Quiet anglers are doing best. Try to use a push pole or drift in close to the schools before casting. Anglers using trolling motors are not quiet enough to get close to these spooky fish. Snook, large trout, and small tarpon will hit a variety of soft-plastics around docks and mangrove covered shorelines from Micco to Melbourne during morning or evening periods. With the recent rains, anglers should try fishing near areas of flowing water if possible.
Croakers are mixed with the whiting in some areas, usually in the wash near shore.
To eliminate the croakers, make longer casts to deeper water. Cut shrimp or sandfleas will work equally as well. Spanish mackerel, tarpon, sharks, and large jack crevalle are working bait pods along the beaches in 20 to 40 feet of water. Scattered dolphin and wahoo are hitting trolled ballyhoo in the 80 to 240 foot zones. Most of the action has been prior to 10 a.m. this week.