It was all about the Jerk bait bite this week. Cabin fever is done for the year for me as I fished 4 out of seven days. I remember when I was young that was nothing for me but now I have to say I’m tired! I fished 2 days on the lagoon and 2 days on freshwater. I was quite surprised by the low waters on the lagoon but when fishing mangroves it was simpler as the bush was on dry land now. The fish can’t get to them so hang ups in the trees were none. Several nice trout, a few small snook and even a black drum all ate my little suspended jerk bait lure (Yo Zuri 3 D Fingerling).

The freshwater bite, on the other hand, was epic for me with the number of fish caught. Mostly all buck bass and they were all peeing. So the spawn is happening folks. This is a special couple of months in our freshwater fisheries as we are now in a situation of pre-spawn and post-spawn time frame. And I always do well throwing the same lure as I did in the salt. Everyone has a confidence lure for certain times of the year but that Fingerling is a 365 day best bet for me to have a catching day. I think 24 years of having it tied on my line shows for itself. We have a full moon this Wednesday so we should see some big females moving up to spawn. Water temperatures are creeping up to the mid to high seventies so the bite will be more aggressive as the weeks go on.