Palm Beach Report

INSHORE

Snook and tarpon are biting early in the morning on the beaches of the Treasure Coast. Once the sun is up, the snook and tarpon move out and the whiting and croaker move in. There are big numbers of snook and tarpon in the St. Lucie Inlet as well. Live bait is working best in there.

In the Indian River, big numbers of snook are being snagged at the bridges. Redfish and trout are also biting but, again, it’s an early bite. Don’t waste your time after 9 a.m.

Snook are biting first thing in the morning along the beaches of Jupiter, too.

The best action in the Intracoastal Waterway and Loxahatchee River around Jupiter has been at night, and it’s all snook! Mangrove snapper are also biting around docks and bridges.

There have been big schools of mullet running along Palm Beach, and some nice snook are starting to show up in the Lake Worth/Palm Beach Inlet and in the surf. Snook are also being caught in the Intracoastal, and the pattern is the same as always — fish around dock lights and bridges at night.

There have been some nice snook catches near the Lantana bridge in the Intracoastal, and that action remains consistent down through Delray Beach.

In addition to snook, jacks and tarpon have been caught in and around the Boynton Beach Inlet.

FRESHWATER

If you’re willing to be out on Lake Okeechobee well before the sun comes up, there are definitely bass to be caught. The action has been great until about 8 a.m., then it begins to fizzle. By 9:30 a.m., the bite is off.

As long as you’re on the water before sunrise, you can catch good numbers of bass on the outside edges, back in the grass, and out in open water. Live shiners will do the trick, but artificial lures — fished properly — have been even more effective.

report courtesy of Palm Beach Post