Lets go catch a fish. Tides are high,
higher and highest, not sure why but you can launch your
boat from the parking lot. Lots of water just means more
environment for the fish to play in and for you to look in.
Lots of water for big fish, big Tarpon from many locations.
Channels and the deep flats around the channels, with all the
bait in the river and this unusual tide if the Tarpon are not
there now wait thirty minutes and they will role in. From Little
Mud creek south to the inlet, bridges, marina entrances, the
spoils in the Sail Fish Flats Tarpon and more Tarpon. Yes those
pesky Snook are hanging out with them. If I were targeting Snook
the bridges would be the location, with all this high water it
gives them plenty of running room. If it looks like a Mullet use
it, Bombers, yozuri, D.O.A's and yes a live one will work also.
When standing on the bridge hook your Mullet between the anal
fin and his tail, they will swim down and try to get away from
the hook, the best part is the last thing in their mouths will
be the leader. Big Flounder made the catch list this week, not a
lot but a lot of anglers took one of two home. Good numbers of
Trout this week on a wide assortment of baits, keep the smaller
ones let the bigger ones go, it seems I keep hearing about the
worms in the bigger Trout. The Indian River with all this high
water and Mullet has been the place.
Finally hearing about Dolphin, fish
in the twenty five pound class, from 200' out on weed and other
flotsam. North or south of the inlet, on trolled or live baits
the Dolphin bite is on. Good mix of Sails continues but it is
the Yellow Tail Snapper in good numbers that has caught a lot of
attention. There is always a few Yellow tails but now we have
anglers with limits just drifting over the reefs. Twelve inches
is the minim and ten is the aggregate bag limit. Did not hear
the words King Fish, every body was deep playing with the
Dolphin. The Kings that were reported were in sixty feet north
of the inlet, lots of small fish but just right for the grill.
For the reef anglers it has Muttons and more Muttons remember
the aggregate bag limit.
Surf has settled and the Yozuri
Krystal has been the plug for Snook on the edge. I would like to
say early and high tide but it has been higher all day so come
on down when you are ready. The Blues have slowed now it is two
cast per fish????But just like last week 9:am they just turn
off, oh well just have to fish for Snook or maybe a Tarpon or
two.
It has been a good
week fishing, come on down and enjoy, even if you don't
fish........Henry
FISHING 9/20/08
Finally a day with out wind,
still a few showers but I can live with that. The west side of the
Indian River is starting to settle out and the mullet are every
where. Now to find the fish. The Trout like the flat water, they
much prefer quiet water and the east side has been the location but
I have always caught the bigger trout on the west side in the
shallowest of water using top water lures before sun up and sure
enough two fish over eight pounds. Good catch of Trout this week
from the Stuart causeway north to Bear Point,. Plenty of mullet just
look for the bait sprays, cast that top water to the middle and let
it set, one light jerk and they are on. But then it could be one of
those pesky Snook, a Jack or even a Red Fish, amazing what happens
when the water quality picks up.
The Snook bite has been the evening hour and again the mullet are
thick, so if it looks like a mullet or it is a mullet throw it,
present your bait up into the current and let the tide do the work.
Some Reds this week reported working the docks from Midway Road
south to the Power Plant, early morning has been their time. Triple
Tail on the channel markers, a shrimp on a jig head gets their
attention. Lots Lady fish, every where so bring along a few extra
shrimp. Did not hear much about Tarpon this week, a few at Big Mud
and a few on the north side of the Jetty.
Blue fish in the beach, not quite
a so many as last week. As the sun rises the Blues move out to
deeper water, fish them from sun up till about mid morning, you will
know because the bite just stops. Then the big Whiting move in and
in the mix is always a pompano or three. I would like to have a time
for the Snook but with all the mullet on the edge we have anglers in
the Snook Nook reporting catch through out the day. Favored lure on
the beach has been a chrome spoon or a chrome top water, lots of
flash.
Off-shore things have not changed, run to
the color line then start fishing. Dolphin reports from 90' out,
with real nice weed lines on the 200' mark. While trolling these
lines always run a down bait, big Dolphin will be deep, following
the smaller fish. The reason smaller dolphin are on the surface
hiding in the weeds is because big Dolphin eat little Dolphin. Few
Sails in the 125' zone but the Cobia have been up close, like that
90' that we started with. Have that pitch rod ready, you might want
two pitch rods ready because you never know when that Cobia will
bring a friend. How many times this week did I hear "looking for a
bait report out of the St. Lucie Inlet" to many, get you net out and
get some of the thousand mullet that you just passed over and go
catch a fish.
Where are the life
jackets on your boat ? Does every one on the boat know?.......Have a
safe week......................Henry
FISHING 9/13/08
Sun is out, wind has slowed, let's go catch a fish. Gloomy and over
cast, I was starting to feel like I was back in Detroit, just kidding.
Most interesting has been the Blue Fish, in the river and on the surf,
not sure why the bite is so good but there sure is plenty of them. One
angler I talked with this morning was casting a Got-cha plug on the
beach, after forty fish he had enough. One cast, one fish and this was
9:am fishing at the Normandy access. Several anglers had the same
reports from the inlet to the Ft. Pierce inlet, Blue and more Blues.
Anglers looking for Snook reported their swim baits came back with out a
tail, buck tails jigs were shredded, that is your first clue it's Blue
Fish and plenty of them. These fish are three to Five pounds excellent
table fare and no I have no idea where the Whiting are. This has been a
strange week, good catches of Pompano also reported, did I miss
something, fish in these numbers are here in December.
The river, you guessed it , more
Blue fish???? Lots of Mullet in the area, not quite a run but it is
about that time. For Trout look around Joe's Point, north side of
Neetles Island, Middle Cove all on the east side, less turbid and flat
that is the key. These fish are taking that old stand by 7M18 Mirrolure,
D.O.A. baits and live Shrimp and the Blue's like them also. Pompano made
a show at the bridge but so did the Blue fish and that is the reason
the Black Drum have slowed, the Blues get to the baits first. The sun
is out and the Snook have slowed for the day time angler, prime time is
the gray hours and dark, Flair Hawks top the list but Pins, Pigs and
Mullet are finding a lot of slot fish throughout the area. Few Red Fish
but not enough to say go there and they are waiting. For the river
angler (Indian River) it has been a mixed bag of Trout, Reds, Snook and
some real nice Snapper and all are hitting the same baits if the Blue
fish don't get there first.
Finally an off shore
report, five weeks of south east wind should have brought lots of
flotsam, weeds and color to the area and it has. One hundred and
seventy five feet of water was the magic number. Maybe it was 200 or
150' but you were in the zone. There was a KIng Mac bite in 70' on down
baits, there were Dolphin caught in 150', 200' even a few far out,
plenty of stuff floating. Anglers reported finding stuff floating,
seeing no activity they moved on to the next piece. If there was any
activity there was fish, very strong Sail Fish bite on the Halsey. The
important thing is we can get out there, now to find fish. Do not spend
fishing time looking for bait, with so much mullet in the river in the
river bring your castnet, fill the bait well and go catch a fish. Big
Mullet, small Mullet they will all work, every body eats out there eats
mullet. Go till you find the green blue water and get your baits in the
water. Two up and two down and you are in the zone. Bottom fishing has
really taken off, they don't know about the brown water, where they are
the water is fine. Lots of Snapper and more Snapper, now go catch
a fish......Henry
FISHING SEPT. 6/O8
