Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore

Capt. Kevin Drennan
August 19, 2007
Stuart - Saltwater Fishing Report

If you are looking for great king action, take a ride out of the St. Lucie inlet and head a couple of miles north. Grab some sardines on the sandpile and put them out behind the boat. It won’t take long before a skyrocketing mackerel pounces on your nervous bait. We have been catching our limit every trip out. There are plenty of bonita and barracuda mixed in which makes for a real rod bending time. Plenty of sailfish have also been caught in the same area on live sardines. We have also released some large snook while fishing the nearshore wrecks for amberjacks. There are tarpon rolling near the Roosevelt bridge in the early morning at first light. A live mullet or an artificial bait in dark colors could get a hook up. We have also released several snook there on live sardines. There are mangrove snapper and snook around the inlet rocks being taken on live bait also. The trout bite is still decent early, north of the Jensen beach cause way on both live and artificials. It is just two weeks until snook season reopens so be sure you brush up on the new regulations. The slot is 28 -32 inches and only one fish per person per day Don’t forget to pinch the tail. It is going to be much more difficult to catch a keeper so be sure to gentle with the fish that need to be released. More later.If you are looking for great king action, take a ride out of the St. Lucie inlet and head a couple of miles north. Grab some sardines on the sandpile and put them out behind the boat. It won’t take long before a skyrocketing mackerel pounces on your nervous bait. We have been catching our limit every trip out. There are plenty of bonita and barracuda mixed in which makes for a real rod bending time. Plenty of sailfish have also been caught in the same area on live sardines. We have also released some large snook while fishing the nearshore wrecks for amberjacks. There are tarpon rolling near the Roosevelt bridge in the early morning at first light. A live mullet or an artificial bait in dark colors could get a hook up. We have also released several snook there on live sardines. There are mangrove snapper and snook around the inlet rocks being taken on live bait also. The trout bite is still decent early, north of the Jensen beach cause way on both live and artificials. It is just two weeks until snook season reopens so be sure you brush up on the new regulations. The slot is 28 -32 inches and only one fish per person per day Don’t forget to pinch the tail. It is going to be much more difficult to catch a keeper so be sure to gentle with the fish that need to be released. More later.v

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