7/15/21 Fishing Report

Mark Cooper giving his buddy a lot of shit for out fishing him at that spot!

Fishing has been Super steady inshore … lots of fish. Amazing snook fishing. Good jacks . And some bigger mangrove snapper. Plus there been a good trout bite south of Jensen beach.

SNOOK.
Basically I’m fishing from the $.10 Bridge Out to the inlet and back to the $.25 bridge if you go north of either bridge you’re pretty much wasting your time. Buying my bait in the morning for Mr. Jake cross +1 (772) 263-3097 that is his phone number if anyone wants to get a hold of him. Starting my mornings about 6:30am typically I go to the farthest spot I am going to fish,Tide dependent and work my way towards the inlet so I stay almost on the exact tide the entire fishing trip. Fishing 15 pound braid with a 50 pound Mono liter about 4’ long. . Into a 5/0 circle hooks with a green owner soft bead so the bait does not hook itself. Typically skipping the baits underneath the docks fishing with a high rod tip waiting to get slammed. This is always on the upside of the dock into the tide. . Also skipping the baits against sport fish boats that typically never move typically the rear end towards the running gear is always the hotspot. The inlet there’s fish on the detached jetty along with both north and south jetties. Again this is still just live bait fishing with 3-4” pilchards.

Trout

there has always been some trout south of the Jensen causeway. I typically try to attack the mangroves and fish soft plastics like DOA and gulps in light colors fishing 25lb fluorocarbon leaders on 15lb fast action rods. Working them in a jig like motions typically with the lead jig head. You can do the same technique with live shrimp and get the exact same results. Don’t be surprised to have a buy catch of bluefish, flounders. and ladyfish with the occasional Redfish..

JACKS

my Jack Fishing Is almost 100% the buy catch of me snook fishing but if I really want to Focus on just Jack’s I typically Fish live mullet against the Sewalls and on much heavier tackle typically fish 80 pound leaders With a 40 to 60 pound mainline. On an extremely tight drag so I can keep them away from all the poles/docks..the Southpoint and old St. Lucie Sewalls typically have been the Hotspot.

FLY FISHING

Fishing 9wt rods with a clear floating intermediate tipped line and Smalller White flies . Typically on a pretty steady retrieve we’re not very much pause. to almost any pause at all. I switch over to a full floating line for nighttime fishing with the exact same flies. Fishing a 30lb bite Tippett on a 8-12’ leader …

👆👆 that is the 4th sawfish I have landed in Stuart for 2021 🤘

availability

I have most of August open. So if you would like to book a trip in the near future please give me a call.. 772-267-0095 we should be getting a really good tarpon push,there’s some around right now but I would really like to see more people book that trip it’s been a super fun trip. Snook Fishing Should stay really good throughout August. Until we start seeing the mullet run and then the fish typically switch over to a nocturnal patterns. … and I will be doing a deal for the mullet run bookings.

Chris with a nice 29 inch Stuart Fl snook

20 pound Jack on a ultralight rod

Lots of big Stuart FL over slot snook

2/19/20

Good Morning, Offshore some scattered Sails around the 120-200ft with some Dolphins mixed in The Kingfish bite was good out of Stuart over the last few days with some nice fish on live bait with a few Wahoo mixed in off Jupiter yesterday. The Cobia are scattered on the wrecks and free swimming on the bait schools. Looks like the weather will be nice the next few days, hopefully you can make it out before Friday/the weekend. Inshore the Trout bite has been good around the power plant and Bear Point. Round Island is fishing good also, with a scattered Red mixed in. Live shrimp and Gulf shrimp “white” have produced well. The Snook bite has been good in Stuart on both tides, and at night with live bait around the bridges and inlet with a few Tarpon around. It’s starting to warm up so the fish are moving and you are starting to see a lot of activity and pattern changes. Plenty of Triple Tail on the buoys - it was hard to find a keeper size fish though - a lot of smaller fish. Still seeing a lot of Sheepshead, Croakers and Black Drum around the bridges if you fish shrimp on a jig head. For more info and tips call/text Capt. James Cronk 772-267-0095

2/11-20

The Sail bite has been good to the south with live bait in 160 to 200ft out of St Lucie inlet with a few scattered dolphin mixed in. The kingfish bite has been good with live bait on the reef in 60 to 80ft with a few Cobia scattered around. Inshore, the daytime Snook bite has been good on live bait in the inlet and bridges/docks. The Trout bite to the south of Bear Point has been steady on soft baits such as Gulp and DOA jerk Shads in natural colors. Still finding Reds in the Spoil islands north of Round island. Seeing a lot of Crocker and Sand Trout in the St. Lucie river - fishing shrimp on jig heads and a few Pompano mixed in. The Snook bite in Stuart over the last 3 days has been fire on both tides. For more info or tips call/text Capt. James Cronk. 772-267-0995

