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OFFSHORE- Beautiful weather forecast into the weekend will no doubt have the ocean very busy! Dolphin fishing has been good, with mahi reports coming in from all kinds of scattered depths. One day the dolphin will bite in 200' of water, and the next it's a 1000'. Best bet on the dolphin is to look for current rips, color change, hard edges, or well formed weed lines to start the search. A trolling spread of small ballyhoo, bonita strips, squid, and a mid size lipped trolling plug will be a great way to go for the dolphin. Keep a spinning rod ready to toss a jig or chunk of squid at the followers...the schools do seem to be getting a little bigger. Blackfin tuna action remains very good in 200-300' of water. The tuna will bite best early in the morning and late in the afternoon. When the sun gets higher in the sky be sure to get the baits or jigs down deeper for best luck on the tuna. The kingfish continue to bite very well along the 120' ledge. Like the tuna, the best bite on the kings will be early morning and then again late in the afternoon. Live sardines will be the top bait choice for the kings. Snapper fishing has been good in 90-100' of water from the Juno Beach Pier to Jupiter Inlet. Sardines, squid, and bonita chunks will be the top bait choices on the bottom. INSHORE- Snook fishing remains the best bet inshore right now. The snook are not in the inlet spawning yet, but they are definitely heading that way. The Loxahatchee River is holding a fair number of snook still, as is the ICW. During the day the snook will be laid up along seawalls and under boat docks. At night the snook will move to the bridges and docklights. Warmer water and pre-spawn activity has the snook feeding well, don't be afraid to break out the bigger baits and lures! The top of the outgoing tide will be the best bet in most cases, but as long as the water is moving you have a chance. A few jacks still cruising the seawalls inshore, though those numbers seem to have fallen off this week. Taron action in Palm Beach Inlet has been fairly good. Mangrove snapper action seems to be improving a bit inshore as well. SURF/PIER- Late spring/early summer conditions are really starting to set in along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier. Pompano reports have nearly dried up; short of a few random stragglers popping up at the Juno Beach Pier and Jupiter Inlet. Smaller lighter jigs have been the best bet on the pomps when they do show up. Snook fishing has really started to improve this week along the beach and at the Pier as well. The bait schools have been holding pretty good at the pier and the snook are lurking close behind. Best bite on the snook will be early morning, late afternoon, and also on the tide changes. The jacks are still cruising the beach in some big schools, though not quite like the last few weeks. All the bait around the Juno Beach Pier has been attracting a decent number of bonita and a few kingfish as well. Some scattered tarpon schools cruising the beach, though it doesn't sound quite like the biggest schools have started to push through just yet. Pretty decent number of croaker and whiting around these days. Fresh pieces of shrimp is the bait of choice for them. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SAT THROUGH MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. Thanks For Reading, Todd  Comments are closed.
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