Florida Inshore Report
By: Capt. Bob Bushholz
9-09-02
The big news this week is hands down the mullet run. Yes, these
6" baitfish
have migrated south and are all over the rivers, inlets and surf.
Snook ,
jacks and tarpon are having a field day tearing into these large
schools.
This morning I was near Sundance Marina on Indian River Drive in
Jensen
Beach. Within a half hour I witnessed over a dozen tarpon in the
area plowing
into finger mullet along with large jacks cornering these baitfish
up along
the seawall. Mullet were jumping 4 feet out of the water on to
docks trying
to evade these predators. The unmistakeable sound of snook
thumping baitfish
was awesome. Now is the time to break out your favorite topwater
lure or
simply go with live mullet which should not be hard to find. DOA's
Baitbusters are another option while matching the hatch.
Last week on Catch 22, a few trips fishing both the St. Lucie
Inlet area and
area bridges provided great action to say the least. One trip
boated 4 snook
(two) in the slot running 31 and 33 inches along with 2 fish just
under at
24". Live shrimp, mullet and DOA rootbeer shrimp were used as
baits. Did spot
a few tarpon rolling in the crossroads but no takers. On our way
back north
under the Stuart Causeway were some nice black drum to 7 lbs and
schools of
10-15 lb jacks.
Friday morning was also hot with 2 snook in the inlet to 32"
along with a
list including croaker, lookdowns, mangrove snapper, ladyfish,
flounder and
jacks. After the inlet we headed north to try the Jensen
Causeway.13 Mangrove
snapper, 5 black drum to 6 lbs and two undersized snook. Those 2
trips
totaled over 45 fish making it a blast for my guests. Saturday
morning I ran
north to Little Mud Creek hoping for some tarpon action but nobody
was home.
Fishing the grass a few trout with one keeper at 18" on a glo
shrimp. We
spent some time showing my guests different spots to fish as they
requested
earlier. We did fish a few channel markers looking for tripletail
but I guess
they were hiding with the tarpon. Under the Jensen Bridge we did
manage to
pull out a few nice black drum and headed home. I spoke to several
guides who
all agreed that Saturday was off.
I have 2 night trips this week, one on Tuesday and the other on
Friday. Plan
on mixing it up with mullet, shrimp and artificials. Snook and
tarpon near
the bridges along with trout on a few of my favorite docks. This
is the game
plan and I'll let you know how we made out next week.
Capt. Bob Bushholz
http://www.catch22fish.com
(772) 225-6436
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