2/7/2020

Fishing report Vero/Fort Pierce A lot of trout around 69 street around the islands and south of the 17th street bridge around the islands. Running the crab pots picking up a few triple tail on the way to each spot. A lot of Bonnet Head sharks and Snook up in the mangroves. The water has been crazy clean and clear. Fort pierce/ Port St. Lucie A lot of Pompano just south of the Southbridge. Good Reds around Bear Point and a lot of Snook and Trout around the power plant. Good Sheepshead fishing on the docks west of the power plant with a lot of Jacks mixed in. Jensen/Stuart. Good size Snook around the walls and docks in the St.Lucie river. A lot of Jacks mixed in still a few Black Drums around the bridge. All the Spanish Mackerel you want just south of the inlet. A few Cobia being pulled off the reefs and a few Spinner Sharks starting to show up. Hot baits this week was the Storm Swim baits, white DOA Paddle Tail Cals, live shrimp, Pilchards, White flies and Spoons. Because the water was so clean and clear I dropped down to 25-20 pound leaders and got more bites. The weather looks amazing for the weekend for more tips or info call/text 772-267-0095

1/28/20

Inshore only

this week. A lot of Pompano around both Fort Pierce and the Stuart inlet. A lot of fish on goofy jigs and ball jigs tipped with fish bites and shrimp. The Trout fishing has been solid around Round Island and the Spoil Islands north of north bridge in Fort Pierce. A lot of slot size Reds in the mix and a few Snook around. Stuart Snook Fishing has been really good in the St. Lucie. A lot of crackers and weakfish ”sand trout”, a few triple tail north of Jensen Fishing the crab pots. Dock light fishing has been on fire fishing both fly and light tackle. A fish or two off every light you pull up to. Fishing small white flies and shrimp/ pilchards.

1/20/20

1/20/20 Fishing report. Offshore. A few Cobia off the beach, a lot of African pompano on the reefs with a few permit in the mix. A lot of jacks and sharks on the beach. Plenty of mackerel around Vero Cove and pecks lake. With kingfish in the mix on the outside of the big schools. A few sails and Mahi in the 150-200’ Inshore Out of Stuart this week. A lot of snook, bigg croaker and sand trout mixed in with the pompano. Plenty of Jack’s around the sea walls. A lot of trout and red fish around Bear point and round island. For more info in the week call/text Capt.James Cronk 772-267-0095

1/14/20

Fishing report 

The forecast calls for the winds to calm down offshore finally for tomorrow and Thursday. Reports indicate that few boats got out over the last few days and the sailfish bite south of Stuart on live bait has been good. Off north Jupiter a few scattered dolphin have been mixed in at 150 to 200ft mark. The kingfish bite also has been good  to the north around the Spanish mackerel schools .The snapper bite should be decent with the weather calming down. A few jack schools have been off the beach, no big fish yet, but a lot of 5-15 pound fish. A few spinner sharks showing up. Also, inshore yesterday the trout bite was good up around Vero's round island along with a few nice reds mixed in. Fishing D.O.A. lures have produced well in the New Penny and Rootbeer color. The gulp shrimp in 3” white has also been good. The flounder bite in the fort pierce inlet on the incoming tide with live shrimp and little finger mullet has been good. The pompano bite is still steady of J.C park and the Sail Fish Flats on the incoming tide with A&S  jigs and sandflease or shrimp if you can get your hands on the fish bites in  clam strips buy some use it ..  the fat snook are moving back up river and I am starting to see much more common snook around the docks. A lot of bait still around keeping the fish happy and active.   Remember you can always call or text to get a updated report in the week 772-267-0095 Capt. James Cronk. 

Jensen beach redfish

Stuart snook

fishing report 12/30/19

Fishing report


Good morning, The wind actually calmed down today and the next few days look like we can get out. I know a few guys got out yesterday/today  they found a few dolphin and sails in 150 to 200ft just south of Stuart inlet. Inshore the trout bite has been steady North of round island with a few fish to the south around Bear point and around the power plant. The flounder bite in the fort pierce inlet has been good with a few nice fish around on the incoming tide with a few pompano around mixing in. The Stuart flats are still seeing fish on the outgoing tide drifting the flats. A lot of Fat snook still out by the inlet and  surrounding docks as they are still in the Winter/fall spawning patterns. Still seeing sheepshead and black drum around all the  bridges. And the  Night time fly fishing game for snook on the lights is still going strong with lots of pilchards and glass minnows going in and out of the light  keeping fish hot and interested in the fly