Recent inshore fishing reports from the Southeast region.
Indian River Reds and More
Florida Sportsman member: Telese
Indian River has been packed with snook and reds! Started fishing around 6 am between midway rd and the power lines. Went out with some buddies wading who have done well the last few days. A couple over slot snook, trout, ladies, jacks, and reds. Bass assassin sea shads on 1/8 ounce twist lock heads did the trick today.
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Southeast Snook Bite
Florida Sportsman member: bsnookn584
The last few nights that I have been able to get out have been really productive. Some spring mullet are starting to show up, so I have been using some larger artificial’s. Targeting small schools of mullet when you can find them, and fishing swimbaits low and slow around bridges and seawalls have been key.
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Topwater Time
Florida Sportsman member: Net 30
Went out at 6:00pm and fished for 90 minutes last evening before lightning chased us off the water. Found a nice little piece of shoreline with good bait and had a blast with my oldest son.
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Treasure Coast Sight Fishing
Florida Sportsman member: palmbeachpete
I went to Ft. Pierce and fished north of Little Johns Island. It was a little windy and the fish were shallow. Had a great time and will be back there again soon.
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Slammin’ in the Canoe
Florida Sportsman member: ReelLefty
We loaded up on bait with a throw of the net and drifted along the shore line with a decent south wind and incoming tide. Fish were also picked up on gulp jerkbait.
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Father and Son Fun
Florida Sportsman member: SLW Urocane
We then worked the flats for a few hours, both if us tossing Vudu shrimp. We caught about 7 trout, including a nice fatty . We moved and worked a few mangroves and went 2 for 3 on snook.
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Vero Beach Reds
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
I also put my mom on her personal best trout, an excellent weekend slamming the fish. I’m still looking for those big snook to show up in numbers on the flats. They make for some interesting eats in shallow water.
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Treasure Coast Reds
Florida Sportsman member: summer daze
We did manage 4 slot redfish, one 25 inch trout and a snook. We released everything to fight another day, We were throwing vudu shrimp and sebile soft mullet.
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Beach Sharkin’
Florida Sportsman member: AlexAngler
We had a few runs and within half an hour I had landed a nice black tip shark that was 5 feet 3 inches, I was thrilled! It was awesome to come to a completely new area and with help from you guys on the forum do good and catch a nice shark!
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Treasure Coast Reds
Florida Sportsman member: SLW Urocane
Got out this afternoon with a buddy who wanted to try a few of his redfish spots in north Ft. Pierce. We worked the mangroves out of the wind and landed 7 slot and 1 over-slot fish. Kept our limit one each for some blackening. Go to bait was mullet.
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Epic Bass Fishing
Florida Sportsman member: inshore dave
“All fish were fat, healthy and beautiful. Once hooked, they all, even the dinks, fought with attitude. They were all released unharmed and healthy. We were off the water by 4 p.m. We didn’t see another boat all day.”
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December Inshore Bite
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
Doa Terroreyz has been a major go to with the colder water, bouncing bottom in the deeper holes and ledges. The pompano bite has been pretty good, find 66 to 68 degree water and you should be in them, as well as a good tide, higher the tide, the further they push back, and a lot of people don’t realize this.
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St. Lucie Snook and More
Florida Sportsman member: snookcook
Hooked up with a sweet snook that turned out to be a slot. One more and I guess we could go home. We went out to get one slot each & only planned to fish a couple hours. We had been out not even fifteen minutes and we had two in the boat.
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Stuart Pompano
Florida Sportsman member: Captain Dave
This morning Brian and I decided to give the pompano a try for a few hours. The tides weren’t exactly convenient for our tight schedule, but we weren’t more than 15 minutes into fishing when Brian nabbed a fatty that was 19 inches to the fork of the tail.
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Pompano from the Pier
Florida Sportsman member: Compleat
Forecast said to pass on the offshore but my missus was in fishing mode. We tossed the rods in the car and hit the pier. We started off slow but picked three nice pompano.
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Tournament Win and Nice Reds
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
With my direction he whipped his doa into the feeding fish, bam, hooked up. Got the fish in and pictured, a 20 inch red. About this time the were finger mullet being showered along the mangroves. A quick pole over, a hookup and a picture was all we needed and he was 2/3 done with the slam that I knew would win this tournament.
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Indian River Night Bite
Florida Sportsman member: snookcook
I prefer to fish at night or in the evening mainly to avoid the sun. Plus, the night time is the right time! The docks have been holding tons of trout and snook. The tarpon are here in huge numbers in the river and on the beach. We jumped a few this week, got lots of hits, and landed a few.
