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OFFSHORE- Good springtime fishing continued this week; and with the weather looking to hold for the next few days it should remain good. Sailfish action remains strong, with most boats seeing at least a handful of fish every trip. As is common this time of year, the sails tend to be just a little deeper than usual (180-250' is a good range). The sailfish will tend to slide out a little deeper for cooler water and to have less competition with the bonita and kingfish. Good dolphin reports over the past week. No specific depth on the dolphin; as catch reports have come in from 150-600' of water. Some really good size dolphin in the mix so don't forget the gaff! Kingfish bite has been absolutely insane off of Jupiter over the past week. The kingfish schools will move around a bit: but from the Juno Beach Pier to Jupiter Inlet in 120-150' of water is a pretty safe bet. Live sardines are the most popular choice bait wise; but drifting dead sardines on a knocker rig will also get plenty of bites. Blackfin Tuna bite remains very strong in 250-350' of water. Pretty good numbers of tuna up and down the line; with some big fish being caught south of Lake Worth Inlet. Fair snapper reports this week. Look for mutton fishing to really fire up over the next couple of weeks. INSHORE- Snook fishing was very good inshore again this week. A good number of snook in the Loxahatchee River during the day and around the bridges at night. Look for the snook to be tight to seawalls and under boat docks during the day. At night they will get in the shadow lines nosing into the current. Warmer temps have the snook more active; and they are more than willing to chase down a bigger bait right now. Palm Beach Inlet has been holding some good jacks, along with a few tarpon. Starting to see a few more mangrove snapper being caught these days. A live shrimp or small live pilchard is a solid choice for the snapper. SURF/PIER- Pompano fishing slowed way down this week; but still a few around. Looks like we should get a some north wind late in the weekend, which in theory should help fire up another little push of fish. Bluefish seemed to have finally gotten out of town, but you may see a straggler or two around still. Snook are showing up in a little better numbers along the beach. The Juno Beach Pier saw a few more cobia this week, along with a handful of kingfish. Croakers and whiting have been biting fresh shrimp well in the surf. Seaweed seems to have thinned out a bit over the past day or two. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Period 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. SATURDAY...South southwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts to around 25 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. SUNDAY...Along the coast, west southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest, then becoming east northeast in the evening. In the Gulf Stream, west southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east southeast 5 to 10 knots in the evening. Gusts up to 25 knots in the Gulf Stream. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers. Chance of thunderstorms. Thanks For Reading, Todd Derek came in picked up a sweet new rod last week...and promptly put it to good use!  Comments are closed.
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