After a long morning of jumping juvenile tarpon and little snook on top water plugs Chip gets this wee snook to stick to the hook long enough for a photo!
We got a taste of the summer doldrums over the past week or so with extremely warm and calm days. The good news is the juvenile tarpon and snook went on a feeding rampage!
Small tarpon are rolling and feeding in many areas and we’ve managed to jump more than we could count. Landing them has been a completely different story! Our best lure has been smallish top water plugs with the Super Spook Jr. ruling the roost.
The only real problem with even a smallish traditional hard lure is its weight works against itself as the tarpon jumps and head-shakes. It’s always tough to embed a hook into a tarpon’s boney lip, but it’s even tougher to keep a hook there as the critter thrashes about. Adding much weight to the hook like a lure’s body seems to help the FISH in the long run.
Try the fly! My next trip for juvie tarpon I’ll have the fly rod with me. Most any small minnow imitation will work, but I’ll be throwing a gurgler for the top water blow-ups!
I mentioned the small snook earlier and they’ll probably be mixed in with the baby ‘poons. If not you can find them along many shorelines with tree/bush branches hanging over the water. They’re not being too picky either with three and four inch Z-Man Minnowz, Diesel Minnowz and Curly Tailz all producing fish.
The trout bite is also remaining strong. Find the fingerling mullet and go to work with the usual grocery list of lures. Don’t be surprised when a redfish decides to beat a trout to your lure, they’re starting to get aggressive again!
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