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OFFSHORE- Fishing offshore was a bit slow this week; though it has been showing signs of improvement as the week goes on. Dolphin fishing has been good, with some good catches coming in 200-300' of water and also outside of 1000' of water. The dolphin have been largely found around floating debris and along well formed current rips. Smaller baits (Small ballyhoo, bonita strips, squid) have been a very good choice for the dolphin. The wahoo reports have fallen way off, but still a handful of fish around. Trolling planes with sea-witch and bonita strip combo has been the best bet for the wahoo. As the moon starts to get bigger over the next few week expect the wahoo bite to pick up again. Bottom fishing has been slow this week, with very little current early in the week. As the current starts to get back to normal expect the bottom fishing to start picking up. INSHORE- Catch and release snook fishing has been pretty good again this week. Snook season opens Monday, and if current patterns hold the snook should be biting well. The mullet have started to trickle inshore (moving around better at night) and the snook have taken notice. Now is a great time for throwing bigger topwater plugs and swimbaits. mixed in with the snook should be some bruiser jacks and tarpon. Look for the snook to be staged up on ambush points with good current flow. At night the snook have been hanging around bridge shadow lines and docklights. As the mullet start to flow in better and better expect the fishing to really heat up. SURF/PIER- This week saw a little more action along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier. Following the big swell last week a few pompano, including some keepers, showed up. Along the beach a few pompano were biting sand fleas, while the Juno Beach Pier had some pomps coming over the rails on Doc's Goofy Jigs. The snook fishing has been good along the beach and at the Juno Beach as well this week. The snook have been biting small swimbaits and swimming plugs along the beach; with the best bite coming early in the morning. The Juno Beach Pier has had a good number of pilchards around, and the snook have been floating up top and biting free lined baits on the surface. A few scattered tarpon along the beach over the past week. Everything looks good for the mullet run to really ramp up anytime. No big mullet schools yet; but it can't be far off! NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and N 1 foot at 6 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. A chance of tstms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. SAT...S winds around 5 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 2 seconds and N 1 foot at 6 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. Tstms likely. Showers. SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: N 1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. Showers likely with a chance of tstms in the morning, then showers with tstms likely in the afternoon. Thanks For Reading, Todd The fishing world lost a giant this week. Flip Pallot was an icon in every sense of the word, and he will be missed by so many. In the words of Flip "More to come. Bye for now"  Comments are closed.
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