Scouting Around Palm Beach And Martin County

The snook bite at the St. Lucie Inlet and along the beaches in that area has been really good. They are mostly being caught on live greenies.

Also on the beaches in the Jensen area, there has been a good tarpon bite. They are hitting crabs, big mullet and greenies.

The bite for whiting and croaker has been decent. If you happen to catch a smallish croaker, they are working good for snook bait.

Though there haven’t been a ton of them, there are some cobia moving along the beach. Not a bad idea to keep a cobia rod set up and ready to go just in case.

At the Boynton Inlet, anglers have been catching Cubera snapper up to 12 pounds using blue runner halves during the last two hours of incoming tide.

Mangrove snapper have been hitting live shrimp and live sardines off the north end of the jetty during outgoing tides. Snook are being caught and released at night by anglers using two-ounce flare hawks off the south jetty.

Intracoastal Waterway still has an abundance of small blacktip sharks both north and south of the inlet. Jack creavelle, tarpon and barracuda have been hitting slow trolled shallow diving plugs in mullet patterns along the channel edges.

Mangrove snapper have been hitting live shrimp and live sardines off the north end of the jetty during outgoing tides. Snook are being caught and released at night by anglers using two-ounce flare hawks off the south jetty. Intracoastal Waterway still has an abundance of small blacktip sharks both north and south of the inlet. Jack creavelle, tarpon and barracuda have been hitting slow trolled shallow diving plugs in mullet patterns along the channel edges. Lantana Bridge anglers are reporting catches of sharks, sheepshead, small tarpon and lots of catch and release action on snook this week during the nighttime hours.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

The bass fishing has been fantastic the past two weeks!

Using swim jigs and spinner baits in the early mornings and switching to live shiners after that, anglers are catching 25 fish or more per outing. Not guppies either, there are some eight and nine pounders being taken. Hot spots have been King’s Bar, Indian Prairie and Third Point.

The bluegill bite has also been incredible. Go to baits are still crickets and worms. Not just in the Kissimmee River, the bite is also in the lake.