A month-by-month look at what typically bites in Jensen Beach and Stuart. Every season is a little different — call or text for a real-time fishing report.
Cold fronts drop the water temperature and push fish toward deeper docks, bridges and channels. Warm afternoons after a front are prime time for sheepshead and black drum around structure, with pompano along the beaches and inlet.
Snook are catch-and-release only through January 31.
Sheepshead gather around bridge pilings and the inlet to spawn, so they are at their biggest and most numerous. Pompano keep running the beaches, and snook start to stir on the warmer days.
Snook harvest season opens February 1.
Warming water and returning baitfish wake everything up. Snook get active around docks and mangroves, jacks roam the lagoon, and the first tripletail show up on crab-pot buoys and channel markers.
One of the most dependable months of the year. Snook feed hard ahead of summer, tripletail settle in on floating structure, and the first tarpon start rolling along the beaches and inlet.
Snook stack up around the inlet and beaches, tarpon numbers build, and calm mornings are common. It is the last month to keep a snook until September, which makes it a favorite for a lot of anglers.
Snook harvest closes June 1.
Snook spawn around the inlet and beaches, tarpon are here in force, and big cubera snapper start showing up around the bridges. Early starts beat the heat and the afternoon storms.
Snook are catch-and-release only June 1 through August 31.
Mornings are the move, with hot afternoons and thunderstorms most days. Tarpon, cubera snapper and goliath grouper make this a heavy-tackle month, and snook stay active for catch-and-release.
Snook are catch-and-release only through August 31.
Goliath grouper gather around structure and cubera snapper around the inlet and bridges, which makes August the best shot at a true giant. Late in the month, the first signs of the fall bait run appear.
Snook are catch-and-release only through August 31.
Snook harvest reopens, and late in the month the first schools of mullet start pushing down the coast. Tarpon and jacks follow the bait, and the action builds week by week.
Snook harvest season opens September 1.
Huge schools of mullet move down the coast and everything follows them. Snook, tarpon and jack crevalle crash bait along the beaches, inlet and lagoon, and it is often the most action-packed month of the year.
The mullet run tapers off and cooler water changes the lineup. Snook and redfish feed heavily before winter, the flounder run peaks, and pompano start returning to the beaches.
Sheepshead, pompano and flounder take center stage as the water cools. Snook can still be caught and released on the warmer days after the harvest season closes.
Snook harvest closes December 15.
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