Gator trout will be on the flats and mangrove edges at first light and should be approached with stealth and long cast. Go with topwater plugs like Skitterwalks and D.O.A. Bait Busters to get into some action. Switch over to soft bodied jigs once the sun comes up and fan cast the potholes and grass flats for tout and redfish. Broken down older docks are good for redfish and snook so methodically work the structure and move on. Don’t forget to flip a live shrimp and jig head around the channel markers for triple tail. Snook will be starting to make their way to the inlets for the summer spawn and stage around the Treasure Coast bridges at night. Check the tides for good water movement and work the shadow line with First Light Jigs or live bait. Plenty of big pre-spawn snook will be lurking in the shadows ready to gorge themselves before they move to the inlets and near shore reefs. If you’re in the mood for tarpon, run the boat down the beach just outside the surf line looking the pods. It doesn’t hurt to be one of the first anglers on the tarpon before the other boats find them and make them shy on busting your bait. Anticipate their swim pattern and shut your engine down to fire a live mullet, greenie or crab a couple feet in front of them. Keep your eyes open for dark shadows moving along the sand and you might run into a bull shark or cobia. Keep the waterways clean and wear your Bullfrog.
FORECAST BY: Capt. John Young
Bites On Guide Service
Snook, Trout, Redfish, Tarpon, Kingfish
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