MAY 8,06 FISHING

YES IT IS NINTY AND THE WIND LAY DOWN, IT’S FLORIDA AND I LIKE IT HOT. IN SHORE, SURF AND OFF-SHORE WE HAD A GREAT WEEK END.

SEAS WENT FLAT IN ONE DAY AFTER A WEEK OF WIND, AMAZING WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. OFF-SHORE IT IS DOLPHIN CITY, 60’ TO 150’ IS THE ACTION ZONE, NOW THERE HAS BEEN FISH AT 300’ AND OUT BUT WHY GO THERE. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH EVERY BODY I CALLED SAID THE SAME THING, 150’. TROLLING, LIVE OR LURES THE FISH WERE THICK. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT DOLPHIN FROM TWENTY TO THIRTY POUNDS AND SOME BIGGER BUT THAT WAS THE SIZE. WE HAD ANGLERS TELL US THEY HAD DOUBLE HEADERS AND TRIPLES, IT WAS A DOLPHIN WEEK END. COBIA MADE THE CATCH LIST AS WELL AS SAIL FISH EVEN THE KING BITE WAS GOOD BUT IT WAS THE DOLPHIN THAT HAD ANGLERS ATTENTION. BOTTOM ANGLERS HAD A GGOD SNAPPER BITE AND FEW GROUPER BUT WITH DOLPHIN AT THE BOAT IT WAS CAST THE SARDINE AND FORGET THE DROP. AGAIN 150’ IS THE ZONE. BAITS IN THE WATER AT 60’ AND GO FROM THERE, IT WAS THAT GOOD.

SURF IS CLEAN SO LEAVE HOME THE BOARD AND BRING THE TACKLE. POMPANO AT THE HOBE SOUND BEACH, OUT OF CONTROL? WE HAVE A GOOD RESIDENT POPULATION BUT THIS WAS ONE POMPANO WEEK END. LOOKING FOR THEM TO MOVE NORTH WE SHOULD GET AT LEAST ONE MORE WEEK END OF THEM. THE BLUES ARE THERE FOR THE EARLY ANGLER BUT THE TIME IS VERY SHORT. NOW IF YOU ARE A TARPON AND SNOOK FAN THIS IS A GOOD THING. LOTS OF WHITING AND WITH THEM COME THE SNOOK AND A GOOD CATCH REPORTED. A FEW TARPON HAVE BEEN SEEN ROLLING BUT IT IS THERE TIME TO BE HERE AND THE TEMPS ARE PERFECT. SNOOK FANS THAT RAPALLA, YOZURI CRYSTAL, BUCK TAILS AND SMALL WHITING MAKE GREAT BAITS. ABOUT THOSE BIG JACKS, WATCH YOU EQUIPMENT THEY WILL TEACH IT TO SWIM.

THE RIVER IS SUMMER MODE FISHING. EARLY OR LATE, LOW LIGHT IS THE KEY AND LOOK IN THE VERY SHALLOW WATER. SO I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT A FISH WITH A WATCH ON, I GO WHEN I CAN. IF THE SUN IS UP LOOK TO FISH THE SHADDED WATER OF JUST FISH DEEP. SHRIMP ON A JIG HEAD WILL FIND A LOT OF FISH IN FOUR FEET OF WATER. USING LURES USE BAIT THAT YOU CAN WORK SLOWLY AND SLOWER. THE FISH WILL BE HOLDING NOT ON THE MOVE, THE STRIKE WILL BE A PICK UP NOT A CRASH AND RUN. YOU FEAL THE TAP SET THE HOOK. EXCELLENT TROUT CATCH FROM MANY LOCATIONS. THE REDS CONTINUE AT THE WALTON ROAD TO MID WAY AND SNOOK FROM ALL AREA BRIDGES. THE TARPON ASRE HERE HAD TWO REPORTED FROM THE JENSEN CAUSWAY, BUT FROM THE INLET TO THE POWER PLANT WE HAVE HAD REPORTS. BIG LADY FISH AND JACK CRUSING THE AREA ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS AT THE BRIDGE, FISHING HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.

TILL NEXT IT IS TIME BREAK OUT THE SUN BLOCK, LONG SLEEVES AND THE HAT…………………………………………………………………

MAY 26, 06 FISHING

THE FISHING IS ALMOST AS WARM AS THE WEATHER. NO WIND, NO RAIN, AND NO DUMPING WATER FROM THE LAKE EVERY THING IS LOOKING REAL GOOD.

