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• flsnookhunter Posts: 196 Deckhand

  May 2015 #2

  Not a big fly fisherman but I grew up fishing that jetty. Lots of nice mangrove snapper, redfish, flounder, sheepshead, and some snook. I personally fish live bait (mullet, pinfish, shrimp) . As far as fly fishing consider fishing indian river or mosquito lagoon for redfish and trout.

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• sparse grey Posts: 1,751 Captain

  May 2015 #3

  csmith Where were you "up north" I left South Jersey in 2005. Had plenty of stripers etc. Ever go on or use "the bass barn? Have lots of opportunities to fly where I am. Hope you can find someone there who can help. Try local tackle shops or try to locate a club in the area. Good luck.

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• Ol'DirtyCaster Posts: 2,422 Captain

  May 2015 #4

  I've never been to Ponce, but I've put in more hours drifting tungsten at our local jetties than anyone else I know. From land, anything less than a 9wt is a liability, and no fly is too big. 350gr of T-12 on a braided mono running line would be a good place to start, cover water, alternate between short and long drifts. Snook and tarpon don't know the difference between a fly and a bucktail.

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• dwyermw Posts: 341 Deckhand

  June 2015 #5

  there is a great club in New Smyrna - I believe it is called the mid coast fly fishers

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• csmith Posts: 9 Greenhorn

  June 2015 #6

  Thanks for the replies. sparse grey i lived in central jersey (east windsor) and fished from barnegat inlet north mostly I will give it a try at ponce inlet i haven't worked jettys in years but used to be a jetty **** and i miss it. ODC i'll use my striper rig GL3 9ft 10wt with a teeny 350 most likely.i already started tying again plus i have loads of my old ties. i might look into a club also. I was in Atlantic flyrodders and the berkly striper clubs up north.thanks again for the replies.

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• Ditchrat Posts: 56 Greenhorn

  June 2015 #7

  csmith wrote: »

  Thanks for the replies. sparse grey i lived in central jersey (east windsor) and fished from barnegat inlet north mostly I will give it a try at ponce inlet i haven't worked jettys in years but used to be a jetty **** and i miss it. ODC i'll use my striper rig GL3 9ft 10wt with a teeny 350 most likely.i already started tying again plus i have loads of my old ties. i might look into a club also. I was in Atlantic flyrodders and the berkly striper clubs up north.thanks again for the replies.

  
  I'm only a visitor to FL, for the month of July. But I am a Jetty **** from up where you used to fish. A couple years ago I gave up on everything I read about Fl, and reverted back to Striped base mode. Not much difference between the two as far as I can tell. I fish the beach, Jettys and Bridges with a fly rod the same as if I was fishing in NJ or Cape Cod. Go with what you know, it works out sometimes

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• Ol'DirtyCaster Posts: 2,422 Captain

  June 2015 #8

  Big fish eat little fish pretty much anywhere you go, adapting to their habitat is the hard part, and you've fished a jetty before.

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