Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
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ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
September 9th, 2002
"Mullet Mania"
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 unmistakable 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.
Tight Lines,
Capt. Bob
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