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The Trout are Chewin’
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
“September is here and so is the bait! The finger mullet schools throughout the South Indian River are the ticket. Fishing these schools with topwater lures and suspending twitch baits below the schools have been great…”
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From the Spillways to the Beaches
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
“Now’s the time to get out there and pull on some bruiser snook! Been catching them in the river all the way to the beach. If you can find clear water on the beach sight fishing these big breeders is a blast (really gets the adrenaline pumping watching one eat)…”
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Tangling with Tarpon
Florida Sportsman member: SaltyRoots
We’ve been fishing the beaches early morning and late afternoon for tarpon. Mainly from kayaks and paddleboards but some days it’s easier to catch them from the beach. The tarpon have been crushing bait pods from Vero Beach to South Patrick. Pogies, pilchards, glass minnows, and now mullet have been schooling just outside the breakers.
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From the Spillways to the Beaches
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
“Now’s the time to get out there and pull on some bruiser snook! Been catching them in the river all the way to the beach. If you can find clear water on the beach sight fishing these big breeders is a blast (really gets the adrenaline pumping watching one eat)…”
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St. Lucie Beach Tarpon
Florida Sportsman member: snookcook
“Fishing has been awesome! Tarpon are in, snook are popping, trout are munching, and snapper are snapping! Some reds are around too, just have not been targeting them. I have been getting a good mangrove bite, in the St. Lucie and Indian River on both tides.”
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Hot Snook Bite
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
As we progress into the full swing of summer the snook bite has been on fire. Whether fishing the beach, inlets or backwater, all of it is good right now. Mostly throwing artificials and fly and sight fishing a lot of them.
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Cobia From a Bridge
Florida Sportsman member: landshark
My buddy Ryan has made some impressive catches over the years, including the Juno pier record Cobia a while back. He’s back at it but this time he did something pretty unusual and landed a keeper Cobia on a Bridge at night while snook fishing.
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Spring Snookin’
Florida Sportsman member: OverslotsOnly
Recently, the snook seem to be keying in on baitfish. Any kind of whitebait or mullet are great when available, but don’t overlook blue runners, especially closer to the inlet, ladyfish, or sand perch. If a certain type of bait isn’t around, try something else that’s more available.
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South Indian River Bite
Florida Sportsman member: capt charlie
Our best fishing has been around the mangroves this past week. We have caught redfish, snook and trout in those areas. Our redfish have been up to 32 inches. The snook have beaten us on a number of occasions where we couldn’t slow them down before being broken off under the mangroves. We have caught some nice trout in the upper 20 inch range this week as well.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
Well last week the girlfriend and I scored a new place on indian river drive. With a 540 foot dock to fish and many fish to catch I’m in heaven. The fish have welcomed me to the neighborhood in a the nicest way possible, letting me catch them!
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Stuart Snookin’ with a Bonus
Florida Sportsman member: MinerCatch
After cleaning the boat i decide to pull an iron man now that i feel like an insomniac and decide to go fishing inshore with my buddy Ben. Ended up with a few stud snook all of which were in the upper 40 inch range and a decent 29 inch trout.
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Monster Snook and More
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
I knew it was a snook by the way she smacked the topwater. The fish came up and shook her head and I realized the size this fish had! I loosened up my drag and started to play this fish to make sure I had the best chance and landing it. Don’t forget this is with only 25 pound leader and a 2000 size reel. 8 or so minutes of me doing the dance with her and some pretty epic head shakes I had her!
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Fort Pierce Snook Bite
Florida Sportsman member: dukhuntr1991
I loaded up on bait this week so we went out to drown a few tonight. The bite was on when we got there and we had a 34 inch fish in the boat 2 minutes after pulling up. Caught a big jack and also caught a 32 inch keeper before heading in.
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Stuart Snookin’
Florida Sportsman member: Bullshark
We hit it hard the last few days. All in all we caught about 50 Snook and 1 Red. 3 of the Snook being slot fish.
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Snook Fishing In The Cold
Florida Sportsman member: Marker954
These cold fronts have been great for loading up the deep channels with big snook. We fished during the recent polar vortex (aka a cold front), and landed six of these nice snook and got hit by 8 others. Here is Tom Lewis with a nice 39 inch oversized Fort Pierce schoolie from Tuesday night using a First Light Tackle snook jig.
