[dropcap]E[/dropcap]verything should start to heat up in June, including the weather. The best inshore action should be from first light until about 9 a.m. and from 6 p.m. until dark. During these hours try a top water bait like a Zara Spook or Chug Bug, and for the anglers who like to throw soft plastic baits, try a D.O.A. Bait Buster. For the rest of you who like live bait, try a pigfish, mullet, shrimp or a crab. This method will catch a snook, trout, redfish and lots of big jacks. Try places like Harbor Branch, Round Island or Queen’s Cove to the north and to the south you can try Bear Point, Herman’s Bay or the docks along South Indian River Drive. The snapper fishing should also be good around the bridges and the channel edges. A live shrimp fished on a #2 hook, a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader and a half- to a one-ounce lead should work just fine. Tarpon should be here in full force in the Fort Pierce Inlet, around the Moorings and around the Big Mud Creek area. Try using a live mullet.
