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OFFSHORE- Dolphin reports lowed a bit this week; but still a fair number of them scattered around. No hot depth on the dolphin, instead it seemed to be a bit of a daily jump around with reports coming in from 300' of water to twenty miles offshore depending on wind and weather conditions. Southeast winds should help to push the dolphin in a bit closer this weekend. Blackfin tuna action remains pretty strong in 200-300' of water. The tuna bite has been strung out pretty good, with reports coming from the Lake Worth Pier to Palm Beach Inlet in good numbers and then north of Jupiter Inlet all the way up to St Luice Inlet (Push Button Hill). The blackfin bite will generally be best first thing in the morning and then again late in the afternoon. Lots of different ways to target the blackfin. Trolling small feathesr and daisy chains (And maybe a small to mid size lipped swimming plug) is a good way to go early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Live baits fished under a kite and a few baits suspended fifty to a hundred feet below the surface tends to be the better way to get the bigger fish to bite. Chunking a few handfuls of sardines while the baits are out never hurts either. Kingfish bite has been good along the 120' ledge this week. The kings have moved a decent amount north and south from day to day; but quantity and quality has been fairly strong this week. Live sardines are the top bait choice for the kings. Best bite will be early morning and late afternoon. The sunset bite for the kings can be wild; and the cool thing is you never know what else will be in the mix. Feeding activity draws a crowd; so in addition to the kingfish a blackfin, wahoo, or mutton snapper could slide in to grab a bait as well. Speaking of mutton snapper, the bottom fishing has been pretty solid this week with a decent mix of reports coming in. Sardines, squid, and bonita chunks are the top bottom bait choices these days. INSHORE- The snook fishing remains good inshore; and should only improve as the month goes on and the snook start to think about heading to the inlets to spawn . Plenty of bait inshore right now, with a good mix of smaller baits and springtime mullet around and the snook are feeding heavily on them. No high changes in where to find the snook right now. During the day the snook will be along seawalls, under boat docks, and laying up under mangrove points looking for easy meals to come floating past with the tide. At night look for the snook to use bridge shadow lines and boat dock lights as ideal feeding locations. Warmer water (for the most part) has the snook's metabolism up and they are fairly willing to eat bigger baits right now. Of course a well presented smaller bait or even live shrimp is rarely going to be refused by a snook anytime. A few bruiser jacks cruising seawalls in the Loxahatchee River this week looking for those springtime mullet, along with a tarpon two further back up the river. The mangrove snapper are starting to show up in Little Lake Worth and around Munyan Island. Live shrimp and small live pilchards are top baits for the mangrove snapper. SURF/PIER- The surf has gone pretty quiet on the pompano this week, with only a few scattered reports and no big numbers. Seems like the biggest body of pompano has pushed north of us, leaving only the tailed of the run and resident fish around. Southeast winds this weekend will keep those fish pushing up to the north, so don't be afraid to take a ride up the coast if you're looking for pomps. Even just gong up to Hobe Sound or Stuart should increase the pompano odds. The Juno Beach Pier was a bit hit or miss this week. But on the right day (of course which day that is, is anyone's guess!) the pier has had some decent activity. This week a few pomps came over the rail early in the morning, a few jacks schools slid by, a kingfish or two made a showing early in the morning and then again late in the day, and the snook started to get a little more active as well. The live bait has been holding around the pier decently, and that will no doubt keep some fish around. Tarpon have also started to move along the beach a bit; with it being mostly lone fish or small pods. No word yet on bigger schools of tarpon starting to push north yet...though it is getting to be that time you would expect to see them. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas less than 2 ft or less, then around 2 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming S 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and NE 1 foot at 8 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers. Thanks For Reading, Todd Our friend Sean (great IG follow @bangincans by the way) and his family were in town a couple weeks ago and re-upped on all their Juno Bait and Catch365 Gear... and promptly put it all to good use back up north!  Comments are closed.
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