Monday, January 28, 2008

St Lucie Inlet Offshore Inshore


JAN. 18, 08 FISHING
LET’S GO CATCH A FISH, SEAS ARE FLAT, WIND IS DOWN AND THE TEMPS ARE PERFECT. SOUTH FLORIDA, I LOVE THIS PLACE.
FINALLY OFF SHORE HAS SETTLED DOWN, NOT PERFECT IF YOU ARE SAIL FISH TOUNAMENT ANGLER BUT PERFECT FOR THE REST OF THE ANGLING WORLD. SAIL FISH ANGLERS LIKE A LITTLE WIND, COOL WEATHER AND A LESS THAN CONFORTABLE SEA AND THEN THERE IS ME. GOING OUT OUR INLET TODAY, WORKING THE WATER FROM 80’ TO 125’ HAS BEEN THE ACTION ZONE WITH SAILS AND DOLPHIN KEEPING ANGLERS BUSY. NO NOT LOTS OF SAILS BUT MOST BOATS REPORT A RELEASE OR TWO AND REALLY THAT’S ALL YOU NEED. NOW THE DOLPHIN BITE IS THE TARGET AND THESE FISH ARE FROM TEN POUND FISH TO MID TEENS WITH A FEW BIGGER FISH... TROLLED BAITS HAVE BEEN THE BAIT OF CHOISE, LIVE BAITS HAVE BEEN A HARD FIND WITH THE SWINGS IN TEMPS WE HAVE HAD AND THE ANGLERS COVERING GROUND ARE CATCHING, THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS. TODAY THE SEAS ARE FLAT AND WE SHOULD GET SOME BOTTOM REPORTS AND GROUPER IN THE TEN TO FIFTEEN POUND CLASS SHOULD TOP THE LIST WITH MUTTONS A CLOSE SECOND.
FINNALY, BACK TO THE REPORT AND THINGS ARE CHANGING; NOW IT IS TO COOL TONIGHT????? WELL NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS BUT IT IS REAL NICE AS I TYPE, COOL WE CAN DEAL WITH IT IS THE WIND THAT ROCKS THE BOAT AND BRING UP THE SURF. PLENTY OF BLUE FISH WITH THE MORNING HOUR BEING BEST FOR DUBLE HOOK UPS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ALL DAY. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME ROD PULLERS COME ON DOWN ANY TIME, FUN TO CATCH AND THERE ALL DAY. THE POMPANO BITE IS CRAZY WITH SCATTERED TIMES FROM EARLY TO LATE DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION. ANGLERS REPORTS OF TWO OR THREE HAPPEN ALL DAY BUT TO GET IN THE SCHOOL YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT IN TIME. PLENTY OF WHITING, CROAKERS AND FEW SPANISH MAC’S ARE MIXED IN; SURF HAS JUST BEEN A GOOD LOCATION TO CATCH FISH.
WELL IT DID GET COOL LAST NIGHT AND NOW THE WIND IS BLOWING, I KNOW GOOD FOR THE SAIL FISH. ONE OF THE GREAT POINTS OF BEING IN OUR AREA AND FISHING INSIDE IS THE MILES OF SHELTERED AREAS TO FISH NO MATTER WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS. INSIDE FISHING IS REAL STRONG. TROUT, REDS, SNOOK, DRUM THE LIST IS LONG. ONE CAN ALMOST PICK OUT A TARGET AND THERE IS A LOCATION, SHELTERED THAT YOU CAN FIND YOUR FISH. THE REDS HAVE BEEN ON THE WEST BANK ACROSS FROM BEAR POINT AND THE SPOIL ISLANDS ACROSS THE SAIL FISH FLATS CLOSER TO THE INLET. TROUT ARE JUST HANGING OUT IN THREE FEET OF WATER AND I AM SURE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE SEASON IS OPEN. SHRIMP, DOA’S, SPOONS, GULP HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE LIST OF BAITS. EARLY THROUGH MID MORNING HAVE BEEN YOUR BEST BITE TIMES BUT AS I SAY, NEVER CAUGHT A FISH WITH A WATCH ON. THE POMPANO HAVE STACKED UP UNDER THE BRIDGES BUT THE TIMES ARE SCATTERED NO PATTERN, BUT WE DO HAVE COOING TREND GOING AS I TYPE THIS. TEMPS MAY PLUMIT INTO THE SIXTY'S, I KNOW GOOD FOR THE SAILS, FLOUNDER, AND POMPANO BUT WHAT ABOUT ME? WE HAVE A GOOD CATCH LIST FROM THE RIVER THIS WEEK DEPENDING ARE WHERE YOU ARE FISHING. THE DRUM, POMPS, MACS AND BLUES ALONG WITH LADY FISH, JACKS AND A BUNCH MORE, YOU JUST HAVE TO GET YOUR BAIT WET.
STILL TRYING TO GET THE BUGS OUT OF OUR LIVE BROADCAST, JUST CAN NOT GET THE WORD AND MOTIONS TO SPEED BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING………………………HENRY

Snook Nook Bait & Tackle Shop
3595 NE Indian River Drive
Jensen Beach, FL
(Just South of the Jensen Causeway)
(772)-334-2145
(Since 1949)
E-Mail: henry@snooknook.net