCEAN TO ROAD AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. CATCH THE HIGH TIDE ANY TIME AND FISH
THAT AREA, TARPON, SNOOK, TROUT, BIG JACKS ALL FROM THE BANK, IT IS ALL NEW. ALL
YOUR ALD SPOTS HAVE CHANGED, SO IF IT WAS NOT GOOD BEFORE THE STORM YOU HAVE TO
TRY IT NOW, ANY WHERE YOU CAN GET A LINE WET FROM HERMAN'S BAY TO BEAR POINT IS
WORTH A STOP AND A FEW CASTS. THE MULLET RUN IS ON AND YOU WILL SEE THE
ACTIVITY. I BELIEVE WITH IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO INDIAN
RIVER DRIVE SO YOU CAN EXPLORE THE WEST SIDE IF YOU EVER FINISH THE EAST SIDE.
CHECK OUT THE CREEKS, STAND ON THE BRIDGE AND WATCH, JUST DO NOT FORGET THAT
ROD.
                OFF SHORE THE DOLPHIN ARE HERE. WE HAD REPORTS OF DOLPHIN BOTH
NORTH AND SOUTH YOU JUST HAVE TO GET AWAY WAY FROM THE INLETS WITH THEIR BROWN
PLUMES AND GET TO THE GREEN WATER, FOUR TO SIX MILES DEPENDING ON THE WIND
DIRECTION. LIVE BAIT HAS BEEN HARD FIND, BRING SOME MULLET FROM THE RIVER OR PUT
OUT THE BALLYHOO. DOLPHIN IN THE TWELVE POUND CLASS, FEW SAILS, PLENTY OF KING
FISH, WAHOO ON THE DOWN LINES AND THE COBIA ARE NORTH OF THE FT. PIERCE INLET.
LOTS OF BOTTOM FISH, THE REEF ARE CLEAN OF ALL SAND, SNAPPER AND GROUPER, LOTS OF
BIG SEA BASS AND YELLOW TAIL JUST SOUTH OF THE LORAN TOWER.
             LOTS OF FISH GANG, IT IS MULLET RUN TIME, INSIDE OR OUT YOU JUST
HAVE TO GET A BAIT WET. BRING THE CAMERA………………………….
             MAYBE IN THREE WEEKS THE SNOOK NOOK WILL BE OPEN IN JENSEN, BUT FOR
NOW THE SNOOKNOOK II IN STUART IS OPEN AND IF YOU HAD REPAIRS AT OUR JENSEN STORE YOU
CAN PICK THEM UP IN STUART………
 

OCT. 8, 04
          FINALLY A WEEK END AND WE ARE NOT PUTTING UP, TAKING DOWN OF EVEN
THINKING ABOUT “PLY-WOOD”.  BACK TO BACK STORMS IN THE SAME INLET HAS CHANGED
THE SHORE LINE, THE DOCKS, BOAT RAMPS, YOU NAME IT AND IT HAS BEEN ALL TOUCHED.
SO HOW COME THE FISH DID NOT NOTICE?
           THE BEACH ACCESS’S HAVE TAKEN ON A NEW LOOK, SAND OUT TO THE ROAD AND
STUFF EVERYWHERE. SO WHY HAVE THE MULLET NOT NOTICED? THE RUN IS ON AND THE
SNOOK BITE IS HOT. BLUES AND SPANISH MAC’S ALONG WITH POMPANO, BIG JACKS AND
TARPON STILL ROLLING ARE ALL THERE, DID THEY NOTICE? THE SNOOK ARE EARLY, BLUES
AND MAC’S MID MORNING, TARPON IN THE EVENING AND THE REST IS THERE WHEN YOU GET
THERE. IF IT HAS FLASH THROW IT, DEPENDING ON THE TIME AS TO WHAT WILL EAT IT.
BRING YOUR CAST NET AND USE LIVE MULLET OR IF IT LOOKS LIKE A MULLET CAST IT AND
IF YOU SAVED SOME SAND FLEAS FROM THE SUMMER THE POMPANO ARE ALL BIG. THE TARPON
ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE LOCK JAW, PLENTY TO BE SEEN, BUT FEW TAKERS. WHEN THEY
BEHAVE LIKE THIS LOOK TO PRESENT FROM SMALL TO BIG BAITS MAYBE YOU WILL FIGURE
OUT WHAT THESE FISH ARE EATING.
