Beach Fishing With Paul Sperco Palm Beach/Martin County Area
Anyone who hit the beach today on South Hutchinson Island had to be impressed with the color of the water , especially if you were targeting pompano . I didn’t go any further north than Normandy beach but I did talk to a good friend of mine who stopped up by Ft Pierce and he saw the same “clean green “ that was further south . As far as results of the pompano contingency it seems there were some fish caught up and down the Island . I did not talk to anyone who had big numbers as far as the commercial group but there were fish put into the coolers . Since I’m still not in a position to throw my Over The Bar rods I targeted the whiting and croaker with my 7 foot short rods . They have been a bit scarce since our last wind event but today showed signs of this bite getting better also . There was lots of bait schools moving down the beach and the pelicans were everywhere on the bait pods . The croaker and whiting held to their trait of turning on as the high tide mark got closer because I never had a bite in the first hour . When they did start to chew they were no more than 5 to 10 yards from the edge of the surface. When the water is clean the drop off is easily visible and pitching the bait just past the inshore side of that first trough proved to be the zone . I started with a couple of whiting and then the croaker took over for the last hour . You never know what’s going to bite your Fishbite and small piece of shrimp as I had one hit that bent the rod over and took some drag . After a couple of minutes I saw some silver and put one nice pompano in the cooler . With the croaker starting to show the snook action should really heat up . Catch a smaller croaker and just liveline it in that near shore trough . The hot Fishbite color today was Orange Crab and the Snook Nook has a great supply . I had to leave a bit earlier than I wanted to but longtime friend , Chuck Frith , stayed and I’m sure he put together a Hutchinson Island Fish fry before leaving . The weather is getting warmer and the surf bite should be heating up too . I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend.
Anyone who hit the beach today on South Hutchinson Island had to be impressed with the color of the water , especially if you were targeting pompano . I didn’t go any further north than Normandy beach but I did talk to a good friend of mine who stopped up by Ft Pierce and he saw the same “clean green “ that was further south . As far as results of the pompano contingency it seems there were some fish caught up and down the Island . I did not talk to anyone who had big numbers as far as the commercial group but there were fish put into the coolers . Since I’m still not in a position to throw my Over The Bar rods I targeted the whiting and croaker with my 7 foot short rods . They have been a bit scarce since our last wind event but today showed signs of this bite getting better also . There was lots of bait schools moving down the beach and the pelicans were everywhere on the bait pods . The croaker and whiting held to their trait of turning on as the high tide mark got closer because I never had a bite in the first hour . When they did start to chew they were no more than 5 to 10 yards from the edge of the surface. When the water is clean the drop off is easily visible and pitching the bait just past the inshore side of that first trough proved to be the zone . I started with a couple of whiting and then the croaker took over for the last hour . You never know what’s going to bite your Fishbite and small piece of shrimp as I had one hit that bent the rod over and took some drag . After a couple of minutes I saw some silver and put one nice pompano in the cooler . With the croaker starting to show the snook action should really heat up . Catch a smaller croaker and just liveline it in that near shore trough . The hot Fishbite color today was Orange Crab and the Snook Nook has a great supply . I had to leave a bit earlier than I wanted to but longtime friend , Chuck Frith , stayed and I’m sure he put together a Hutchinson Island Fish fry before leaving . The weather is getting warmer and the surf bite should be heating up too . I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend. 
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