Post by catch22 on Sept 16, 2002 8:28:15 GMT -5
The mullet run is on now, not quite in full swing yet but plenty of them along the beaches, inlets and rivers. Redfish, trout, snook, tarpon and jacks are having a field day busting these 6” baitfish. This is the time of year to match the hatch with lures resembling finger mullet. DOA’s Baitbusters and Swimming Mullet in black and white, dark colored bombers, mirrolures and windcheaters will do the job. You may elect to simply use live mullet .In the inlet and around bridges I like hooking them in the tail allowing the baits to swim deep and away from you. In shallow water we hook them on top in front of the dorsal fin. Trim off ½ inch of it’s tail . This will force the bait to swim erratically drawing more attention. Predators will always bang the injured bait. Cast a few feet outside the school and hold on!
A couple of night trips last week aboard Catch 22. Tuesday night Brian Conley and his buddy from Monroe, Ga. arrived at the dock at 6:45 pm. We headed south to the St. Lucie Inlet drifting the south bank and a few spots along Sailfish Point on the north. Great start with a 38” snook on our first drift using a select DOA glo shrimp. After a few small snook and ladyfish we headed up the St. Lucie River to the 10 cent bridge to catch the last hour of outgoing. A few hits but nothing much there. Water was barely moving so it was time to head back to the Indian River to catch the start of incoming tide. We began south of the quarter bridge (Stuart Causeway) well outside of casting distance from the anglers on the bridge drifting live mullet. Lot’s of bait around but managed only a few ladyfish. The anglers on the bridge were casting mainly topwater lures south past the shadow line and retrieving . About 15 guys up there but I didn’t see one hookup. Normally fishing bridges at night you will have a 45 minute window of strong bite time.
Our second night trip was on Friday mixing it up along bridges and lighted docks. Several fish that night but really not productive. Saturday I fished 10 pm- 2 am with non-stop action. Some of the places I wanted to fish were occupied the previous night but vacant on Saturday. Mixing it up with live mullet and topwater lures 14 snook were boated that night with 3 in the slot keeping only one. Another dozen or so ladyfish were released. The location we fished is classified.
This Tuesday, my buddy Capt. Mike is pulling an all nighter trolling south of Palm Beach and drifting back all night for swordfish. Still undecided if I’m going. Never went swordfishing. As long as we don’t head to the Flemish Cap, I may go for it. This coming Friday we are headed to Islamorada for 4 days. September is my slowest month of the year so it’s partytime!!!
Capt. Bob Bushholz
www.catch22fish.com
(772) 225-6436
A couple of night trips last week aboard Catch 22. Tuesday night Brian Conley and his buddy from Monroe, Ga. arrived at the dock at 6:45 pm. We headed south to the St. Lucie Inlet drifting the south bank and a few spots along Sailfish Point on the north. Great start with a 38” snook on our first drift using a select DOA glo shrimp. After a few small snook and ladyfish we headed up the St. Lucie River to the 10 cent bridge to catch the last hour of outgoing. A few hits but nothing much there. Water was barely moving so it was time to head back to the Indian River to catch the start of incoming tide. We began south of the quarter bridge (Stuart Causeway) well outside of casting distance from the anglers on the bridge drifting live mullet. Lot’s of bait around but managed only a few ladyfish. The anglers on the bridge were casting mainly topwater lures south past the shadow line and retrieving . About 15 guys up there but I didn’t see one hookup. Normally fishing bridges at night you will have a 45 minute window of strong bite time.
Our second night trip was on Friday mixing it up along bridges and lighted docks. Several fish that night but really not productive. Saturday I fished 10 pm- 2 am with non-stop action. Some of the places I wanted to fish were occupied the previous night but vacant on Saturday. Mixing it up with live mullet and topwater lures 14 snook were boated that night with 3 in the slot keeping only one. Another dozen or so ladyfish were released. The location we fished is classified.
This Tuesday, my buddy Capt. Mike is pulling an all nighter trolling south of Palm Beach and drifting back all night for swordfish. Still undecided if I’m going. Never went swordfishing. As long as we don’t head to the Flemish Cap, I may go for it. This coming Friday we are headed to Islamorada for 4 days. September is my slowest month of the year so it’s partytime!!!
Capt. Bob Bushholz
www.catch22fish.com
(772) 225-6436