Bait has moved in along the beaches, bringing a lot of big fish with it. Walton Rocks Beach, near the power plant, has been holding a lot of bait and fish. First light, the tarpon are rolling and splashing along the first trough where the bait can be found. Most of the bait is small little greenies and pilchards, so throw something that is small like Z-Man soft rubber bait in silver and green. I like to use an 8-foot Blackfin Rod with a 5500 Penn Spinfisher V spooled with 50-pound braid from spider wire. Cast just outside of the bait schools and bring it back slow—that is where you will get the hook up. Small tarpon and huge tarpon will be there so be prepared. Snook fishing is closed, so catch and release only. There will a lot of small males, with a mix of big females, along the beaches and inlets. Incoming tide will be the best bet pushing the bait up to the shore line. You can use live bait or use hard baits or soft baits. They will be feeding hard first light and just before dark, big fish being caught mostly at night. Sebastian Inlet State Park is a land based fisherman’s dream with catwalks, two jetties and a lot of bait and fish to go around. Most people fish the north jetty because it holds a lot of fish along the beach side and it is bigger than the south jetty. You can fish day or night for a small fee. Make sure to bring a bridge net to release fish safely back into the water. Redfish, drum, snook, tarpon, jack, shark and snapper fishing is great here. Get some live bait, fish it along the bottom and hold on. It gets busy during the bite so make sure to be there early or fish at night. Fishing in Martin County has been hard with algae along our rivers and beaches but we must come together to fight and save a great area to fish. To ensure this doesn’t happen again, write the governor and local government and make a stand for clean water. Together we can make a change.
Tight lines.
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