Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
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ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
August 12th, 2003
"Brown Stuff"
Fishing the past few weeks has been decent. Some really
great trips mixed in with other slower ones. The problems we have been
dealing with are a combination of cold offshore temperatures and water
releases from the lake that has really dropped salinity levels south of
the Stuart Causeway. The inlet area is still holding plenty of catch and
release snook and tarpon. Some guides are planting dead mullet on the
bottom during outgoing tide. Some real bruisers in the crossroads running
150 pounds! Yesterday my morning charter fished the inlet for about an
hour with two snook (17 & 18 lbs) along with a mixture of Spanish
Mackerel, lookdowns and mangrove snapper over four pounds. The cold water
offshore has pushed mutton and mangrove snapper along with grouper inside
the inlet and along the beaches where temps are more stable. When fishing
the dirty water, try keeping your baits down where the salinity is
greater. Tomorrow, it's recon day so I plan on fishing these snappers and
groupers that have come ashore. The plan is live and frozen sardines on
the bottom. Bait is an easy find with greenies in the surf around the
House of Refuge or run 21/2 miles ENE to the sand pile for sardines.
Should be able to bend those rods on bonita and cudas in this area. Last
week with calm seas, several of my charters played in this area with great
success.
The early morning trout bite remains steady with action on both sides
of the Indian River till 9:00 am. Topwater up close to shore is hooking
the larger ones with live and DOA shrimp in 3-4 feet catching the numbers.
Also in the grassflats are flounder, jacks, pompano, bluefish and a few
Spanish mackerel. It's the middle of summer but don't tell these winter
species. I believe the cold water offshore has confused these fish .
Bridges are still holding mangrove snapper, black drum, goliath grouper
and increased sheephead. Some really nice tripletail the past few weeks
with 2 released over twenty pounds. Total for the year is 92 with only
eight more to go for that "magical 100".
My advise is finding clean water or fish deep when in the brown stuff.
I really don't see water management stopping these releases in the near
future. Waters north of the Jensen Beach Causeway to Fort Pierce are in
much better shape. Offshore, find the warmer water. This would be an
excellent time to fish the "boils" right outside the nuke plant.
Capt. Bob Bushholz
http://www.catch22fish.com
(772) 225-6436
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