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South Indian River Bite
Florida Sportsman member: capt Charlie
We spent some time in the turning basin of Fort Pierce with the jacks, runners and ladyfish to finish off the morning. Cheryl, Frank and Steven were out on the two windiest days of the week. We caught lots of fish, but had to hide from the worst of the weather. Frank finished off the trip with a nice Spanish mackerel. It was a fun time on the water this week in spite of the conditions.
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South Indian River Bite
Florida Sportsman member: capt Charlie
Redfish have been hanging around docks and mangroves lately for us. Try a CAL paddle tail around the mangroves and docks. The trout bite was slower this week mainly due to the windy days keeping us off most of the grass flats. We did catch a few short snook around the mangroves while searching for redfish. The black drum and sheepshead are moving into the river and you should see good catches of them in the next several months. Try bridges, docks and channel edges for these species.
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Backwater Reds Are Chewing
Florida Sportsman member: evergladeskid243
Worked my way into some mangrove cuts and started jigging the current rips and points and found a nice lit up 27 and a half inch redfish! He inhaled my DOA jig and gave me a fun tug o war up in the tight mangrove canal, trying to catch the line on down branches and roots!
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Seeing Red In The Southeast
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
Not 10 minutes go by and I get slammed by a big fish big, it boils and I knew It was red. Got him to the boat and he stretched the 30 inch mark. Biggest red I’d pulled off that flat in years. Boom Cole’s on, We Boat the redfish, 25 inches. Great 2 days before the front. Like clockwork!
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Winter Time Wading In The Southeast
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
Throwing Mirrolure lil jons on 1/8th ounce jig head just hopping them through the grass, and that was the ticket! second cast with mine, boom, a trout. After that it was every other cast catching them. No gators but kept the rod bent. Did hook one and realized he got really heavy half way through the fight, brought him to my feet and he was sawed right in half by something, and I didn’t want to find out what it was.
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Great Fishing With Mom In Vero
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
I have fished the lagoon since I was a young child, but after all these years I have never taken my mom fishing. well, recently I bought a little Carolina skiff that is much more stable than my old jon boat, so I decided it was time. Excellent introduction to fishing the lagoon! Ended up with 4 reds up to 27 inches, and she caught 3 of them.
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Dinner On The Flats
Florida Sportsman member: SLW UroCane
Got out and fished solo today. Had to deal with rain and wind all day. Fished mostly the Round Island and Moorings area. At least the bite was ok. DOA Cal and MirroLure suspending twitch baits were the key. Caught trout, pompano, ladyfish, jacks and a small red. Kept the pomp for dinner. Water color was terrible, as expected, but the bite was fairly steady.
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Night Time Stuart Action
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
Was getting ready to leave till I saw this bruiser cruising the shadow line, pitched a live bait in her face and watched it get destroyed. From the bridge she only looked 33 inches or so but realized she was a lot bigger when hooked. Measured out to 40 inches.
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Light Tackle Mayhem
Florida Sportsman member: Snookslayer772
The sun started to go down and the finger mullet started to pack up in tight schools and were getting busted. I threw my topwater in a school of mullet and no more than 2 twitches later BOOM! I thought it was a slot fish till I saw it jump and realized it was way over slot.
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Fort Pierce Variety
Florida Sportsman member: FISHHUNTR
Pitch out a 6 inch mullet and immediately it is crushed, I thought it was a jack initially but noted it was really digging for the bottom and that got me hoping. Sure enough I see color and it’s a keeper gag that ended up taping out at 27 inches!
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Sebastian Inlet Mixed Bag
Florida Sportsman member: Final Point
We Landed one more nice red before we called it a night. Fishing is starting to pick up in the inlet. Saw several tarpon role to the south of the inlet but they didn’t want to chew. All in all it was a great day of fun fishing with some tasty treats for the cast iron skillet.
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Boca Midnight Snook
Florida Sportsman member: Dolphin_Hunter
The fish fought hard and I knew it was big. Never saw her. Luckily she went in the middle of the intercoastal away from pilings. I backed off on the drag since I was only fishing 15 pound braid with 25 pound leader. 10 minutes later, fish in the boat! 40 inch total length and a solid 18-20 pounds. Biggest snook I’ve caught in a long time. Super stoked! Awesome fight on a 4000 reel. Revived the fish and she swam away strong.
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Ft. Pierce Trout, Reds and Snook
Florida Sportsman member: Pensacola
Put together a little friendly inshore tourney against some fellow forum members. I was on my Gheenoe going against Ricky (seein red) on his Ranger and one other forum member who I wont mention…because he slept in! No showed the tourney, so it was just us against Seein red. Format was total length biggest red, trout, and snook, picture only.
