FISHINGFORECAST South Florida tournament Fishing with team Spiced rum III

By Bill Wummer

Jupiter Inlet Inshore

Happy anksgiving to all anglers! Cool fronts start to bring comfortable weather. Water temperatures will start to cool down and predator sh begin to push into back bays,

Snook shing in Jupiter and Palm Beach will o er anglers steady action along seawalls, mangroves shorelines, and channel edges. Sight shing on the ats is another option for those who enjoy watching the bite. A D.O.A. C.A.L. 3” Shad or D.O.A. 3” Shrimp presented in the right spot gets the drag screaming.

Night shing is a great alternative for snook fanatics; target dock lights with a D.O.A. Shrimp, Deceiver Flies, live shrimp, crank baits, and top water plugs.

Fall weather drives tarpon into back bays and canals o ering excellent shing for the silver king. Tarpon are prevalent inside the ICW, mangrove shorelines, docks, and deep passes. Live shrimp dri ed with the tide is the best bait, other baits like mullet, pin sh, and greenies work as well. Arti cial enthusiasts, the deeper passes o er plenty of shots on D.O.A. Bait Busters or D.O.A. C.A.L. 3” Shad in Arkansas glow or alewife with a jig head. Tarpon this time of year range from 10 to 60 pounds.

November o ers great action for big jack crevalle on the ICW water ways. Jacks will pounce on Rapala Skitter Walks or live bait in the vicinity of seawalls, docks, or open water ats. e jacks are schooling sh averaging 5 to 25 pounds. Battling jacks on light tackle or y is something an angler will never forget, come experience the tussle yourself.

Well, that is the shing report for the Palm Beach and Jupiter area. I hope you all enjoyed, so get out there and get hooked up. Tight Lines!

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Our friends Irch and Harry Slate were down visiting from Upstate New York, so we had to get them in on the action. We were fishing off Juno Pier in 120 feet of water and then the Cannon Downrigger went off. Harry grabbed the rod, and the fish took off with over half a spool of line. We started chasing the fish down and it ran right back at the boat and fought hard for about 5 minutes. The fish was coming back up and was about 10 feet down when we gaffed him. He was very green and tried to take the gaff under the boat. When he came over the gunnel Sherri grabbed the tail of the fish as I pulled him over just in case the gaff came out. We knew it was over 50lbs. This kingfish ended up weighing 54.6lbs. Irch (Harry’s wife) also caught a nice 30lb. king in the same area. This fish was a blast to catch and landed us First Place Kingfish for the Inner Marina Tournament with Safe Harbor.

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Spring fishing can be a mixed bag of everything and with migratory species on the move, now is the time to get out and explore. From mahi cruising the weed lines and with blackfin tuna to smoker sized ajs on the nearshore reefs; it’s time to fish for a bit of everything and get those rods bent! It’s also time to break out the arsenal and try your hand at multiple techniques.

This ranges from trolling where possible to jigging the deep-water wrecks and reefs or chumming and live bait fishing the weed and current lines.

Pro TiP -- Don’t limit yourself to one style of fishing or you might go home empty handed.

And don’t be surprised if something unusual shows up in your slick. We recently caught a beautiful and acrobatic hammerhead while drifting for mahi. Recent sightings of bluefin and yellowfin tuna right off the local inlets have also been made. It’s THAT time of year!