OFFSHORE- Looks like a fairly large swell builds in as we head into Memorial Day Weekend. At the time of writing the weather forecast doesn’t show a lot of wind on it; so hopefully it is just a rolling swell and remains fishable. Fishing overall this week remained pretty good. A few scattered dolphin around, with most of them coming from out a little deeper (600-800’ seemed to be fairly productive). Sailfish action was strong this week, with quite a few boats seeing a good number of fish. Summertime sailfish action is typically best in 200-300’, with a lot of the bites coming on a bait down a little deeper (This is due to cooler oxygen rich water lower in the water column, especially on flat calm days). Live goggle eyes will work for the sailfish; but don’t overlook pilchards and sardines as very good bait options as well. Blackfin Tuna action also remains very good in 200-300’ of water. Live sardines and pilchards fished mid water column remain the best bet for the blackfin. Vertical jigs continue to catch a few blackfin as well, but the live baits did produce a little better this week. Kingfish action remains very strong along the 120’ ledge. The kings have been on both a pretty good sunrise and sunset bite. Mid day is going to be a little tougher to get the kings biting good; as they tend to school up and slide out a little deeper. Lowlight periods is when they will fire up the best. Snapper fishing was good again this week. Mostly a pretty good mixture of mutton and yellowtail snapper. No surprise here…but sardines and squid will be the best bait choices on the bottom.
INSHORE- This is the last weekend of snook season; so if you need one for dinner you better go! Snook fishing has been good again this week as the snook are only a few weeks away from full spawn mode now. The snook are starting to fill into the inlets, and they are hungry and willing to eat right now. If your looking for snook during the day around the inlets; live baits fished on the bottom will be the best bet. At night Flair Hawks and Swimbaits are a great way to go for the snook. Bridges that are somewhat close to inlets are a great starting spot. Moving water is critical (with outgoing tide typically being the preferred choice) to get the snook biting. It’s a small window in the tide that snook feed in, so make sure to keep track of when you are getting bites…That pattern will almost always repeat itself! Mangrove snapper reports remain good inshore. Live shrimp fished on a jighead is a good bet for the mangrove snapper; as is small live pilchard on a knocker rig. SURF/PIER- I know I keep writing that pompano season is over…but they continue to pick away at a few fish each week. The weather forecast actually looks good for a few more pomps to be around this weekend. Depending on how the swell builds in over the weekend, jigging for them from the pier maybe the best bet. Spanish Mackerel action slowed at the pier this week, with only a small scattering around. Free-lining small pilchards or a white crappie jig are the best bet for the Macs. The snook bite remains good at the Juno Beach Pier. A building swell this week may change things up a bit on that; though sometimes the swell and dirty water will get the snook extra fired up. Kingfish have still been making a showing at the end of the pier a lot of afternoons. A Rapala X-Rap or similar swimming plug is the best bet to entice a bite out of the kings. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Period 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of tstms in the morning. Showers. Tstms likely in the afternoon. SAT...W NW winds around 10 kt becoming N in the evening. Seas 6 to 9 ft, occasionally to 11 ft. N NE swell 3 to 7 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of tstms in the morning. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. SUN…N NE winds 5 to 10 kt becoming E NE in the evening. Seas 2 to 4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. MON...N NW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming E NE in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in the afternoon. Thanks For Reading, Todd Snook approves of the new Juno Bait Towels...perfect for the Beach or Boat she says! OFFSHORE- Fishing remains very good offshore right now. Dolphin reports are a bit spotty, but those putting in the time do continue to find some decent numbers. Best depth on the dolphin has been about 400-600'; but that has bounced around daily depending on conditions. Trolling bonita strips and squid remains a solid choice for the dolphin. The blackfin tuna bite remains absolutely on fire in 200-300' of water. Live baits weighted to fish 20-40' below the surface or a vertical jig dropped down deep and ripped back up are no doubt the best way to go for the tuna; especially the bigger ones! Kingfish action is also really good along the 120' ledge. Early morning and late afternoon will be the best bet for the kings. A throat hooked sardine is the way to go for the kings. Bottom fishing remains solid, with some really good mutton snapper around. Sardines or bonita chunks are the way to go for bottom baits.
