The inshore fishing this month should be as good as it gets in the summer months. Look for a good trout bite at places like Bear Point, the Midway Road area and around Harbor Branch. Try a live pilchard or shrimp and fish it under a popping cork. The grassy areas in three to five feet of water should be the best place to fish. The redfish should be tailing around the mangroves and eating live shrimp or small crabs. The catch and release snook action should be red hot in the Fort Pierce Inlet when fishing a live bait on the bottom or drifting the out-going tide. This tide will produce the most fish. There will be plenty of snapper along the channel edges and they will be taking a small live shrimp shed on a #2 hook and a 1/2 ounce weight. The weight may change depending on the current. Don’t forget to check out the channel markers for a tripletail. Use a 1/4 ounce Troll Rite and a live shrimp.
There should be schools of tarpon rolling in places like the Turning Basin, Fort Pierce Inlet and at the Moorings Flats. These fish will be feeding on the schools of mullet.
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