The Snook Nook FISHING REPORT
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Current Fishing Reports
June 2007
JUNE 5, 07 FISHING
WELL THE WINDS IS GONE, WHAT A DIFFERENCE
A DAY MAKES. ALL OF MARCH THEN ALL OF APRIL BUT
MAY, WE WERE NOT READY FOR. 15 TO 30MPH EVERY DAY,
WE JUST WERE CRAZY WITH WIND. OFF-SHORE, EVERY TOURNAMENT WAS CANCELED, IN SHORE WAS LIMITED
TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER AND LETS SAY THE SURF
WAS GREAT FOR SURFING. IT HAS NOT BEEN A GREAT
BEGINNING FOR THE YEAR. BUT THIS IS A NEW MONTH AND
THE FISH ARE WAITING.
OFF SHORE THE CATCH LIST IS LOOKING REAL GOOD
WITH COBIA, DOLPHIN, KINGS, SAILS AND WAHOO, THE
GANG IS ALL HERE. THE SMOKER KINGS START IN THIRTY
FEET ALONG WITH A FEW COBIAS ON TROLLED AND LIVE
BAITS. THE DOLPHIN BITE HAS BEEN HOT WITH FISH IN THE
TWENTY POUND CLASS, A FEW BIGGER INTO THE THIRTY
POUND CLASS. THE WAHOO HAVE BEEN SMALL, EXCELLENT
FOR THE GRILL. SWORD FISH, MAYBE NEXT WEEK I WILL
HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT, HAS NOT BEEN THE TARGET
WITHALL THE WIND. MAY WAS FOR MUTTONS THEN IT
WAS APRIL NOT A REPORT AS OF THE DATE?
THE SURF IS FLAT, PERFECT FOR THE WHITING AND
CROAKER AND YES THE SNOOK ARE RIGHT THERE WITH
THEM. IF YOU ARE GOING TO TARGET SNOOK THE SEASON
IS CLOSED, TAKE THE BARBS OF THE HOOKS. THIRD DAY
WITH OUT WIND AND THE REPORTS OF TARPON ROLLING
COME FROM FOUR LOCATION BETWEEN THE INLET AND
WALTON ROCKS ACCESS. SQUEEKY IS CHARTERED FOR THURSDAY THE PLAN IS PERMIT AT THE BOILS, I WLL
KEEP YOU POSTED. ALMOST FORGOT, FORTY POUND KING
FISH CASTING FROM THE BEACH, TOLD YOU THEY WERE IN CLOSE.
STRONG TROUT BITE IN THE RIVER AND THE OLD STAND BY MIR-O-LURE, 7M18 AND 21 TOP THE LIST. IN TWO DAYS
THE TURBITY LEFT THE WATER, SO CLEAR YOU CAN SEE
THE BOTTOM, THE GRASS EDGES AND HOLES THESE FISH
FAVOR. FISHING EARLY FOR THE TROUT AND REDS IS
FAVORED BUT I NEVER CAUGHT A FISH WITH A WATCH
ON. AFTER SUN UP JUST LOOK TO THE SHADED WATER,
DOCKS, MANGROVES OR DEEPER WATER. FROM THE
BRIDGES THE LIST IS LONG FROM JACKS AND LADY FISH
TO SNAPPERS, TROUT, FLOUNDER, TO BLUE FISH AND
STILL A FEW POMPANO. DRUM, SHEEPHEAD, SAND PERCH
AND A FEW I LEFT OUT, SUMMER AND I LOVE THIS PLACE.
TILL NEXT WEEK, LEAVE A FEW FOR THE REST OF US.
JUNE 18, 07 FISHING
YES, IT IS BACK TO NORMAL, NINTY DEGREE DAYS AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS, LAZY DAYS OF FLORIDA AND YES I LOVE THIS PLACE.
