    
Capt. Jeff Sacks Aboard "True Lies"
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2000 - 8:06 pm: | |
Subject: Saltwater Inshore and Nearshore Fishing Report
With the mullet running around it can make things mighty good.
Nearshore, if you chase some of these school you'll find all kinds of fish.
Jump out the inlets.. any will do.. Ft. Pierce, Stuart, Palm Beach (Lake Worth)..Keep close to shore, anywhere between Ten feet and about fifty feet. Look for the bait pods. If you have some livies, just throw them out around the edges of the schools. You might want some light wire or heavy mono for leader as there .. thankfully ...have been some toothy critters in the mix, As well as Snook, Tarpon, and more.. The toothies have mostly been Early Spanish Mackerel, Blue fish, and some "cudas". Be some what careful as there have also been some very Large Sharks around.. Stay in the Boat!!
To get these fish on lures etc.. Use plastics or jigs in bright colors and lots of flash.. Spoons work well also. As a matter of boating and fishing courtesy.. Please Do Not Troll around other boats that are working the area.. If you must troll.. then do it away from the others.. Trolling is a good way to locate fish, but if others have already done so.. its the best way to put them down!!-Then everybody stands to lose!! Before I forget.. Some rattle traps and noisy stick (hard body) baits working well also.
You want lots and lots of fun.. Get out that Fly Rod... a 5-6 wt. is usually fine, and more than fun!!.. Go with a sinking line or even a popper. On the Popper , of course, you will get some super surface strikes.. On the Sinker, probably more hits.. On the sinker use small flies.. like clouser minnows with some chartreuse in them for best results. Again, for bite tippet, use very small wire or about 50# test mono for them there teeth.
Inshore there is also some great fishing... Around the Sewell's point areas, In the very wee hrs of the predawn.. Work the lights and bridges. The other day on an incoming tide I fished with a friend, Harry Scherer from Salerno in his boat (this was grins fishing for me). Using a shinny hard bodied plastic stick bait I caught about 5 snook and 1 Jack, several of the Snook were in the slot. On a plastic bodied jig I also caught some Snook. ALL FISH WERE RELEASED!
I had my Flyrod handy, but it was a bit too windy at the time.. Had it not been, the most effective flies have been small and in dark colors.. Streamers and clousers with a small bit of flash.
On Fly up in the Indian River in the Power Plant areas...There have been Trout , Tarpon, and Snook.. Again small flies have been the most effective.. Maybe with a bit of chartreuse in them. Another type fly that has been good - are those used for bonefish-again small in size You might also want to fish the bridges around the light lines.. I have been successful using small (very small) minnow type flies on sinking lines.. Got plenty of Snook and Ladyfish. Some of those Ladies are kinda large.. When fishing for all these guys I'm usually using my 7 wt. REDington and a 250 grain head. Short strips are good.
Bent Rods To All,
Regards and Best Fishes,
Capt. Jeff
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