TEN CASTS AND TEN BLUE FISH ON THE SURF EDGE, THE BLUES ARE THICK ON THE BEACH. BLUES, MAC’S, WHITING. SNOOK AND NOW TARPON, FISHING IS REALLY GOOD. THE BLUES AND MAC’S ARE WINTER TIME FISH I GUESS THEY LIKE IT HERE AND ARE STAYING. MORNING ANGLERS ARE CATCHING NOT FISHING BUT CATCHING. THE BLUES AND THE MACS ARE ON THE EDGE, CUT BAIT AND ARTIFICALS ARE HOT TILL ABOUT 10: AM AND THEN THE SNOOK AND WHITING TAKE OVER. THIS WAS THE WEEK CATCHING TWO AT A TIME WAS THE NORM, THE BLUES ARE THREE POUNDS THE MACS IN THE SAME CLASS AND YES I KNOW THEY SHOULD BE GONE BUT I AM NOT TELLING THEM. GOOD SIZE WHITING AND PLENTY OF SLOT SNOOK ALL AT YOUR TOES. THE TARPON HAVE BEEN A LONG CAST, A FEW HAVE TAKEN THE BAIT BUT THE ANGLERS LOST AND THE TARPON WON. JACKS OF ASSORTED SIZES WITH NUMBERS OF PERMIT MOVING IN TO THE AREA.

THE JENSEN CAUSWAY WITH ITS PIER AND CAT WALKS HAS BEEN IN THE SPOT LIGHT, DRUM, SAND PERCH, FLOUNDER, SNOOK, JACKS, TARPON AND THE LIST GOES ON, TROUT EVEN A RED FISH OR TWO HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO THE COOLER. IT TOOK THREE LONG YEARS BUT FINALLY IT OPEN. THE BOTTOM LINE IS LOTS OF ACCESS TO THE RIVER, FROM DEEP TO SHALLOW IT IS ALL THERE. TRIPLE TAIL ON ANYTHING IN THE RIVER, MARKERS, FLOATS AND ANY THING FLOATING PAST, LIVE SHRIMP IS THE BAIT. TROUT FOR THE EARLY OR LOW LIGHT ANGLER, THAT IS WHEN THE NUMBERS HAPPEN, AFTER SUN UP LOOK DEEPER AND LOOK TO THE SHADED WATER. SNOOK SEASON CLOSES ON THE FIRST AND THEY KNOW THIS SO GET READY FOR THE BITE. FLOUNDER FROM SEVERAL LOCATION INCLUDING THE PIERS, NOT THE TARGET BUT JUST THERE. REDS HAVE NOT MADE A BIG SHOW, NOT SURE MAYBE ANGLERS ARE NOT TARGETING THEM. TARPON HAVE MADE A STRONG SHOW BOTH IN THE NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER AND FROM THE CROSS ROADS TO THE POWER PLANT IN THE INDIAN RIVER, WHAT EVER THEY ARE EATING TODAY WILL CHANGE THE NEXT DAY SO BRING IT ALL. FEW PERMIT CLOSER TO THE INLETS BUT THERE TIME IS HERE, SO GET READY. CRABS MAYBE THREE INCH IN SIZE OR ANY THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAB ABOUT THREE INCH IN SIZE IS THE FAVORED BAIT. ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE HERE INCLUDING MY FAVORED JACKS, BIG JACKS. RIVER IS A GOOD BET FOR SOME SERIOUS ROD BENDERS.

OFF SHORE THE KING FISH BITE IS OUT OF CONTROL, 25’ TO 35’ IS THE ZONE. THE BAIT IS IN AND THAT IS WHERE THE FISH ARE HOLDING. EVERY SIZE FROM SNAKES TO SMOKERS ARE THERE JUST THROW BAIT OVER AND WATCH YOUR DEPTH. DOLPHIN FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT WITH FISH STARTING IN THE 80’ MARK AND OUT FROM THERE. THE SAIL FISH BITE HAS BEEN OUT OF CONTROL, FROMN THAT 30’ MARK TOO I AM NOT SURE ANGLERS REPORTED RUNNING FROM THEM. THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP THAT SHOULD BE ELSE WHERE BUT CHOSE TO STAY. SEAS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND ALL SIZE BOATS ARE AT IT. FLATS BOATS ARE ON THE TARPON AND PERMIT IN THE 20’ TO 40’ OF DEPTH AND YES THE KINGS ALSO LIKE CRABS, GO FIGURE? THE BOTTOM FISHING SLOWED WITH A LITTLE COLD WATER BUT IT SEEMS TO MOVE FROM DAY TO DAY. MOST BOTTOM ANGLERS ARE GOING SOUTH, FISHING THAT 60’ LEDGE, MAY IS FOR MUTTONS.

TILL NEXT WEEK, PLEASE TAKE ONLY WHAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR DINNER TONIGHT AND COME BACK NEXT WEEK FOR THE ONE YOU RELEASED. NOW GO BEND A ROD…………………………………HENRY

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