Inshore Fishing Report October 3, 2007 Jupiter / Palm Beach
"The mullet run has begun". Everywhere in my region the mullet are thick and the Snook are going ballistic, along with every other species that swims. The snook are on every seawall ambushing baits acting like missiles. The snook are going air born, snatching baits as they crash pods of mullet. Both tides are producing fish and it doesn't matter if its high noon they keep on feeding. The Snook have been ranging from 20" to 43". The docks and drop offs have also been producing nice snook. With all the bait around the key has been to make your bait look different from the others. Also with all the structure around and razor sharp barnacles Power pro is a must. I have been using 15 and 20 pound test Power Pro with 20 to 30" inches of 30 pound Ande fluorocarbon leader. The Tarpon have also been in the mix off all the madness. The Tarpon bite has been great on an incoming tide and outgoing tide early or late in the afternoon. The middle of the day the tarpon go deep do to the boat traffic. Both greenies and live mullet produce fish. For those who like to use artificials, jigs will also work. The tarpon have been ranging from 5 to 20 pounds with a few that are 30. The Jacks have been plentiful also, thrashing around near the sea walls as they devour the mullet pods that swim in their path.
While fishing the sea walls and drop offs we have been catching some nice Jewfish and Gag Groupers. Live mullet has been the key. The bait must be on the bottom and be prepared for a tug a war, especially using the light tackle these fish put up a great battle.
The night fishing has been an eventful show in the past few weeks. The dock lights have been thick with snook and tarpon. When first approaching the light it looks like bombs going off, do to the snook gulping down baits that swim into the shadow lines of the lights. The tarpon have been hanging on the outside off the light and docks, most off these fish cannot be seen. So pitching bait out into the darkness could produce a nice surprise.
The freshwater fishing has been ok but do to the rain and all the run off the water has become murky. The Peacock bass bite has been slow, but they are around live bait has been the only tactic I have used. The largemouth bass can be found near any moving water and drop off as they ambush baits. Once the water clears up the bite will pick up.
Well that is the fishing report for the Jupiter, Palm Beach area. If you would like to experience light tackle fishing at its best, for any of the species mentioned above give Capt. Craig Korczynski a call 561-644-4371 or visit www. PhlatsInshoreFishing.com. Email phlats1519@yahoo.com. I would like to thank Atonsolutions.com and PowerPro.com.
