The Snook Nook FISHING REPORT Always Bring Your Camera!
July 2010
FISHING 7/17/10
Tarpon in the river, inlets, surf it seems they are every where, why not it is their time. At times they will eat what ever is in their way, and then there are the days where you can not get a look. Look to go down in size, throwing that Crystal Minnow, look to the next size down, 3 ˝” or if you are using the DOA bait buster try the small TerrorEyz, all your favorites come in a small size and that may be the secret. With these small baits and heavy leaders a loop knot is mandatory or the bait just will not work. These little baits can not pull the bigger leaders, that loop will let them work with out pulling the leader. Tarpon at the Jetties, at surf edge north of FT.Pierce, south of Bath Tub to the Inlet, playing in the Cross Roads, plenty of them and the early hour seems to be most productive.
At the surf plenty of big Whiting chased by plenty of big Snook. If there is no action at the beach site you have chosen move, north or south because you will find them. These fish have been there into the late morning a little piece of shrimp will find them. If your target is Snook take the barbs off the hooks and go fish, please release them in the water. Heard about a few Blues this week and some nice Snapper off the Hobe Sound beach, one thing they all had in common was the time, early.
River, fish early or low light, water is warm and clear up my way. If you can see them they can see you, long cast early using top water after sun up move to the channels. Lots of slot Trout, small Reds, plenty of Snook and the good thing is that they have been hungry, breakfast.
Bonita and more Boneheads, if you can get bait through them one may find a fish. Seas were not to polite this week with 3 to 4 being called all week with a strong east wind just maybe some Dolphin will blow our way. For the moment most anglers were going deep looking for the Black Fins, playing with a few small Dolphins and coming in with King Fish of medium size, perfect for the grill. Good Mutton bite for the bottom anglers, Cobia swimming around the boats, but not eating and this was reported from several locations.
Yes, summer makes me lazy and the fish feel the same way……till next week where is the sun blocker??
FISHING....07/10/10
Beautiful weather, warm temps, and flat water, can it get any better? Lake Atlantic was very kind to anglers, one to two foot seas and that would be big, so every body was out and the catch list was long. So was the list of boats, lot of boats and a few fish each but it was a beautiful week end. The Black Fins were out in 250’ and some were of good size, trolling small feathers. Problem was after three the forth was eaten buy a shark, the fight and the run drew the sharks to the area, solution bring in the lines and move on. Dolphin were all small, two here and two there, not a bunch but they were out there, again the man in the gray suit shows up. Kings were in sixty feet, a lot in the twenty pound class eating sardines and the sharks were with them. Mutton and Yellow Tail Snapper kept the reef anglers busy, Amber Jacks to test your equipment and again sardines top the bait list. Not a lot of fish per boat but enough. Lots of comments on Sharks both inside and out, look before you reach out for that catch, look before you put your hands on that leader, we get upset when we loose a catch but you are in his house, careful. Action zone was 80’/125’ both north and south of the inlets, baits were not a problem, just lots of boats. Please give every body lots of room, pay attention to what in front of you.
Inlets and beach were busy, lots of Whiting, Snook, Tarpon, big Jacks, just a lot of fish that will test your equipment. Lots of good size Whiting on small pieces of shrimp, bring that bucket of ice you want to keep your catch as fresh as possible. Now about the Snook, if that is your target take the barbs off the hooks and if the fish takes the bait deep cut the leader and let them have the hook. These fish are after the Whiting, they are your toes, Yozuri crystal minnow, D.O.A Bait Buster, Gulf Stream Red Tail Hawk will find the fish and plenty of them; take the barbs off the hooks. Slide them across the bottom, fish in the trough or put that little Whiting back where you caught it and hang on. Tarpon have been south of Bath Tub beach, and the south Jetty in Ft Pierce, big fish, do not bring a knife to the gun fight.
Trout fishing early has been excellent, lots of nice fish on top water lures or a shrimp on a popping cork, knee deep. Bite is early, before sun up till maybe mid morning. Fish the grass edges; work your bait down that line from Bear Point south to Boy Scout Island, early, low light. Late morning look deep, the channel edge, four feet, work your bait slow across the bottom. Tarpon, low light, cross roads north to the Stuart causeway, north side of the Jensen causeway and Mud creeks are holding fish and I have no idea why there is none in between. But plenty of big Jacks every where in between so do not set your equipment down. Fishing has been good but you have to fish early, low light and cooler water is the key.
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