Fishing
July 2024 Venice Jetty Fishing Forecast
Continue to look for tarpon this month. Snook are always biting at the jetty with some snapper still out there. On the flats look for reds and trout with some blues and pompano. The water temp is cooking, fish have been biting early and late at the jetty but if you stick with it or know where to go go you can still slam em.
When the barometer is bouncing from the Florida pattern storms it makes the fish go wild. Been using a twitchin mullet lure parallel with the rocks and the snook have been hitting and the twitchin mullet lure has been working off the beach as well. Also using white bait being caught with a cast net and dropping it off the tip of the jetty has been working good to for snook and snapper. A white paddle tail has been working when the waters a little churned up, white paddle tail also working for reds and trout locally.
Tarpon should be plentiful in the coastal gulf this month. They roll through the jetty pretty consistently through the jetty in July. It is possible to hook one from the jetty but getting out there in a boat is the way to go. Casting live crabs and white bait works well. The variety of cast next bait is also called Mahara and Sand Perch but the old jetty dudes just call it white bait.
Wayne Shepherd with a red on a twitchin mullet
Kenny with a 41 incher. You need to know how to throw a mullet net on the rocks. Very challenging. After getting bait cast a medium mullet or large mahara cast out about 15 feet and wait. You’ll need 100lb plus line if you want a big dog cause they wanna break you off in the rocks. May end up with a Goliath Grouper
Pompano have been few and far between at the jetty in July.
To catch the pompano get yourself a silly willy and a teaser (pink and white jig with a green/yellow teaser work goood), tie them in a loop knot and cast it out as far as possible. Wait for it to hit bottom, count to 5 then start working it in.
You can always find fish around here in the rivers and offshore.
Check the red tide report before figuring out where your gonna fish,
Check FWC.com for closures and updates.
Snook Regulations for our area
Regular season closures: Closed Dec. 1-end of February and May 1-Aug. 31
Slot Limit: Not less than 28″ or more than 33″ total length
Daily Bag Limit: 1 per harvester per day; zero captain and crew for-hire limit
You can keep a snook around the Venice pier and north of that, can’t keep south of the pier area
Red fish Regulations for our area
Slot Limit: Not less than 18″ no more than 27″ total length
Daily Bag Limit: 1 fish per person; 2 fish vessel limit