INSHORE- Snook fishing remains strong inshore. The snook are not in the inlets in big numbers yet; but they are not far from it. As they push towards the inlet they are ready to eat for sure. The night snook bite around the bridges has really popped off over the past few weeks as well. Flair Hawk jigs and NLBN Swimbaits are the way to go for the snook. A few more mangrove snapper around this week. Small pilchards and live shrimp will be the top bait choices for the snapper. SURF/PIER- Another pretty good week along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier. Pompano action has pretty much dried up, with just a few late season stragglers still hanging around. A little east southeast wind in the weekend forecast is ideal to help get the last of the pomps biting. The Juno Beach Pier has been producing pretty decent action this week, with a decent assortment of species around. Spanish Mackerel action remains strong. Snook fishing continues to improve on a weekly basis. Best bite on the snook has been early morning and late afternoon. Still a few kingfish cruising through the pier late in the afternoon, along with some passing schools of jacks and tarpon. A Rapala X-Rap remains a solid lure choice for all of them. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Period 4 seconds increasing to 9 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. SAT...E SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms, mainly in the morning. SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Intracoastal waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of showers and tstms. Thanks For Reading, Todd Happy customers after another productive day with Captain Jeff on TenX Charters! (www.gofishjupiter.com) OFFSHORE- Another nice week of mixed bag action offshore this week. Dolphin reports were a little better this week, with some nice gaffers being caught. Strong east winds should help push some dolphin in a little closer this weekend as well. Trolling ballyhoo, bonita strips, and squid is a good bet for the dolphin. Try to find productive areas (weedlines, debris, current rips, etc) to concentrate on in place of simply trolling around. Blackfin Tuna action remains very good in 200-300' of water up and down the line, including a nice number of twenty plus pound fish. Trolling small feathers and small daisy chains will work well on the smaller tuna; but try and get down deeper for the bigger fish. A vertical jig dropped 100-150' down and ripped back up is a great way to entice a bite out of bigger fish. If vertical jigging isn't in your bag of tricks; try putting a live bait 30-60' below the surface for the bigger tuna. Kingfish action remains very good along the 120' ledge. Early morning and late afternoon will be the times to go for the kingfish. A free-lined throat hooked sardine is a killer way to go for the kingfish. Some nice snapper reports again this week. Those big mutton snapper love to hangout under the kingfish (who are quite sloppy eaters) school and wait for the scraps to fall down to them.
INSHORE- Snook fishing remains the best bet inshore right now. The snook are hungry and ready to eat as they start to move towards the inlets. Look for the snook to be most active at night, especially on outgoing tide. Cleaner ocean water on the incoming tide makes them harder to trick; but a little color to it on outgoing tide is often all it takes. Only a few more weeks to inviter a slot home for dinner...time to get after them while you can! A flair hawk jig or NLBN Swimbait remain solid lure choices, especially when your trying to get a bigger bite. Mangrove snapper reports remain pretty good inshore, and should only improve with warming weather. Small live pilchards or live shrimp are the best bet for the mangrove snapper. SURF/PIER- Fishing slowed down just a bit this week along the beach and on the pier; but overall remains pretty good. Pompano season has almost come to an end; but still a few fish around for those putting the time in. The best pompano bite has been very early morning and the last half hour or so of daylight: Calm clear conditions will limit the bite to those short couple of windows. Stronger east winds in the forecast for the weekend could fire up a little late season flurry on the pomps. The Juno Beach Pier has had a good Spanish Mackerel bite this week. White crappie jigs remain the go to lure of choice for the macs. With sloppier conditions in play for the weekend; a small diamond jig or Gotcha may play a little better. Still a few kingfish around the pier late in the afternoon. A Rapala X-Rap, Yo-Zuri LC Minnow, or similar style swimming plug is the way to go for the kingfish. Still a little day to day on the snook, but they do continue to hold in better numbers at the pier. