INSHORE- Mullet reports increased inshore this week. Not full on mullet run yet, but it does seem to be getting going. The mullet tend to move (or at least show themselves on the surface) best during lowlight periods, at night, and/or when boat traffic is light. When the mullet are up on top (especially if they are showering , and fish are exploding through them) it's the time to fish a topwater lure or flatline a live mullet on the edges of the school. When they aren't as active getting a bait below the school tends to be a good way to go. Primarily it will be snook in the mullet pods; with tarpon, jacks, sharks, and even the occasional redfish mixed in. During the day seawalls, boat docks, and other similar ambush points (especially with current on them) tend to produce best. Bridges will get the fish stacked up at night.
SURF/PIER- The beach came back to life this week as mullet began to show back up. The pods are still on the smaller side, but they have been holding a good number of snook and tarpon. The sharks have also been in the mullet pods (though for the most part the sharks tend to hold in the pods a little more offshore). The mullet tend to be the easiest to find early morning and late afternoon. Mid-day they tend to stretch out in a long line and the fish don't hold in them quite the same. A live mullet fished on the edges, or under the school tends to be the best way to go. A large swimbait (8" NLBN or similar) can also one an effective choice. The Juno Beach Pier has been good this week as well. Still some pilchards hanging around. Snook have been biting well at the pier, as well as the Spanish Mackerel. Mangrove snappers were biting early in the week, though they seem to have slowed down a bit as the week went on.
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