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OFFSHORE- Rougher weather early in the week did keep reports a bit slower; but conditions look great headed into the weekend. The past few weeks have provided a fair mixed bag of springtime action. This is a great time of year offshore; with dolphin, wahoo, tuna, kingfish, and sailfish all being realistic possibilities. The sailfish bite has been a touch slow, with only a handful of scattered reports coming in. No dolphin reports to speak of this week. Blackfin Tuna reports remain pretty good in 200-300' of water. The best tuna bite will be up north(Push Button Hill); but a fair number of tuna have been caught locally. Kingfish action remains good along the 120' ledge. Best bite on the kings will no doubt go off as the sun comes up and then again at sunset. Scattered wahoo reports keep coming in; with no pattern, rhyme, or reason to them! No bottom reports to speak of early in the week; but conditions do look great headed into the weekend. Great time of year to bag a big mutton snapper! Sardines, as always, remain a top bait choice when your bottom fishing. INSHORE- Some decent inshore reports coming in this week. Snook fishing improved a bit this week, with a few more snook starting to move towards the inlets. The snook are in a pre-spawn mood which means they are ready to eat! A fair amount of mullet around inshore has helped the snook pop off as well. Look for the best action on the snook to come at night, especially around the bridges. Fishing the first of the outgoing tide should provide the best luck on the snook. The ICW in Hobe Sound has been producing a good mixed bag of action for those fishing live shrimp on the edges of the channel and in deeper holes. Using the shrimp on a jighead (A yellowtail candy jighead works perfect for this) is a simple effective way to present the shrimp. All kinds of species are possible when fishing shrimp this way. SURF/PIER- On a very positive note...Water cleared up as the week went on, and conditions look great headed into the weekend! Pompano action ticked back up this week; with reports of good numbers of fish coming from the south as well. Best pompano action has been early morning and then again late in the afternoon. From the beach the usual bait assortment of fresh shrimp, sand fleas, clams, and FIshBites. The same baits are always a good choice from the Juno Beach Pier, with Doc's Goofy Jigs also being a solid lure choice for the pompano. Late season bluefish continue to pass through in good schools at both the Juno Beach Pier and Jupiter Inlet. Good schools of jacks, including some bruisers, have been cruising by the Juno Beach Pier this week. A well presented Yo-Zuri Mag Speed or Rapala X-Rap is a good choice for the passing jacks. A few more snook showing up at the Juno Beach Pier this week as well. Cut bait (primarily sardines) remain the top producer, but as the water warms they will get more active. A small amount of bait showing up this week as well. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...SE winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 1 foot at 6 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SAT..S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 1 foot at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. Thanks For Reading, Todd Capt. Derik [IG @misspalmbeachfishing](misspalmbeachfishing.com) getting in on the spring time Blackfin Action!  Comments are closed.
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