From Henry @ Snook-Nook - Jensen Beach

Spanish Mac’s are every where, in the flats, on the surf edge, bridges and plenty off shore.  If you are a Mackerel fan come on down, pick a location, a little piece of cut bait and you are in the fish. Fifteen is the bag and that is a lot of fish to clean, please set your limit before you  go.  From the bridges the Black Drum and Sheephead  are keeping anglers busy using pieces of shrimp if you can keep the Mac’s away from your bait.  Just drop your bait next to a bridge piling or a pier pole and they will be waiting.  Drum and Sheephead any time is good, Snapper bite has been more to the moving tide and the Mac’s just put your bait in the water.  Some Pompano this week, water is warm, waiting for a cold snap to bring them in.  Yes, Snook is closed so take the barbs off the hooks for a quick easy release, they know the season is closed so they will eat about any thing that the Mac’s don’t take first.

North east wind has kept anglers on the east side of the river, flat water, no turbity.  Trout and Reds were busy this week from Bear Point south to Blind Creek, taking top water, jigs and live shrimp.  Tide made the difference, high out going worked like magic.  Made no difference to the Mac’s and Blues they came through and if it moved they bit, easy to get along with this group.  Few Pompano in the Sail Fish Flats, few at Hells Gate but a few was about it.  Did I mention the Spanish Mackerel ?  Snook season is closed and they know it.

   Yes just south of the St. Lucie it is one cast one fish, Spanish Macs, watch that limit, how many fish do you want to clean.

Surf anglers it has been 4oz days all week, still plenty of Whiting but there has been some  Blues and Pompano in the mix.  Over cast days have made for good fishing now if we could just turn down the wave machine.  Any time was good for the Whiting but it was high tide for the others.  Cut baits for the Blues and clams and sand fleas for the Pompano but the water needs to get a little a little cooler to bring in the school.   Looking for the Pomps and Blues fish early, catch the coolest water of the day, best bet. Now the Mac’s are coming through biting every thing so bring some long shank hooks and keep in mind who is going to clean all these fish, Spanish Mackerel every where.