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OFFSHORE- Another good week of fishing offshore; and if you can believe it a really nice looking forecast headed into the holiday weekend! This is a great time of year to fish offshore in Jupiter...just about everything from Blue Marlin to monster mutton snapper become at least somewhat of a realistic possibility. On the deeper side of things (Say 500' plus) the dolphin fishing remains good. It's not catch all you want in ten minutes good, but putting some time in and covering some water out deeper should put at least a few dolphin in the box. In a little closer (200-350' of water) the summertime sails and Blackfin Tuna are biting great! Smaller live baits (specifically sardines and pilchards) are the best for both species right now. Getting the baits down a little deeper is going to lead to more (and bigger) tuna bites. If it's calm and clear, the deep baits will get the sail bites as well! We are on the backside of the full moon; it's time for the wahoo to start showing up. No reports to write about yet, but I fully expect a fair number to be caught headed into the weekend. Kingfish action remains very good along the 120' ledge. The kings, especially with the full moon, will bite best very early in the morning and then again late in the afternoon. A touch slower on the bottom fishing reports this week, but still overall very good. Muttons, including some rather large ones, continue to make up a better part of the bottom bite. INSHORE- A little tough on the inshore fishing side of things. With a few exceptions the warm weather of summer just has that effect on inshore species. The exception of course is the snook...the hotter it gets the better they bite! One more week of snook season; so if you're looking to invite one home for dinner get after them now. During the day the best bet for snook is going to be live baits fished along seawalls and under boat docks. A little current will help get them biting even better. At night the snook are holding around bridges and docelights in best numbers. In deeper high current areas a flair hawk or bigger swimbait is a solid choice. Around docklights it's hard to beat a good shrimp imitating lure (DOA Shrimp, Vudu Shrimp, Savage, or Thumper Shrimp all work well!). Present those baits and lures up current and let them sweep back with the tide for best results. A few resident tarpon around, along with some schools of smaller jacks. Mangrove snapper, mostly smaller this week, have been biting around the bridges as well. SURF/PIER- A bit slower on the beach this week as we struggle to break out of that spring/summer transition period. Pompano have pretty much completely left us now. A few of the hardcore guys grinding it out every morning on the beach are finding a few late season pomps, but it is pretty much done at this point. Still a week left of snook season and with warm stable weather in the forecast they should bite very good. No hot spot on the beach as the snook are scattered up and down the line, and not holding in any one location in big schools. The Juno Beach Pier is holding more and more snook. With a little more bait showing up on a daily basis, the pier is one of the better daytime choices to try and catch a snook. Live shrimp, dead sardines, and live mullet have been the best bait choices for the snook on the pier. Still a few schools of jacks cruising the beach, but not in big numbers. Tarpon schools have their noses pointed north and have been pushing up the beach. Generally speaking it's easiest to find the tarpon up on the surface in the morning. Though on west wind days you can sometimes get lucky and pick them out throughout the day. Decent number of croaker and some sand perch biting pieces of fresh shrimp in the first trough. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and N NW 1 foot at 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. SAT...Along the coast, S SW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming SE 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. In the Gulf Stream, SW winds around 5 kt becoming SE in the evening. Seas less than 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and NE 1 foot at 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon. SUN...Along the coast, S SW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming S SE 10 to 15 kt with gusts to around 20 kt in the afternoon. In the Gulf Stream, SW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts to around 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas less than 2 ft. Intracoastal waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. MON...Along the coast, S winds 5 to 10 kt becoming S SE 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. In the Gulf Stream, S SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms. Thanks For Reading, Todd Remy (IG @remdog_11) with a solid Blackfin...I'm guessing it must have been the lucky hat. The poor tuna never saw it coming!  Comments are closed.
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