We get out early in hopes to get a early morning trout. Plan comes together with a small 15 inch trout on a doa shrimp. As the sun comes up, we chum a little and castnet some nice pinfish for livies. We set up and I get tight on a nice 25 inch red. So we have a 40 inch slam so far. Around 9 a.m., I get tight on a really sluggish fish, felt like a catfish, no headshakes or anything. Get it to the boat and ends up being a big 27 inch gator trout. I think the warm water had him fighting weak. Quick pic, strong revival, and off he swam. So we have a 52 inch slam and im feeling good.
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3 Nights, 60 Snook + More
Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1
The snook bite has been great to say the least! Before we got on the snook, Sunday I met up with my buddy Shane and we got on the redfish up in Ft.Pierce! Sight fishing schools of up to 100 fish. All beautiful 26 to 28 inch fish. Dad also took the boat out and got a stud 28″ trout at midday. At night we’ve been bridge fishing the shadow lines in the St.Lucie and found plenty of snook willing to eat. We totaled 33 on our first night out with the biggest being right in slot. I went wading down in Jupiter with my buddy the next evening and wasn’t disappointed. Only 2 snook were caught, but both were slobs. My first one being a fat, 38 incher that about made it to the channel on my little 2500 Stradic.
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Gator Trout and Monster Snook
Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1
Decided to head out to a flat that had been good for trout and within the first 5 minutes hooked up on a nice 26 inch trout! Snapped a few pictures and released. We worked the flat for almost the rest of the evening, but it only produced 5 or 6 slot trout. I mention that maybe we should work a little closer to the docks on the way in. We move in and I land a cast about 30 yards from the nearest dock and hook up! My little 2500 Stradic is screaming! The fish pushes a huge wake as it beelines for the dock. Somehow I turn it before it gets to the dock. After about 5 minutes, I finally get a half jump from it and see it is a huge snook. Once I’ve got it close, it decides it wasn’t done and takes back off on another 15 second run. 3 jumps later, it’s landed! My 12 pound braid/30 pound leader held up and I could tell immediately that it was my new personal best.
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Trials & Tribulations of Fishing a New Spot
Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1
Left the house bright and early with Dad, ready to go explore somewhere new. Knowing the wind was going to kick up out of the south, we headed up to Ft.Pierce. We launch the Gheenoe in calm conditions and made a run to a dock line that looked good. We dropped the trolling motor and reached for the rods, except we left them in the truck at the ramp. Fifteen minutes later, we’re back in position. We catch some baby tarpon sized ladyfish and big drag screaming jacks to start things off. We move more onto the flat and catch 6 or 7 trout up to 18 inches, but nothing too good. We cut over to the other side of the river and hide from the now strong south wind behind some of the islands. Dads 1st cast, nice flounder! Next thing you know, we had 2 small mutton snapper and a nice mangrove in the boat. About 9:30, the action slows down so we go to the channel and make a run.
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Flats Snook on Topwater
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
This monster snook busted my rapala skitterwalk in 2 feet of water.The fight was on, and what a fight it was. After 10 minutes of screaming runs and ticking line, I got him in with no frayage on my 25 pound flourocarbon leader.It made a great addition to a slew of topwater snook this summer. You have to trust the topwater in order for it to work for you. Don’t switch lures or move around. Make long casts and walk the dog to the best of your ability.
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July Fishing report
Florida Sportsman member:capt. charlie
July brings hot weather, chances of afternoon rains and Fourth of July parties. Oh….and lots of great fishing out there, too! Watch out for afternoon thunderstorms this month. Mornings on the river will bring action at first light on top water lures for snook or trout along the flats. They will seek deeper water as the sun rises. It’s a hot, but very productive month around the Treasure Coast.
I will be fishing along the mangroves for snook and redfish with DOA shrimp, CAL jerk baits and top water lures, like the new DOA Airhead, where the water will be 2-3 feet deep. Trout will move to deeper flats in 2-6 feet of water and will most likely hit pigfish, DOA shrimp or Deadly Combos. Look for the trout to move to the deeper edges of the flats as the sun warms up the water. Fish the sand holes on the flats! You will find the bigger fish sitting in these holes waiting on the tides to bring the food to them. It has been another banner year for big trout around the area. Redfish will continue to hold up on the flats. Read the water as you move across the flats and look for any activity that might be a school of reds. Gold spoons, soft baits, like DOA shrimp or CAL jerk baits will work best for them. Search along the docks during the day for snook or redfish hanging around there as well. It’s a fantastic month to be fishing…
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Fort Pierce Mixed bag
Florida Sportsman member:Capt.AW
Thursday the 13th we had plans to look for permit or tarpon on the beach. It took a while, but we finally found the permit and managed to pull 3 mid teen size fish from the school.