LET’S GO TO THE BEACH AND CATCH FISH SO DO NOT FORGET THE BUCKET OF ICE. LOTS OF WHITING AND LOTS OF CROAKER WITH A MIX OF SNAPPERS ALL ON A PIECE OF SHRIMP IN THE FIRST TROUGH. YES THERE IS SNOOK, SEASON IS CLOSED, STILL KING FISH WITH LIVE BAITS AND A PERMIT TO TEST YOUR EQUIPMENT. TARPON ON THE MOVE, NO HOOK UPS YET BUT SOON. THE SURF HAS BEEN THE LOCATION FOR NUMBERS AND ALL EXCELLENT TABLE FARE. THE FISH ARE AT YOUR FEET NOT OUT IN THE DEPTHS, A LIGHT PITCH NOT A CAST WILL PUT YOU IN THE ZONE. A PIECE OF SHRIMP IS ALL YOU NEED NOT A WHOLE SHRIMP, FEED A PIECE UP ON A 4# LONG SHANK HOOK (WHITING RIG), 12 POUND TEST ON A LIGHT RIG AND THAT BUCKET ICE AND IT IS DINNER TONIGHT. THE PERMIT HAVE MADE A SHOW BUT NOT MANY ANGLERS TARGETING THE FISH, NOT SURE WHY. THE KINGS FISH BITE IS STILL GOOD WITH FISH IN THE FIFTEEN POUND CLASS FOR THE LIVE BAIT ANGLERS. TARPON ON THE ROLL STILL OUT OF CASTING RANGE BUT TOMORROW IT MAY CHANGE. SQUEEKIE WENT TO THE WEST COAST PLAYING WITH THE FISH, THIS WEEK IT WILL BE TARPON AND PERMIT ON LIVE CRABS, I WILL KEEP YOU TO SPEED.
OFF SHORE IT IS SUMMER AND THE FISH HAVE SPREAD OUT, YOU NEED TO TAKE DINNER TO THE FISH. DOLPHIN IS THE TARGET LOOK DEEP FOR THE BIGGER FISH, FISH IN THE 15LB TO 20LB CLASS WILL BE IN 200’ PLUS TROLLING LIVE AND DEAD BAITS. SMALLER DOLPHIN IN GOOD NUMBERS IN THE SHALLOW WATER ON ANY THING FLOATING. THE KING FISH BITE STARTS IN TWENTY FEET AND GOES OUT WITH MOST FISH CAUGHT IN THE TWENTY POUND CLASS USING LIVE BAITS. PLENTY OF SAILS, FEW COBIAS AND THE WAHOO BITE HAS BEEN PRETY GOOD WITH FISH ALSO IN THE TWENTY POUND CLASS. BOTTOM FISH FROM THE SIXTY FOOT MARK HAS BEEN EXCELLENT WITH GOOD SIZE MUTTONS AND GROUPER WILL KEEP YOU BUSY, FAVORED BAIT SARDINES.
THE RIVER ARE BEAUTIFUL, WE HAVE HAD NO RAIN FOR MONTHS WITCH MEANS NO DRAIN FROM THE LAKE. MOTHER NATURE HAS FIXED MOST OF THE MAN MADE DAMAGE AND YES THE MANAGEMENT GROUP IS TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT, THE SCUM BAGS. THE SALINITY IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE. TARON HAVE MADE A GOOD SHOW IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE, CROSSROADS, STUART CAUSWAY AND NORTH TO THE POWER PLANT AREA IN THE INDIAN RIVER. LOTS OF FISH, GOOD SIZE BUT STILL, "WHAT IS IT THEY EAT"? MORNING IS THE BITE TIME, FROM BEFORE SUN UP TILL JUST AFTER SUN UP, A PRETTY TIGHT ZONE. YES, A FEW DURING THE DAY BUT DAWN IS THE BEST. FROM LIVE BAITS TO FLY HAVE ALL WITH YOU BECAUSE THEIR PREFERNCE CHANGES DALY. TROUT CAN BE FOUND EARLY ON TOP WATER AND AS THE SUN GETS HIGH JUST GO TO 3’ TO 4’ OF DEPTH ON ANY GRASS EDGE USING SOFT RUBBER JERK BAITS AND LIVE SHRIMP WILL FIND YOUR FISH. THE REDS ARE IN THE INDIAN RIVER FROM BEAR POINT SOUTH ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR FISH BY DAWN, GO CATCH A TROUT. SNOOK SEASON IS CLOSED AND THEY KNOW IT SO THEY EAT ANY THING IN THE WATER, KEEP YOUR CAMERA READY. FEW PERMIT IN THE AIL FISH FLATS BUT MOST ANGLERS IN THAT AREA ARE ON THE BONE FISH.
BRIDGES HAVE BEEN AN EXCELLENT LOCATION WITH A LONG CATCH LIST, DRUM, BLUES, JACKS, SNAPPER; TROUT EVEN A FLOUNDER OR TWO AND NOW THE STUART CAUSWAY IS OPEN, YES SO IS THE BOAT RAMP.
FISH EARLY THEN LAZ THE DAY TILL DUSK AND FISH AGAIN, YES I LOVE THIS PLACE…………………HENRY
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