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February 2008

Subject: FISHING 2/28/08

 
      Let's go catch a fish, weather is cool, sun is shining and a little wind, get your jacket and let's go. Slot size Trout in good numbers in three feet of water, from Round Island to the Sail Flats we have Trout and plenty of them. Wait till the sun comes up and pick your favorite location, no to the top water but yes to all other baits. The fish are staying down where the water temps are most constant and the best part is they are hungry.  Five  is the bag, 15'' to 20" and one can be over 20", for table fare keep the 15" and release the rest. A mix of Red Fish and slot size Snook on the same baits in the same locations, slow down the fish are in no hurry, remember the water is cool.
         Surf anglers are into numbers, Blue Fish and more Blues, why not this is their season on our coast. Plenty of Jacks and few Spanish Mac's will keep you busy into the late morning from most beach access points. Cut bait, spoons, chuggers are all working. When that edge warms the Whiting and Croakers show up, shrimp and clam pieces top their menu. Pompano finally have made a strong show at the Hobe Sound and Vero Cove, now that is quite a distance and they have to swim past many access point to get from one to the other so visit your favorite, Sand Fleas for bait. Start with a long cast and move your baits in slowly, you will find the fish with out the drive.
        Off shore, whether you are out of the Ft. Inlet or the St. Lucie Inlet the 90' number keeps coming up on the catch list. Action is scattered, still no pattern or live baits. Best plan is to get some Mullet inside and go out with your baits in the well, look for the blue water, good starting point. You may find it in 80' or 125' but the color line is  your best bet for the start. Run one bait down in your spread and pay attention for any flotsam that may hold fish.
        Till next week that slot size Snook (28" to 34") has both our names on it, well lets  just say will keep trying .

FEB. 13, 08 FISHING

WHATS WITH THESE TEMPS WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE LOW SIXTYS LAST NIGHT, HAD TO PUT ON MY WINTER SHORTS. GOOD FOR THE BLUE FISH, POMPANO, SAIL AND BIG REDS THAT ARE PASSING THROUGH BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, I LIVE HERE AND I LIKE THE EIGHTY’S.

WELL NOT MUCH I CAN DO LETS GO CATCH A FISH.

80’ TO 130’ FEET SEEMS TO BE THE ACTION ZONE,WIND AND RAIN THESE PAST DAYS HAS KEPT MOST BOATS IN THEIR SLIP. LOTS OF ANGLERS TALKING ABOUT THE FISH COMING TO THE BOAT AND NOT HAVING THAT PITCH ROD READY, ANGLERS MISSED A LOT HITS NOT BEING READY. LIVE BAIT HAS BEEN A HARD FIND WITH THE COOLER WATER TEMPS AND WITH YOUR BAITS TROLLING OUT BACK OF THE BOAT YOU REALLY NEED THAT PITCH ROD. EVEN WHEN A FISH IS ON AND COMING TO THE BOAT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A ROD READY, IN MOST CASES THER IS ANOTHER FISH WITH THE ONE ON THE HOOK. GOOD SAIL BITE, SCATTERED DOLPHIN BUT THE KING FISH HAVE SAVED THE DAY. TALK OF A WAHOO BITE, NOT BIG FISH, 12/18LBS, PERFECT FOR THE GRILL. COBIAS WERE ON THE LIST LAST WEEK AND IT IS THEIR TIME BUT THE SEAS HAVE BEEN LESS THAT POLITE. MAYBE THIS WEEK END THEY WILL MAKE A STRONG SHOWING. BOTTOM FISH FROM THE SIX MILE AND EIGHT MILE REEFS SOUTH TO THE LORAN TOWERS HAS BEEN PRODUCING THE GROUPER IN THE 15/20LB CLASS AND PLENTY OF SNAPPER. YES, THE SPANISH MACS ARE IN THE KING FISH HOLE SOUTH OF THE INLET. PUT ONE ON A HOOK WITH SOME LEAD AND SEND HIM DOWN, SMOKER KINGS BELOW THE SCHOOL.

ON THE BEACH IT IS THOSE PESKY BLUE FISH, HAD AN ANGLER ASK WHAT HE COULD DO TO GET AWAY FROM THEM, WE TOLD HIM GOLF. TI IS THAT TIME OF THE YEARAND THE TEMP ARE PERFECT, SPOONS, BIG TOP WATER AND CUT BAITS ALL WORK. IF IT MOVES THEY BITE SO TAKE THE BARBS OFF THE HOOKS FOR A QUICK RELEASE. THE WHITING AND CROAKERS COME IN AFTER THE SUN HAS WARMED THE EDGE A LITTLE PIECE OF SHRIMP FOR THESE FISH. THE POMPANO HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT BUT QUITE A FEW HAVE BEEN PUT IN THE BUCKET BY ANGLERS FISHING FOR WHITING, THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE TROUGH, YES SAND FLEAS.

IN THE RIVER LOTS OF SLOT SIZE TROUT AND THEY ARE THE ONES YOU WANT TO TAKE HOME FOR THE TABLE. BIG TROUT HAVE A POOR FOOD VALUE? 2-3 FT OF WATER ALL WEEK FROM THE POWER PLANT SOUTH TO THE INLET USING DOA BAITS, GULP BAITS, BAITS THAT WORK BELOW THE SURFACE. FEW REDS AT WALTON ROAD BUT I WOULD PLAY IN THE INLETS ON AN INCOMING TIDE, TO THE BOTTOMOR CLOSE AND HANG ON, BIG REDS AND BIG SNOOK, HAVE THE CAMERA READY. POMPANO AT THE BRIDGES AND FEW POMPS ON THE FLATS BUT IN TWELVE FEET OF WATER THERE IS A BUNCH OF POMPANO. HELLS GATE AND THE NORTH FORK ARE TWO LOCATIONS, NOW IF YOU TELL ANY ONE I’LL HAVE TO SHOOT YOU.

