The inshore fishing should be red hot during the early morning hours from daylight to about 9 a.m., and from 6 p.m. until dark. Trout should be taking top water baits like a Zara Spook, Chug Bug or a MirrOdine when fishing at places like Bear Point, Herman’s Bay, Round Island or Queen’s Cove. After about 9 a.m., you will need to switch to a live bait, like a pilchard or a pigfish, free line it with a 4/0 hook or you could use a live shrimp fished under a popping cork with a #2 live bait hook. Soft plastics like a D.O.A. Shrimp or a Bait Buster is also a good choice. Try using a light color, like a pearl or a chartreuse, for the redfish. Around the mangroves, on the full tide is the best place to be. Fish all the live baits the same way. But, for the redfish you can try a piece of cut up ladyfish or crab with a small split shot and a 2/0 hook. Look for some good catch and release snook action in the Fort Pierce Inlet. Try drifting the inlet with a live bait fished on a 5/0 live bait hook and the right amount of lead to hit the bottom, depending on the tide. You will want to try one hour before until one hour after the tide changes. The snapper bite should also be good along the channel edges, both to the north and south in the Intracoastal. Fish a live shrimp or a mojarra on a #2 live bait hook, a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader and about a half-ounce or one-ounce weight. There should be some good tarpon action at first light and just before dark around the Fort Pierce Inlet and down around Big Mud Creek. A live mullet fished on a 5/0 or a 6/0 hook and a 40-to-80-pound fluorocarbon leader will do just fine.
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