Friday the 14th we went out looking for the permit again, but the water temps dropped almost 9 degrees overnight. Knowing that our odds of finding them at that point were slim to none we made a long run up the beach to look for some tarpon. Once arriving we found big pods of bait being worked by some bigger mackerel and snook. So we decided to stay with the bait and pull on some snook. We ended up landing a few in the upper slot to over slot range then called it a day.
Thursday the 20th Joe, Dj, and I headed out hoping to find those beach snook again. Upon arriving at the location things looked bleak the conditions or more importantly the bait wasn’t there. From there we bounced around to a few spots but ended up coming back in catching a couple decent snook and reds.
Friday the 21st I got an early start to meet up with a buddy who’s been telling me I need to come down and get on these monster snook he’s been catching. While we didn’t get any true monsters, I did get one in the high 30’s that probably went 20lbs or so. My buddy was gracious enough to hop in the water to make the release but wanted me to crop his head out of the photo
Stuart Causeway Redfish
Florida Sportsman member Jermos
I had Friday off so I decided to wake up at 5:30 and take a mini excursion from Stuart to a spot I usually kayak fish near Ft. Pierce. No signs of any activity which was unusual, spent almost an hour there and called it quits. Went back south for some breakfast then tried one of the beaches in search for a surfin snook, no luck. Left the beach around 10am headed back home to Stuart, on my way over the causeway I noticed the glassy conditions on the north side of the river and couldnt resist. I normally overlook this spot a lot, but when I pulled up there was all kinds of surface activity. I was able to castnet a school of nice sized pilchards, and quickly waded out with one on my light rod. I had him tail hooked free-lining for maybe 10 minutes when I got bumped and rod almost ripped from my hands with the drag screaming. Definitely thought it was a good sized jack or small shark from the violent head shakes. Fish made numerous violent runs before I finally get a glimpse of the tail, a big red?!! Yup, dont know exact length but she/he was a lil over slot. Surprised as a kid on Christmas morning, I got out the gopro for a flick. Then released it and called it a day by 11,
Inshore Slam in Stuart
Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1
Decided last minute to go scope a new spot with Dad this evening and what a good decision that was! Arrived around 6:00pm and were greeted by mullet running with big jacks chasing them. No takers there, so we continued to work down the docks and flats. Finally hook into a nice fish and it goes airborne quickly. First thought is snook, but it’s a 26 inch trout! We start to work back at 7:15 and it absolutely went off! We notice some fish busting so we each launch a cast into them. Immediately double up both fish screaming drag, mine tires pretty quickly as it was a big blue runner. Dad’s on the other hand, just never stopped. It would scream drag and kind of circle around him. Finally get a look and it is a MONSTER trout. Dad gently eases it closer and I grab it! Absolute monster. Get some good pictures of it and release. Just over 30 inches and Dad’s personal best….
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Ft. Pierce Reds
Florida Sportsman member: evergladeskid243
Launched out of the $2 fee Torpey Rd boat ramp around 7 a.m., paddled out and was greeted by a high tide with no current movement which made things tough right off the start. Threw topwaters but only got one bite/miss by a nice trout. Didn’t land the first fish until around 9 or 10 a.m., which were a mix of small trout and jacks. Paddled across the river to the far east side and missed a huge trout who tried to eat the spook jr twice, catching the hooks the second time only to come unhooked, bummer! Next cast I hook into a nice red who gave me a nice ride before I landed him. Beautiful colors on him, he was all lit up and bright orange, a perfect specimen for the GoPro! Dont know how long, didnt bother to measure
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Snook in the Shallows
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
The snook always seem to be more aggressive during the summertime and I have been catching a lot by sighting out the snook, waking and throwing topwater in front of them. They have been hitting it almost everytime. My cousin Cole has never caught a big overslot and i told him that this is the time of year to do it. We set out at about 6:30 and started bombing topwaters. Not too long after the sun peeked out of the clouds, I spotted a wake, a big one. Cole casts a little too much on top of him, and bam! The snook attacks the lure and Cole has a hookup!