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Period 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters choppy in exposed areas. A chance of showers with a slight chance of tstms. SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to around 25 kt along the coast to E 15 to 20 kt in the Gulf Stream. Seas 3 to 4 ft, occasionally to 5 ft. Intracoastal waters choppy in exposed areas. A chance of showers. SUN...E winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Intracoastal waters light chop. A slight chance of tstms in the morning. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms. Thanks For Reading, Todd Another GREAT catch this week from Captain Eric aboard County Line Charters (www.countylinecharters.com)...his customers have had some great trips this week! OFFSHORE- Good mixed bag action continued offshore this week. Sailfish are still around in pretty good numbers, with multiple chances still being pretty common for those putting the time in. Look for the sailfish to push a little north and out a little deeper over the next few weeks; but overall remain around in pretty good numbers. Blackfin Tuna action remains very good in 250-350' of water. The bigger tuna continue to be caught by fishing livebaits 30-50' down or on a vertical jig. Scattered dolphin bite this week, and east winds in the forecast will hopefully help push some in a little shallower over the weekend. The blackfins will come up closer to the surface to feed early and late in the day; but the higher the sun gets the deeper you want to fish. Moon is full on Friday..should be some early season wahoo around. Trolling a DTX minnow or bonita strip behind a planer remains a top tactic for the wahoo. Look for 150-300' of water to be the ideal wahoo range right now. The kingfish are here in solid numbers along the 120' ledge right now. Livebaits fished down deep or a dead sardine on a triple hooked knocker rig are a pretty safe bet for the kings. Again...sorry to sound like a broken record throughout the report...go early and late for the best luck with the kings. Snapper fishing has been decent over the past week. Sardines remain the bait of choice on the bottom.
INSHORE- Snook fishing remains the best bet inshore right now. The snook are starting to move towards the inlets and they are ready to eat along the way. During the day it's going to be livebaits under boat docks and along seawalls with some current. Lowlight conditions will trigger the snook to bite a topwater fished in the same areas. At night the bridge bite has started to get going. Bigger baits (Flairhawks and bigger swimbaits) are the way to go right now. Look for the top of outgoing tide to produce the most action in most spots..of course keep in mind that certain spots will/can work better on different parts of the tide. Having some moving water though is key; slack tide rarely provides any action. Mangrove snapper reports continue to improve on a weekly basis. SURF/PIER- Still getting a pretty fair amount of pompano reports coming in. With calmer conditions and cleaner water for the most part over the past week; the bite has moved to very early and very late in the day. High sun and clear water is not the ideal combo for a hot pomp bite. Get out before the sun comes up or the last hour or two before it goes down for best results. A little change in the wind will likely help the pompano fishing as we move into the weekend. The fishing on the Juno Beach Pier remains strong. A pretty wide assortment of species around over the past week. An early run of baitfish (primarily pilchards with a few threadfins in the mix) has brought on a nice number of Spanish Mackerel and decent number of snook. The snook will no doubt increase in numbers as we click further into May. Out on the end of the pier still a good number of big jacks cruising through, along with quite a few kingfish. The kingfish will be the most active early in the morning and then again late in the afternoon. A swimming plug (Rapala X-Rap or Yo-Zuri LC minnow) is a good choice for both the kingfish and jacks. Also seeing an early push of bonita come through the pier as well. It's a little early but a handful of mangrove snapper showing up at the pier as well. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...Winds E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Period 6 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. SAT...E SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers in the morning, then a slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. SUN...SE winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers in the morning. A slight chance of tstms. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Thanks For Reading, Todd Bill had a great day fishing with Captain Eric of Countyline Charters (www.countylinecharters.com) earlier this week catching this nice dolphin and some solid kingfish as well! |
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