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OFFSHORE- The weather is perfect, the ocean has been nearly flat calm, the water looks gorgeous, and the fish are...well the fish aren't biting so hot this week. Super nice conditions have the fishing on the tougher side this week (When it blows too hard we complain! When it gets super nice out...we complain. Can't win for losing sometimes). The West Palm Beach Fishing Club's "Silver Sailfish Derby" kicked off today with 50 excellent teams trying to release the most sailfish over two days. At the end of the day the fleet tallied 57 releases, or just over about fish per boat average. That's been the pretty standard sailfish result the past week (5 Boats go...two boats don't see one, two boats catch one each, and the last guy gets lucky and catches three). No hot spot on the sailfish, just a slow steady pick. A cold front early next week should shake things up a little bit. No dolphin reports to speak of this week. The kingfish, including a handful of good size fish, showed up along the 120' ledge this week from just south of the Pier to almost Jupiter Inlet. Bottom fishing remains pretty decent. A fair mixture of snapper aroun, along with the usual assorted bottom species. Sardines and squid have been the bait of choice on the bottom. INSHORE- Not much to write about on the inshore side of things. Snook fishing remains tough overall. A handful of sheepshead being caught; with live shrimp a top bait choice for them. A few scattered jacks in Palm Beach Inlet. It sounds like the pompano are still biting decent on the Sailfish Flats in Stuart. A small bright colored Doc's Goofy Jig is the way to go for them. Hopefully the cold front coming through early next week will shake things up a bit. SURF/PIER- A few pompano showed up this week along the beach. It hasn't been big numbers (and it could just be all of the people going to take advantage of the nice weather!), but a few pompano reports are coming in. Best action has been first light, and most of the fish seem to be up to the north (at least Hobe Sound). Sandfleas and FishBites are the bait of choice for the pompano. The Juno Beach Pier has been on the slower side this week, with croakers and whiting being the main game in town. A small number of Spanish Mackerel have started to show up at Peck's Lake. Still not the mass of fish that should be around, but at least it's a start. The bluefish have been scattered along the beach up towards Hobe Sound as well. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds and SW 1 foot at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. SUN...S winds around 5 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. Thanks For Reading, Todd  Comments are closed.
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