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Contributed by: YourHub.com on 12/10/2005

HOLE IN THE WALL
WHY GO? Snook on and off throughout year, snapper and redfish can be caught inside.
POINTER: Common snook range through here from March until November. In late October and early November, Hole in the Wall is a spawning area for fat snook, a slightly different species. Drift the shorelines with jigs like D.O.A. Terror-Eyz.
WHERE IS IT? A short run by boat from Sandsprit Park or Stuart Causeway. Run towards St. Lucie Inlet, look for two small winding creeks that feed into the waterway from the south shoreline.

NORTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER
WHY GO? Spring tarpon.
POINTER: Get some live mullet.
WHERE IS IT? Easily reached by boat from Rivergate Park in Port St. Lucie or Shepherds Park in Stuart.

ROOSEVELT BRIDGE OR THREE BRIDGES
WHY GO? In addition to traditional tackle-bending bridge fare like black drum, croaker, and sheepshead, no less than four species of snook can be caught between the old Roosevelt Bridge, the FEC Railroad Bridge and the new Roosevelt Bridge.
POINTER: Fish the bottom in and around the pilings, but be prepared to lose some tackle.
WHERE IS IT? U.S. 1 and Dixie Highway where each crosses the St. Lucie River on the northern border of the city of Stuart.

ST. LUCIE INLET
WHY GO? For record snook on light tackle or fly during the summer and pompano (and bonefish) during the winter.
POINTER: Find your way to the Bathtub Reef Public Beach, park and walk the two miles to the inlet to wade the shallows for snook in the late summer and early fall. Watch out for bull sharks. Boaters should work from jetty to detached jetty to the south side, including the beach south of the inlet.
WHERE IS IT? Take MacArthur Blvd. off of A1A at east end of Stuart Causeway.

SPILLWAYS AT TAYLOR CREEK, GORDY ROAD, C-24, C-23, AND THE ST. LUCIE LOCKS
WHY GO? When the rains start to come, the spillways start to run, and that is a dinner bell to all creatures in the Indian and St. Lucie Rivers.
POINTER: The first rains in the spring are the best. If using fish caught on the freshwater side of the spillway for bait, be sure to have freshwater fishing license.
WHERE ARE THEY? Better get a good street map.

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