Cooler water has moved in along the beach. The water is running in the lower 80’s with lots of glass minnow pods moving up and down the beach. Despite the minnows, in the morning off Satellite Beach, the bite has been slower this past week than it has been the past few weeks.
There is still the slime layer from the beach to 10-15yds out making shore fishing a messy and frustrating experience unless you wade out past the slime. Water clarity is chalky to 50-75yds off the beach then progressively clears up the further out you go.
Beyond the slime, the Sennet are still fairly veracious and would indiscriminately hit my Yozuri crystal minnow, top water plug, and spoon. I usually see some tarpon hitting the minnows, but not this morning. I did see some small Spanish jumping here and there in pursuit of the minnows. Most of the action was along the water clarity change or the edge of the minnow pods.
I was out at Satellite around 3 today, high tide. First hour or two was all catfish and water looked dirty. I was about to leave and as the sun broke the bite picked up. Tons of margate, and juvenile pompano and permit. Nothing spectacular. Did see quite a few tarpon rolling offshore but they seemed completely disinterested to everything. Amazingly the slime was nonexistent but around 630 when we were leaving it spontaneously started to reappear as the tide was going out. If any of you like margate, I do not, they were hitting everything….shrimp, fiddlers, and sand fleas.
Thanks for the surf updated!
Great intel. I’ve been wanting to hit the beach but haven’t been able to in a few weeks. Hopefully the bite and conditions will turn up here any time now.