Palm Beach fishing report What’s biting in area waters
February 16th, 2008 by Fishing admin
What’s biting in area waters:
St. Lucie County Guide Charlie Conner said redfish are hitting gold spoons and live baits over seagrass beds on the east side of the Indian River from the FPL power plant north to Round Island. Conner is finding snook near mangroves in the same areas. Spotted seatrout continue to bite along grass flats north of the Ft. Pierce Inlet hitting D.O.A Shrimp and live shrimp. Snook are feeding around the docks at night hitting D.O.A. Swimming Mullet. Spanish mackerel and bluefish are moving down the beach hitting spoons, jigs and cut bait.
Martin County Snook Nook in Jensen Beach reports dolphin were chasing trolled ballyhoo near a color change in 150 feet along with a few sailfish Thursday. Snapper and grouper hitting live and dead bait on the shallow reefs from 30 to 60 feet. Beach action has been excellent with Spanish mackerel, bluefish, jacks and pompano. Spotted seatrout and redfish are consistently hitting live shrimp and soft plastics along the grass flats early in the morning.
North Palm Beach Captain Ernie Small on the Baby Grand released four sailfish Thursday using live goggle-eyes under fishing kites in 140 feet east of Lake Worth Inlet. Bluefish, pompano, and Spanish mackerel were caught on cut bait and jigs from the Juno Pier to Hobe Sound Beach. Large jacks continue to cruse the Lake Worth Inlet early in the morning. Anglers at the Juno Beach Pier have been catching Spanish mackerel up to 23 inches on Gotcha lures and jigs..
South Palm Beach Lady K Drift Boat reports an excellent day of bottom fishing for snapper Thursday with a large majority of nice size Vermillion snapper. Mangrove snapper and sandperch continue to hit live and frozen shrimp along the seawalls. Boynton Inlet has been abundant with bluefish, Spanish mackerel and a few pompano along the beach. Look for blackdrum and sheepshead around area bridges and along seawalls.
Freshwater Lakes Live shiners are an excellent bait for bass around bridges and grass mats. Soft plastic worms are enticing bass to strike early in the morning around the lakes edge while flipping baits are working well around grass mats after the sun rises. The Lake Ida and Osborne chain has been full of small bass around most of the lakes edges. Bass are hitting on live shad and shiners among grass beds and vegetation where the water clarity is better.
Lake Okeechobee Guide Juan Ruiz caught several bass Thursday weighing up to three pounds. Most of the bass were caught just north of Uncle Joe’s Cut in the Rim Canal on Shaky Head Jigs. Jesse and Doris Allen of Clewiston caught some decent size speckled perch on chartreuse jigs while fishing the Okeechobbe Waterway Channel Thursday.
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