Labor Day Weekend Fishing Outlook (9/4-9/7/15)

OFFSHORE- Great looking weather forecast for the upcoming holiday weekend!  Fishing reports have been on the quiet side this week following the non-event tropical storm Erika.  Look for dolphin fishing to be good offshore around well defined weed lines, current rips, and floating debris.  A trolling spread of bonita strips, squid, ballyhoo, and small jet head lures should get the dolphin's attention.  If trolling isn't your thing; drifting and heavy chumming will very often bring the dolphin to you.  Be sure to keep a bait down deep for the ever lurking bull or stray offshore wahoo.  It's about time for the football size blackfin tuna to stat showing up in 200-300' of water out of both Jupiter and Palm Beach Inlets.  A daisy chain or small tuna feather trolled at a decent clip is a dynamite way to bag the tasty little blackfins!  This is also when the wahoo like to begging the dietary switch from bonita to blackfins.  Wahoo should still be around, though not in quite the same numbers as last week.   Look for the wahoo to be in 150-300' of water and feeding best early in the morning and again late in the afternoon.  Kingfish have been biting well out of Jupiter this week in 90-120' of water.  Snapper fishing remains fair, with some decent yellowtail and mutton snapper being caught.

INSHORE- Snook season is back open, and early reports are that the fishing has been very productive.  Look for the snook to bite well on the outgoing tide around area bridges, or almost anywhere you find schools of mullet.  For best luck finding a slot size snook try throwing a flair hawk jig, big swim bait, or using a large live bait.  Smaller lures and shrimp will get more bites, but tend to lead to a lot more smaller fish.  Still hearing some decent mangrove snapper reports around the bridges.  A small I've pilchard is an ideal bait for the mangroves.

SURF/PIER- Snook fishing remains good around the Juno Beach Pier, along the beach, and in the inlets.  During low light periods of the day a swimming plug or medium size swim bait is a good choice, while live bait remains key later in the day for the snook.  The first trickles of mullet have been coming down the beach, and should continue to improve as we move farther into the month.  With the mullet will be plenty of snook, tarpon, jacks, sharks, and bluefish ready to smash a mullet style plug or live mullet fished on the edge of the school.  Other action along the beach has remained spotty.

Thanks For Reading,
Todd