Not much has changed since my last report. The water is still low, warm and baitfish abound…

Hot and low is how I’d describe our water conditions at this time. This should be no surprise to those who fish the Indian River Lagoon the year around. It’s summer and the tides run low with water temps in the mid to upper eighty degree range. I’m sure we’ll see ninety-ish degrees soon.

After a bit of a lay-off due to the wind Kim and I were finally able to get out for a morning scouting trip. I decided to look south of town as we’ve not been this direction for well over a month. We hoped to find plenty of mullet and pilchards along the eastern shorelines and the predators which routinely feed upon them.

So ends another snook season on Florida’s Atlantic coast. If you’re not aware of this closure, I’ll remind you now; snook are catch and release starting June first and remain so through August!

As we near the end of this segment of snook season, I’m happy to report the bite is still good! The top-water bite is steady for snook, jacks and an occasional gator trout in the backwater jungles north of town.

The snook bite in the backwater, mangrove jungles of Fort Pierce has finally turned on. Top-water walking and popping plugs are getting blasted by linesiders, trout, jack crevalle and small barracuda (yes, barracuda). Look for lots-o-finger mullet in sheltered coves on an incoming tide for a starting point.

Typically this time of year there is a lot going on here in the Fort Pierce area. However, the aggressive and persistent winds this Spring season have kept me in hiding.

I wish I had an actual fishing report for this past week, but I simply do not. I will however, offer a bit of a forecast for the very near future.

Not much to brag about over the past week or so. Jacks and ladyfish have been the norm in much of the Indian River…

Sorry for the long absence, but up until recently fishing has been infrequent for me. Not only has “life” gotten in the way, but this odd weather has kept the bite very sporadic. Cold fronts are a regular factor in the winter months, however this unseasonable heat has kept our local water temps into the mid to upper seventy degree range; not a good scenario for a winter pattern.

It’s good to be back on the platform! The knee injury is well behind me and looking forward to the cooler weather that’s in our near future!

After being snubbed by the trout in one of my favorite spots then being continuously flipped-off (yep, they were tailing) by a finicky school of black drum Matt made contact with this 40 inch redfish.

Bill caught a bunch of redfish this morning on the Mosquito Lagoon and finished up with an average-sized trout.