[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s summer leaves and the cooler weather starts coming in, things should start to change for inshore anglers. Around the Fort Pierce inlet, you will want to look for the schools of mullet and they will be getting chased by big jacks, bluefish and Spanish mackerel. Find the birds and you will find the fish. Try live baits or anything shiny. Snook fishing should also be good for anglers fishing the deeper holes around and in the Fort Pierce inlet, the turning basin and also the bridges. A mullet, pinfish, pigfish or a croaker will be the baits of choice. For this type of fishing you will need a heavy rod, a 30-or-40-pound fluorocarbon leader, a 5/0 live bait hook and whatever weight it takes to hold the bottom. For the best results, fish an hour before and after the tide changes. Along the channel edges, there should still be some nice snapper taking live shrimp fished on light tackle. The trout should start moving to the deeper parts of the flats and you will need to fish slow and deeper than you have been fishing. Live shrimp or a finger mullet fished under a popping cork with a 20-pound fluorocarbon leader and a #2 circle hook will do just fine. As the mornings warm up look for the action on the flats to improve. The trout, snook and redfish will be around the smaller patches of bait. Don’t forget there will still be plenty of big jacks around the new city marina and they will be taking live baits.
