Nice looking weather coming up, college football starts, snook season opens, and a three day weekend...LIFE IS GOOD!

OFFSHORE- Rough weather early in the week kept just about everybody at the dock, but it is shaping up to look like a very fishable weekend!  Dolphin should make a nice showing, and the east wind may even push them in a little closer than they have been.  Look for floating debris, working birds, and weedlines to hopefully find the dolphin.  Trolling an assorted spread of ballyhoo, bonita strips, squid, and trolling feathers is a good way to go for the dolphin.  If your in 200-400' of water trolling for dolphin, consider putting a daisy chain way way back for a very good shot at blackfin tuna.  The little football size blackfins are around and more than ready to bite a small trolling feather or daisy chain.  The bonita, sharks, and a few kingfish are on the ledge and ready to keep the rods bent.  Snapper fishing should improve as the water clears up.  Look for the mutton snapper to be shallower than usual after the swell.  

INSHORE- Snook season opens Monday, and the snook are around!  Look for the snook to have mullet on the brain, as a few schools of finger mullet are starting to trickle down the coast.  Topwater plugs (Like zara spooks) fished around mullet schools, seawalls, and other snookie hiding spots early and late in the day are a great choice this time of year.  Snook are also on the bridges and blasting mullet schools at night.  Fish a live mullet on the edge of the school or underneath to separate your bait from the others.  Big swimbaits, flairhawk jigs, and Spooltek swimbaits are all great lure choices around the bridges as well right now.  A few tarpon around, and some monster jacks cruising along ICW seawalls.  

SURF/PIER- Trickles of mullet coming down the beach are a sign of very very good things to come!  Look for snook, tarpon, jacks and sharks to be hanging around the mullet.  A silver spoon, Rapala X-Rap, or Windcheater are all great lures to throw on the beach right now for a wide variety of species.  Lots of blue runners around the pier right now.  Shouldn't be long before the surf gets going with lots and lots of action!

Good Luck and enjoy the 3 day weekend everyone!
Thanks For Reading,
Todd

OFFSHORE- Nice looking weather forecast for the weekend, and some favorable winds (light east/northeast) should have the fish biting this weekend.  Dolphin fishing improved a little this week for those making the run way offshore.  15-25 miles offshore from Palm Beach to Jupiter seemed to produce the best number of dolphin.  Lots of small ones, but enough bigger fish around to keep things interesting.  Look for the mahi-mahi to be hanging around weedlines, floating debris, rips, or under working birds.  In a little closer blackfin tuna action seemed to pick up in 250-500' of water off Palm Beach Inlet.  Hard to beat a nice assorted trolling spread of feathers, daisy chains, and small jethead lures for the little tuna.  In on the 120' ledge the fishing is on fire (just maybe not for the most glamorous species).  Loads of bonita, sharks, and big blue runners will keep the rods bent along the ledge.  Mixed in will be some king mackerel and wahoo.  The wahoo bite may not be as good as it was on the full moon, but those putting the time in early and late can expect a good shot at a wahoo.  Bottom fishing was hit or miss this week.  

Palm Beach County Schools start on Monday...GO FISHING this weekend before it does!

OFFSHORE- The wahoo fishing has started to fire up as the moon gets bigger and bigger.  The wahoo are being caught from Palm Beach to Jupiter Inlet in 120-300' of water early in the morning and late in the afternoon.  Trolling Yo-Zuri Bonitas, Split-Tail Mullet, and Horse Ballyhoo are producing the most wahoo bites.  Try to get the baits down a little deeper with a planer or inline trolling sinker for the best chance of banging out a wahoo.  The bonita are thick as can be right now (a big reason the wahoo are here...); so if your trying to avoid them keep the baits big and/or speed the boat up a little.  A small bonita, or tiny blackfin, make a great livebait choice for a monster wahoo if your not into high speed trolling.  Summertime sailfish has been very very good, with plenty of sails being caught in 250-400' of water.  Live sardines, small runners, goggle eyes, or cigar minnows are all good choices for the sailfish.  Mixed in with the sailfish should be a few dolphin; but, for best dolphin a run way offshore is going to produce the best odds.  The dolphin have been on the smaller side for the most part, so be prepared to deal with lots of small schoolies before the better ones show up.  Bottom fishing was fair this week, with a few snapper biting.  Sardines, squid, and bonita strips remain the best bait choices for the snapper.

INSHORE- The snook fishing really fired up this week inshore as some of the snook pulled back from the inlets.  The snook are on the bridges and spillway, and for the most part are willing to eat big baits right now.  Flair hawks, SpoolTek swimbaits, and 7" DDX Soft Plastics are all great choices right now for the snook.  Small tarpon are filling into Lake Worth and Little Lake Worth pretty good.  Look for the tarpon rolling early in the morning and late in the afternoon.  Live shrimp, small pilchards, live finger mullet, and soft plastic swimbaits should all get a bite from hungry tarpon.  The fish are on the smaller side so keep the tackle on the lighter side to get the most out of them.  Some big jacks have been cruising ICW seawalls early in the morning, and typically will blast a well presented topwater plug.