Captain Bob Bushholz
Jensen Beach, Florida
(772) 225-6436
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ALL YEAR LONG!!!!' | | Fishing Report for
September 1st, 2006
"Tis da Season"
September is here
and all you snook fans know what that means !!! New snook regulations
are 27"- 34". Make sure you pinch the tails to get the longest overall
length. Snook will still be in the inlets and start moving back inshore
to the flats and bridges. Most bridges have been holding snook during
the entire spawn. Live baits like greenies, sardines, pilchards, pinfish
and mullet will normally catch the larger ones. By the end of September,
the mullet run will be in full swing. Topwater plugs, DOA Baitbusters
,Terrorize and spoons just outside the bait schools should work great
along with your favorite soft rubber baits. Last year about 3 weeks into
the mullet run, Hurricane Wilma hit us and really affected the baitfish
numbers. I remember fishing the Jensen Bridge just prior to the storm
and the bridges were hot. The Jensen Bridge really lights up at night
holding tons of bait with snook, trout, jacks and ladyfish tearing them
up. More tarpon have been hanging well outside the shadow lines of the
10 cent and quarter bridges. After Wilma, the poor water quality from
the releases pushed all the mullet out of the area. Keep your fingers
crossed !!!
I have seen a big increase in flounder throughout the entire area. Been
catching nice ones in the inlet, bridges, channel edges, grassflats,
everywhere. I believe we had 6 flounder over 5 pounds and numerous fish in
the 2-3 pound slot. Flounder regs are 12" min. Normally we release flounder
under 15". I cannot see killing a fish for 2 flounder Mc Nuggets. Up north
they just increased their min to 18" which is kind of high but I would like
to see the min in Florida to increase to 15". In a few years you would see
bigger and more flounder around. Been catching most of the flounder on
shrimp tipped jigs on the bottom. I recently fished the Chavis family down
from the Orlando area. This family has been fishing with me the past few
years and we decided to hunt tripletail. Did manage a nice 6 pounder along
with 7 flounder, jacks, whiting, ladyfish and snapper. A great group and
looking forward to seeing them again.
Earlier that week in the inlet we drifted through permit schools
catching four one day all running about 7 pounds and 2 permit on another
trip. It's great to see them inside the inlet. Normally you need to run
along the beaches tracking them down. Also in the inlet, some snapper,
jacks, ladyfish and livebaiting for tarpon and snook. Look for the tarpon to
pick up around the bridges and seawalls near the end of the month when the
mullet are thick. Late September and October's mullet run is fun. Top water
action just outside the bait schools can become addictive.
Some grassflat fishing around the house of refuge mainly targeting
leaping ladys. I don't believe we actually trout fished the entire month of
August. With the mullet run coming I plan on hitting the grass north of the
Jensen Causeway. We lucked out with the recent storm Ernesto. The lake was
way down to about 12 feet prior to the storm and do not expect additional
discharges in the near future. I believe we had less than 1 inch of rain
here in Jensen Beach. I just returned from the marina and the boat is ready
to go.
Decided to leave my hurricane shutters up on my house till October. By
me leaving them up, there is NO WAY we will get hit this year!!!
Capt. Bob Bushholz
Tight Lines,
(772) 225-6436
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