TILL NEXT WEEK, I SURE HOPE IT WARM UP…………..H

 

Subject: FISHING REPORT,,,2/12/08

 
         IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WEATHER, COOL TEMPS THEN WARM TEMPS BUT IT IS THE SEASON FOR THE POMPANO. CONFUSED THEY MAY BE BUT THE POMPANO ARE HERE, YOU JUST NEED TO TARGET THESE FISH. ANGLERS FISHING FROM THE BRIDGES HAVE HAD A MIXED SEASON OF AN OFF AND ON BITE, STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT. WAS THE BITE ON THE INCOMING OR OUT GOING WATER, WAS IT EARLY OR LATER IN THE DAY, WERE YOU FISHING ON THE BOTTOM OR IN THE COLUMN AND I KNOW YOU WILL FIND SOME COMMON ANSWERS. FROM THE BRIDGE MY PAST TELLS ME IT IS THE INCOMING WATER AND I WAS FISHING THE COLUMN FROM BOTTOM UP, TIME NOT AN ISSUE IT WAS THE WATER. VERTICAL JIGGING WITH DOC'S GOOFY JIGS, GULF STREAM RED FISH JIGS OR THAT OLD STAND BY NYLURE WERE ALL PRODUCTIVE. THE ONLY THING I NEVER TRIED WAS A SECOND ROD WITH SAND FLEAS FROM THE BRIDGE, WHY NOT? FROM THE BOATS, HAVE HAD REPORTS FROM THE INDIAN RIVER AND THE ST. LUCIE RIVER ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NORTH FORK. ANGLERS LIKE THE NYLURES FROM THE BOAT, TRIMMING THE TAILS TO THE HOOK AND USING A PIECE OF SHRIMP TO CATCH THEIR NOSE. ON THE FLATS ANGLERS WILL PUT OUT THAT SECOND ROD WITH SAND FLEAS AND IT ALL WORKS, THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS COMES UP IS THAT INCOMING TIDE, NOT TIME BUT INCOMING WATER. FROM THE SURF EDGE, WE HAVE ANGLERS CATCHING WHITING AND POMPANO, NOW YOU CATCH WHITING IN THE FIRST TROUGH WITH A MIX OF POMPANO, SO WHY ARE YOU LONG CASTING, THEY ARE AT YOUR TOES LOOKING FOR SAND FLEAS. NOW GET YOUR TIDE CHARTS AND PLAN YOUR OUTING, INCOMING WATER AND THE POMPANO JUST MOVE TOGETHER.
          FROM THE SURF THE BLUE FISH BITE IS ON, SPOONS, TOP WATER AND CUT BAITS HAVE ALL PUT FISH ON THE SAND. THESE FISH ARE IN THE THREE TO FIVE POUND CLASS AND MAKE EXCELLENT TABLE FARE, DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD THESE FISH FEED ON MULLET NOT BUNKER. THE WHITING COME IN AFTER THE SUN HAS BEEN UP AND WARMS THE EDGE, A LITTLE PIECE OF SHRIMP ON A 4# LONG SHANK HOOK AND A SHORT PITCH TO THAT FIRST TROUGH WILL GET A BUCKET FULL. POMPANO FOR THE LONG CASTERS, LOOK NORTH IN THE VERO COVE OR DOWN TO FREDRICK DOUGLAS BEACH TO LOCATIONS WITH LIMITS OF FISH OR THAT FIRST TROUGH MIXED IN WITH THE WHITING FOR THE SHORT CAST.
         THE RIVER ANGLERS ARE STARTING A LITTLE DEEPER THREE TO FOUR FEET IS THE START. CASTING TO BOTH THE SHALLOW AND DEEP WATER FOR THE ZONE THE FISH ARE HOLDING IN. LOTS OF SLOT TROUT ON BOTH SHRIMP AND SINKING BAITS, NOT MUCH ON TOP  WATER.MID MORNING FOR THAT BITE BUT IF IT RED FISH YOU STILL NEED TO BE THERE EARLY. THE DOA SHRIMP, GULP BAITS AND THE OLD STAND-BY GOLD SPOON WILL CATCH THEM ALL. THE POWER PLANT AREA AND THE EASTSIDE NORTH OF NORTH BRIDGE GOOD STARTING POINTS. LOTS OF DRUM FROMTHE BRIDGES ALONG WITH ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS. DARK HOURS FOR THE SNOOK USING BIG PIN FISH OR CASTING FLAIR HAWKS AND YES STRONG TIDAL FLOW IS IMPORTANT FOR THE SNOOK. 28" TO 32" IS THE SLOT, GOOD LUCK.
              OFF-SHORE HAS BEEN QUIET, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE CONDITIONS, COOL AND LESS THAN POLITE SEAS HAVE KEPT MOST TIED TO THE DOCK. FORM 80' TO 125' SEEMS TO BE THE ACTION ZONE. MOST CATCHS FELL INTO THAT ZONE BUT IT SEAMS THERE MORE FISHING THAN CATCHING. PAY ATTENTION HAVE A PITCH ROD OR TWO READY. LOTS OF ANGLERS TALKING ABOUT THE FISH SWIMMING PAST THE BOAT AND NOT HAVING A ROD READY FOR THE CAST. BUT FOR ME I HAVE TO GO WITH CAPT. SQUEEKY KELLY'S ADVICE, RUN TO THE "TWINKLY BLUE WATER" AND START THERE. THE FISH JUST LIKE THE CLEAN WATER AND SO DO I. TILL NEXT GO CATCH A FISH AND PAY ATTENTION, THERE IS A REASON THAT FISH WAS THERE............................HENRY

 

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