Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
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ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
June 12th, 2003
"Inlet Comes Alive Again"
The early morning
trout bite has been hot until 9 a.m. on both sides of the Indian River.
The past few days I have witnessed an increase in baitfish both close to
shore and along the ICW channel. Trout are running to 4 lbs. hitting
topwater lures and DOA rubber baits with equal enthusiasm. Live shrimp on
bobbers, drifting far behind are a definite bonus.
I've seen some tarpon rolling near the power lines and south of the
Stuart Causeway, but have personally not really targeted them yet. Most of
my charters during the past few weeks were comprised of 4-6 anglers,
making it impossible to fish live mullet or greenies. Snook season has
just recently closed and I elect not to harass these spawning linesiders.
Area bridges have seen a resurrection of black drum. The quarter
bridge and Jensen Causeway bridge are holding drum to 12 lbs., along with
mangrove snapper, small snook, jacks, lookdowns, Goliath grouper and an
occasional tarpon. All fish in this area are deep and the best bet is to
use shrimp on trollrite, or DOA CAL lures with ¼ oz. chartreuse heads.
The channel markers are hot and cold. Some awesome flounder were caught
the past few weeks (up to 6 lbs.) This morning we boated two tripletail
(10 and 14 lbs.) which mark 52 for the year. The "little guy"
was released, the "big guy" was taken home for dinner.
I'd have to say the really big news is the St. Lucie Inlet. The
crossroads are being dredged, shutting off that area, but inside the rocks
today bait schools were busting all over the place. Jacks, sheepshead,
black margate and lots of nice sized mangrove snapper were hitting live
shrimp on trollrites. It's great to see the inlet alive again after two
months of shutdown due to the algae bloom. I've been avoiding the inlet
the past couple of months, but it looks like it's time to return. Barring
some excessive releases from the canals, the action should continue.
Again, remember to crimp those barbs or use circle hooks on live baits
if you plan to catch and release (especially the snook during the spawn).
Catch a few then go to plan "B". It's "better" for the
spawning snook and "better" for the population when the season
opens again September 1.
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