            OFF-SHORE THE LIVE BAIT IS HARD TO FIND SO BRING THE BALLY HOO OR
NET SOME MULLET ON THE EDGE OR IN THE RIVER AND BRING THEM. GET AWAY FROM THE
BROWN WATER COMING OUT OF OUR INLETS, LOOK TO THE GREEN WATER AND START THERE.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH BECAUSE THERE IS EVERY THING OUT THERE, FROM TREES TO PIECES
OF BOATS AND IN SOME CASES WHOLE BOATS. MAKES FOR LOTS OF FLOTSAM TO GATHER
DOLPHIN BUT THINGS THAT CAN DO A LOT DAMAGE. GETS YOUR BAITS IN THE WATER AT
THAT POINT AND START LOOKING, HAVE TWO RODS RIGGED TO CAST IN THE HOLDERS
BECAUSE ANY ONE THAT HAS BEEN OUT HAS PULLED DOLPHIN FROM THE FLOTSAM. THE KING
FISH BITE HAS NOT SLOWED, SAILS IN GOOD NUMBERS AND THIS IS WAHOO TIME. LOTS OF
BIG BONITA SO THERE MUST BE A TUNA OR TWO WITH THEM. TROLL TWO BAITS DOWN AND
LET THE REST OF YOUR SPREAD SWIM NOT SKIP, YOU WILL FIND A FISH AND YOU WILL BE
READY TO CHANGE COURSE IF SOMETHING GETS IN THE WAY. A TREE, A BOAT, MY DOCK
JUST STUFF EVERY WHERE. GET TO THE COLOR CHANGE AND START THERE. BOTTOM FISHING
IS EASY. THE STORMS HAVE CLEANED THE REEFS, DIVERS TELL ME ALL THE SAND IS GONE
ALONG WITH THE ALGAE, AND THEY LOOK BRAND NEW. LOTS OF SEA BASS, LOTS OF SNAPPER,
LIMIT SIZE GROUPER, JUST LOTS OF FISH. FROM THIRTY FEET OUT BUT THE SIX MILE IS
WHERE IT IS HAPPENING.
               THE INDIAN RIVER IS HOT THE ST. LUCIE IS NOT, DRAINING THE BIG
“O” AFTER WE HAVE HAD JUST TOO MUCH RAIN. THE MULLET ARE EVERY WHERE AND THE BIG
TROUT AND SNOOK ARE FAT CITY. TWENTY POUND JACKS ARE EVERY WHERE ALL DAY. WE CAN
NOW GET ON  THE ISLAND FROM THE STUART CWY OR SOUTH BRIDGE IN FT. PIERCE. ALL
YOUR FAVORITE SPOTS ON THE EAST BANK ARE CALLING AND THE BEST PART IS THERE IS
FISH. INDIAN RIVER DRIVE FROM THE JENSEN CWY NORTH IS BEING REPAIRED, WASHED OUT
IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. CASTING A TOP WATER PLUG INTO SPLASHING MULLET IS A SURE
HIT, FREE LINE A LIVE MULLET AROUND THE JENSEN CWY WILL GET YOUR ARMS PULLED BY
THE BIGGEST JACKS OR SNOOK WELL OVER THE SLOT. BRING THE CAMERA BECAUSE MOST FISH
THAT YOU CATCH WILL BE WELL OVER THE SLOT. TARPON ARE BITING AT THE POWER PLANT
AND THE BLUE FISH AND MAC’S IN THE RIVER ARE BIGGER THAN THOSE IN THE SURF. NOT
SURE IF ANY OF THE FISH NOTICED THE STORM. NOW BOATERS YOU HAVE TO REAL
CAREFUL, EVERY DOCK LOST LOTS OF WOOD, ALL THE SAIL BOATS WENT SOME WHERE AND
THE TREES AND DOCK BOXES ALMOST MAKE IT COMBAT FISHING. TAKE YOU’RE TIME, PAY
ATTENTIONS LETS NOT DO ANY DAMAGE. IT IS LIKE FISHING IN A NEW AREA, WE HAVE NEW
SAND BARS AND I MEAN BIG BARS, CHANNELS ARE DEEPER AND YES SOME ARE GONE, WADERS
MOVE SLOWLY IT IS ANEW AREA.
              THE SNOOK NOOK LOST ITS ROOF SO WE WILL BE DOWN FOR AT LEAST THREE
MORE WEEKS, IT WILL BE AWHILE BEFORE I GET TO ANSWER ANY “E”MAIL BUT AS SOON AS
I GET THIS PLY WOOD PUT UP I WILL BE WALKING THE BEACH, CHASING TROUT IN MIDDLE
COVE AND LOOKING FOR A WAHOO.  BOATERS PAY ATTENTION, WADERS MOVE SLOW AND I AM
GOING FISHING……………………………….................