Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
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ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
October 11th, 2002
"Trout bite is on"
Short report this week only running a few
trips. The morning has been decent with trout on the east side of the
Indian River from Jensen Causeway north to the power lines. Strong east
winds have prevailed all week making Hutchinson Island the place to fish
the grass flats. Most trout are running 14-18" hitting both DOA glo
& rootbeer shrimp while working them slowly along the bottom or
dragging live shrimp on popping corks. The Jensen Bridge area has slowed
down a bit. Black drum have been around the past month but appeared to
take a vacation last week. A few snook along with mangrove snapper and
goliath grouper last week in this area.
Further south in the inlet we managed to catch outgoing tides which
didn't help our drifting effort with a strong east wind. Tuesday morning
along Sailfish Point we battled an estimated 70 lb tarpon for 10 minutes
which enhaled a live shrimp on a trollrite. After two jumps he had enough
and spit the hook. In the same area a few snook hits but no hookups. The
south side of the inlet where I like to drift near shore produced lot's of
small mangrove snappers and a few 15" flounder. Not much bait in the
inlet on outgoing last week. The water is dark and dirty so you can't
blame the mullet. Have not been able to get near the detached jetty last
week with the stiff winds.
Did one night trip and the snook were a hard find. Plenty of ladyfish
around but no linesiders. I fished the inlet till dark, heading north
around the bridges and a few private docks on the east side. Spent about
an hour at the Jensen Bridge but they never did turn on.
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couple of weeks and hope you enjoy them!!!
Tight Lines,
Capt. Bob
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