Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
(772) 225-6436
Reservations requiredCall or E-mail for more Information.
E-mail Us at NIGHT TRIP SPECIAL - $200.00 PRIVATE CHARTERS.
ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
September 16th, 2002
"Match The Hatch"
The mullet run is on now, not quite in full
swing yet but plenty of them along the beaches, inlets and rivers.
Redfish, trout, snook, tarpon and jacks are having a field day busting
these 6" baitfish. This is the time of year to match the hatch with
lures resembling finger mullet. DOA's Baitbusters and Swimming Mullet in
black and white, dark colored bombers, mirrolures and windcheaters will do
the job. You may elect to simply use live mullet .In the inlet and around
bridges I like hooking them in the tail allowing the baits to swim deep
and away from you. In shallow water we hook them on top in front of the
dorsal fin. Trim off ½ inch of it's tail . This will force the bait to
swim erratically drawing more attention. Predators will always bang the
injured bait. Cast a few feet outside the school and hold on!
A couple of night trips last week aboard Catch 22. Tuesday night Brian
Conley and his buddy from Monroe, Ga. arrived at the dock at 6:45 pm. We
headed south to the St. Lucie Inlet drifting the south bank and a few
spots along Sailfish Point on the north. Great start with a 38" snook
on our first drift using a select DOA glo shrimp. After a few small snook
and ladyfish we headed up the St. Lucie River to the 10 cent bridge to
catch the last hour of outgoing. A few hits but nothing much there. Water
was barely moving so it was time to head back to the Indian River to catch
the start of incoming tide. We began south of the quarter bridge (Stuart
Causeway) well outside of casting distance from the anglers on the bridge
drifting live mullet. Lot's of bait around but managed only a few
ladyfish. The anglers on the bridge were casting mainly topwater lures
south past the shadow line and retrieving . About 15 guys up there but I
didn't see one hookup. Normally fishing bridges at night you will have a
45 minute window of strong bite time.
Our second night trip was on Friday mixing it up along bridges and
lighted docks. Several fish that night but really not productive. Saturday
I fished 10 pm- 2 am with non-stop action. Some of the places I wanted to
fish were occupied the previous night but vacant on Saturday. Mixing it up
with live mullet and topwater lures 14 snook were boated that night with 3
in the slot keeping only one. Another dozen or so ladyfish were released.
The location we fished is classified.
This Tuesday, my buddy Capt. Mike is pulling an all nighter trolling
south of Palm Beach and drifting back all night for swordfish. Still
undecided if I'm going. Never went swordfishing. As long as we don't head
to the Flemish Cap, I may go for it. This coming Friday we are headed to
Islamorada for 4 days. September is my slowest month of the year so it's
partytime!!!
Tight Lines,
Capt. Bob
|
