February Jensen Beach / Stuart Fishing Report

With February came the regular cold fronts, but the fishing remained good.  The flounder have started to show more on the flats of both the Indian and St. Lucie Rivers.  Along with the flounder, the pompano have been working their way north.  A 20 inch pompano was landed last week, north of the Jensen Beach Causeway.

A nice flounder caught by Chris Keyes

20" pompano

The trout remain prevalent on the flats, though not as schooled up as expected for this time of year.  The "go to lure" for them has been the Unfair Lures Rip-N-Slash in just about any color.  When the winds kick up and you're forced to fish new waters, don't give up.  With a strong 20 mph wind earlier this month, we were forced to fish Fort Pierce, which was completely new to us.  We quickly landed two trout over 24 inches and our very first gag grouper!

Gator trout

Nice inshore gag grouper

Another option when the wind is howling is to resort to your neighborhood ponds.  We have been fly fishing the ponds around Jensen Beach and Stuart with great success, landing some very nice bass up to 6 pounds.

6lb bass on fly

With March here, expect to see spring patterns and snook on the flats!

David and Ryan
Treasure Coast Tackle
www.treasurecoasttackle.com