Summer has arrived and you can bet on hot afternoons and lots of great fishing action around the Treasure Coast during June. The mornings will be calm and it is certainly to your benefit to get out early to beat the afternoon heat. Watch the weather each afternoon out there; thunderstorms will be more frequent. Inshore will provide lots of redfish, snook and trout action on the flats. Get those topwater lures cleaned up and plan an early morning to get some of that explosive action in the shallows. Try the new D.O.A. Airhead for great topwater action. Switch to D.O.A. Shrimp or a C.A.L. Jerk Bait as the sun warms up. Watch for bait schools on the flats and you can be assured there are fish nearby. You can expect the fish to be feeding shallow early and move to the edges of the flats as the sun rises. Look for sand holes on the flats! Fish are traditionally lazy and love to sit in a sand hole and wait for the tide to bring the food for them to ambush.
You should be able to find plenty of redfish around the shallows. The population this year has been outstanding and they have been growing all spring. Most will be slot size to just over the slot. I love using a D.O.A. Shrimp while fishing for reds. Trout will be on the grassy flats and feeding on the same food out there. Move out to three to five feet of water as the day heats up to continue your action. A Deadly Combo can provide inexperienced anglers with lots of fun learning to fish artificials. Don’t forget to fish the docks around the river. Lots of big fish will be hanging around many of the docks along the Indian River. Snook will provide plenty of action around the bridges and jetties this month. Night anglers will be heading to the jetties for catch and release snook and maybe some tarpon action. Topwater lures, feather jigs, TerrorEyz and Bait Busters can all get you in on some fantastic action.
As always, remember, fishing is not just another hobby….it’s an ADVENTURE!
FORECAST BY: Capt. Charlie Conner
Capt. Charlie’s Fish Tales Charters
Phone: (772) 284-3852
Email: captaincharlie@fishtalescharter.com
Website: www.fishtalescharter.com