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Beachside Snook
Florida Sportsman member: BigNiner19
NOAA calling for some really rough seas, so I elected to leave the boat on the trailer and grab a rod and some snook lures and head down to the beach. Good action, snook busting on bait and looked like some schools of bluefish were mixed in. The winds can make it a challenge fishing from the beach, but timing is everything. Ended up landing a few nice snook. Caught one inside the slot but let it swim away to fight another day.
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Fort Pierce Snook, Trout & More
Florida Sportsman member: Pensacola
Hit the flats this morning with Ricky, forum member Seein Red. Ricky just passed his captains license test, so he is official now! Castnetted some live bait and off we went. NOAA was right today as the wind was howling from the west. We took shelter behind some islands and mangroves. I got a solid 20+ pound snook in 2 feet of water. He made some long drag peeling runs and jumped a few times. So cool to catch snook like that in the shallows. Got a couple decent trout as well on livies. We tried like crazy to get a redfish to complete the slam, but no luck.
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Doubleheader Hammerheads
Florida Sportsman member: blacktip hunter
It’s not everyday that you get to witness two hammerhead sharks caught at the same time from the beach! This was the last day of my spring break, I had to leave in the morning. The mackerel schools were very thick off the beach. The commercial fishermen were catching them with cast nets. That night I got a call from my friend Peter that he had hooked a monster. I quickly grabbed the pelican case and drove down to help him out. When I arrived, both Peters were hooked up on big fish. Peter landed the first hammer. We didn’t measure it, but it was roughly 9 feet[...]
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Ft. Pierce Snook, Reds and Trout
Florida Sportsman member: Capt.AW
The plan for the day was to catch some big trout, fish the mangroves for redfish, and finish day the day in the inlet looking for a snook. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s seldom that all the plans come together. Today just happened to be one of those days when everything worked. We worked the spoil islands and picked off a 29 inch, 27 inch, and 2-22 inch trout. After the trout we moved closer to the mangroves and Audra pulled out a nice redfish. We continued to work our way down the shoreline but could convince any more fish to bite. We left there and slid across the river to a dock only to be broken off by a mystery fish. It was getting late in the morning so we made our push to the inlet to fish the tail end of the incoming. It took a bit but Gaylon landed a pig snook that measured 34″ that probably would’ve went 35-36 if the tail wasn’t so chewed up.
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Trout of a Lifetime
Florida Sportsman member: Joupdog1
Action was pretty consistent. We picked up 9 snook including one a few inches under slot. With about a half hour of sunlight left. We move down a few more docks and I make a cast out towards some open water. I work it all the way back to me when my lure gets slammed! The fish pulls a little bit of drag but doesn’t ever take off like a big snook would. I fought it for a few minutes and neither me or Chris know what it is yet. It would come up and make some big boils, but never reveal itself. After finally tiring it down. We see a HUGE trout come up. We land it and Chris gets some good pictures of it. After measuring it, the fish went 32 inches long and 11.5 pounds!
Ft. Pierce Inshore Slam
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
The wind was hard out of the west so I headed for cover in the backcountry. There we found a healthy amount of fish on an outgoing tide. I hooked up a 20 inch trout first on an outflow pipe. As we head deeper into the back water, we spot big pushes and a lot of activity. I hook up again, a 22 inch red. We pole even deeper and I complete the trout, snook & red slam with a 21 inch snook. Further we go and garret hooks up to a small snook then decent trout.
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Ft. Pierce Gator Trout
Florida Sportsman member: LilJim
Since today turned out to be such a beautiful day, my sister and I wanted to go fishing. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. All together we caught 3 trout all over 25 inches. One on topwater, two on live shrimp. She was killing it with the shrimp. Sadly her phone was on the verge of death when she took the 2nd picture and had to snap a real fast pic.
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Cold Water Reds
Florida Sportsman member: SS Canoe
Getting out there early isn’t as important with this cold weather and water. I’ve found that the bite turns on sometimes when the temperature begins to rise. I went with my buddy Garrett and we started fishing around 9 a.m., the plan was to fish ’till sundown. The wind was whipping so we decided to beat it and head to the mangroves for shelter from the wind. We poled up to a line of groves that I usually catch and see fish. The water was crystal clear [...]
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Steady IRL Action
Florida Sportsman member: nubinlife
Got out around 4:00 pm a little north of Walton Rd. on the west bank. Had steady action using a popping cork and live shrimp. Fished the docks and grass. Got a nice 27 inch gator, a couple of pompano, some sheepshead and a nice black drum.
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Reds in the Wind
Florida Sportsman member: Seein