The Mullet Run Fishing Blog

The mullet still are very thin. Although the fishing has been good tonight landed five tarpon and a nice snook but the bait totally blows. Ya you can muster up enough fingers to go fishing but no " Happy Bait". At this point we just got to hang in there and hope October is epic. When you do see the real schools of bait look for the white holes. These holes are created by big eating fish. If you do not see these white hole an you are not getting any strikes move on until you find the white holes! Capt Jeff

The transition from Pre-Pod to the true mullet run or (Happy Bait) is extremely dramatic. Right now during this pre-pod period you will see some mullet and plenty of white bait. Each day is a new story sometimes the fish are there sometimes they are nowhere to be found. Although the fishing can be good during the pre-pod period, the big fish and multiple species will move in during a true "Happy Bait time". You will see big schools of bait as large as a football field or two. Everyone will have bait if they so choose and every one will be stoked and happy. Big fish will be in the surf for everyone to see not just someone with a trained eye. Tarpon, Sharks, Jack, Bluefish , mackeral, Lady fish will be showing themselves repeatedly. Most of all when you get home from fishing you will feel a high that only the mullet run can deliver. If you see it you will know! Capt Jeff

Fort Lauderdale - Rumors, exaggerations, and out right lies! The iPhone is buzzing, calls are coming in tweets are flying around and everybody is scrambling for parking down on the beach. But lo and behold, there is still no bait. Ok, thats a lie, there are some fragmented pods of pre-pod white bait dotting the shorelines, but that aint Happy Bait. Everybody just calm down and take a deep breath. The bait isn't here yet. Sure some guy heard from another guy, that a guy somebody knows saw pelicans diving on a pod around lunch time out infront of Beach Place, next thing you know, the beach is swarming with Happy Baiters nets cocked and buckets in tow. All I have to say is, what plug are you gonna throw? Why the long face? Seriously though, when the bait is here, you will know for sure because the tweets will go out WITHOUT the word "rumor" in the text, and there will be pictures , and it will be undeniable. Who you gonna trust?

Finger Mullet finally showed themselves today on Fort lauderdale beach this morning. We also received some report of finger mullet in the ICW today. This is the start but its not a sure thing. After hearing the reports we went down to the beach to see what we could find. no birds and no bait. I am sure it will fill in each day so here we go! Capt Jeff

Yeah tell me about it. We are all looking for bait , and there is still some pre-pod white bait out there for fun fishing, but its nowhere near as easy to net as it was last week. These birds are doing more looking and flying than diving, and it just confirms the reality that the real bait run is late, and we all know it. Come On!!!!

C Timothy O'Connor September 10 at 7:22am Jeff: I've heard reports of fairly large schools of fingers up around Ft. Pierce. Not sure if it's the front end or the tail end of the fingers up there. I fished the ICW Monday and so no sign of fingers yet. They're way overdue. Tim

Still no real sign of the mullet. Its gotta be any day now I can feel it! When the mullet are late like this it drive s me crazy. In 1999 and 2005 those bastards did not show till the third week in September but the snook and tarpon did. Looks like it might pan out that way this year. My trips this week have been great, we landed nine tarpon and I do not know how may snooks. This Steve from England with a certified Lunker . Happy Bait. Capt Jeff