Mullet Run Bonanza

When the Finger Mullet begin to show up everything changes.  The flats and the seawalls come alive with Snook and Jacks that have suddenly appeared in big numbers.  When you’ve been afforded the opportunity to be on the water for the leading edge of the September show, it makes for an exiting trip.  This year has been exceptional with the six-inchers pushing through inlet in huge schools as the water vibrates with their presence.  A cast net thrown on a shallow shoreline will generally produce the greatest bounty and provide hours of excitement.  If you don’t fish the seawalls then you’ve missed the real fun as these baits insist on staying near the surface as the predators lurk below prepared to take advantage of  both the wall and the air above as barriers to escape.  The Snook that have become so elusive since the opening of season at the first of the month now have a reason to feast.  And those Jacks that we’ve seen so seldom during the hot summer months are suddenly everywhere.  The activity is greatest at the outset and should continue for a few weeks.  This is also a great time to throw top water plugs, especially those that imitate the Finger Mullet.  Toss them into any area of activity and there’s a good change of a hookup.  Again, seawalls are ground zero.