South Florida surf fishing has been spotty but is steadily improving. Bluefish and jack crevalle bit steady at most beaches in the early AM and late afternoon. Top water splash style lures and chunking has been working to catch the muscle heads with ease! Totally visual and viably consistent. The light early west winds portray the evidence at dim light.

Now diving into pompano futures. It’s too early for consistent predictions but with fronts stacking up for the next two weeks we begin with where they are. Both Hobe Sound Beaches have early and late bites, but it’s too early for clamming it up because these are resident fish. Blanched fleas and a fish bite (preferably in shrimp or sand flea scent). With the calicos tearing the baits up in a matter of minutes, the strips are the steadfast backup ammo. Once the schoolfish bite is on, the calicos disappear!

Juno Beach, south of the Juno Beach Pier, has been steady with 2 or 3 pomps a day per angler, with some weighing in neighborhood of two pounds. There’s also a ton of bonefish up to 4 lbs. Man they love those fleas. There are times when the pomps are visible but all you catch are grey speedsters — then just enjoy the bite.

Ever notice how newspaper fishing reports are late or not accurate? Yesterday a major paper in Palm Beach reported numerous pomps and croakers in Jensen Beach! Ah, not so… Isn’t it strange that there is someone conveying this message that is actually fishing 7 miles north of this area and catching plenty of the targeted species. Oh by the way I called my pal that was fishing right next to him. — in Fort Pierce!

So where are they going? Probably (best I can do) south. As the the water clears up they will move into the next patch reefed archive. Pt. St. Lucie… Prefrontal prime bite will be Sat. 11/11 in the am somewhere between Normandy and Stuart Public Beaches. Hobe Sound could be the “HOTTEST SPOT” in lieu of a large school of keeper pomps just north of Bath Tub Reef. Two commercial boats are jigging them good.

Exciting news came for me this morning — an explosion of spinners and blacktips nailing snake mackeral near Blowing Rocks. Sharks outside the second bar with pomps in the trough on a 2 to 4 ft. swell on low tid — these are the ingredients I look for! Just cast 70 to 100 yds to reach that protective inside curl on the second bar. Try Trey Waller’s Blacktip “go to” top water plug, The Tsunami Talking Popper, with rattles!

Tight Lines my friends!