09-15-11 THURSDAY: BLACK DRUM, REDS, SNOOK, JACKS, MANGROVE SNAPPER

It's a beautiful morning at the inlet. Winds are blowing out of the Northwest at 7 - 8 mph and there is a light chop on the water.

Yesterday the bite picked up a little from the day before. Black Drum are hitting clams and shrimp, a few Reds came over the rails, some Mangrove Snapper and over and under sized Snook which had to be returned. It's difficult landing one in the slot. Be sure to have a Snook stamp on your fishing license if you are lucky enough to land one in the slot and plan to keep it. The slot is 28" - 32", 1 per person per day for Snook and 18" - 27" for Reds, also one per person per day. The FWC regulations are on the top of this page and can be printed out to take with you.
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Our first photo today is of John Devine of Sebastian with a good sized Black Drum he landed Tuesday off the north jetty. John was using live shrimp to land his Drum. Nice going John!
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Our second photo is of Robert Cruz of Kissimmee. Robert and his wife Lolly fished the north jetty early Tuesday morning as well and called it a day by 9:00 a.m. Robert landed this good sized Black Drum using clams. Nice catch Robert!
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Our last photo today is of a couple of our inlet regulars, Mike Ricciardi of Vero Beach and Tony Swiderski of Sebastian. The dynamic duo were fishing the north jetty Tuesday morning and Tony landed his Black Drum at first light. Mike landed his slot Red around 8:00 a.m. Nice fishing guys!

The Doctor's, Lawyers and Weekend Warriors Surf Contest will be taking place Friday and Saturday on the north side of the north jetty. Contact jkirschenbaum@gray-robinson.com or HCarver2@cfl.rr.com or call 321-727-8100 for more information. All proceeds will benefit the Satellite High Surf Team.