INSHORE: Snook fishing remains decent inshore. Pretty standard report on the snook (and occasional tarpon or passing jack), with the ICW and Loxahatchee river producing some fish along seawalls and under boat docks. During the day live mullet is the top bait choice. Early morning and late afternoon with favorable tide conditions you maybe able to trick a snook or two into smashing a topwater. At night the snook will switch to bridges and docklights, with the outgoing tide tending to produce the best results. Water hasn't warmed enough to really fire the snook up, but it's getting close for sure. Won't be too long before they really start snapping. Other inshore action remains a bit spotty. A few late late season sheepshead hanging around inshore mixed in with a few early arriving mangrove snapper. Sailfish flats in Stuart continue to see a few pompano, but those numbers continue to fall as well.
SURF/PIER: Surf and pier action has been pretty good this week. Pompano numbers seem to have improved a bit, with some decent catches coming along the beach, and a handful of pomps being picked off the Juno Beach Pier as well. Sandfleas, clams, and Fishbites (with pomps it pays to have an assortment) remain the baits of choice on the beach. The same baits and also Doc's Goofy Jigs are getting them on the Juno Beach Pier. Still a few late season bluefish cruising around, though that has to be close to winding down. The Juno Beach Pier has been producing a few Spanish Mackerel, with a white or white/silver JYG Pro crappie jig the top lure choice for the Macs. A handful of snook showing up at the Juno Beach Pier as well. It's not huge numbers yet, and the snook are not overly aggressive but they are showing up. Best bet for the snook is fresh dead bait chunks fished very patiently on the bottom with a very light lead. Jack schools have been passing by the pier, though they have not been overly interested in eating as of late. Conditions have looked right for some kingfish to come cruising by the pier as well, but no reports yet to speak of on them. Keep those Rapala X-Raps and Yo-Zuri Magspeeds ready to go...it's gonna happen anytime!
(NOTE: I don't have the exact times, but the Juno Beach Pier will close on Saturday afternoon to allow for Easter Service set-up. It will reopen for fishing following Easter Service sometime around noon).
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