Snook and tarpon chasing fall mullet schools around Stuart

What's biting

What's next

Snook Nook expects fishing to keep improving as the mullet run continues, so the next few weeks should be the stretch to focus on. Tide timing is the planning tool: at station 8722670 the low falls near 10:06 a.m. EDT and the high near 4:40 p.m. EDT, which leaves the early morning and evening windows the shop has favored. Its August report logged many snook in the 40-inch range around the St. Lucie Inlet, caught on live croakers and threadfins. When the bite tightens, a dead threadfin on the bottom produced fish, per the same report. Jacks and sharks are feeding on the same bait, so expect a mixed bag around the schools and be ready to change lures when the snook go quiet.

Context

For early October on Florida's Atlantic Coast, water in the mid-80s is typical, so the fall mullet run is roughly on schedule. Snook Nook's September report said its trends ran later than usual after a cooler winter, which fits that picture. Expect cooler nights later in the fall to slow the inshore bite, which makes the coming weeks the window to fish.