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OFFSHORE- Dolphin reports picked back up a bit this week. Fort the most part: The best dolphin reports came in 1000-1500' of water, with the fish mainly being in small packs around birds and floating debris. No well defined weedlines, instead it's a luck of the draw (or a well trained eye on the radar). Trolling small ballyhoo, squid, and bonita strips should get the bites. The fish will be in small to medium sized schools for the most part, so have some pitch rods ready when you hook one. Summertime sailfish action off Stuart continues to be pretty good, with a lot of boats getting four or five chances, and double digits not out of the question. The big question this weekend is...ARE THE WAHOO GOING TO BITE? Full moon is on Monday, so we are in the absolute prime window to see some striped critters in good numbers. Has been a handful of wahoo around the past few weeks, including some good sized ones; but the next few days is when we should really see them pop off. Look for the best wahoo depth to be in 100-300' of water. Generally speaking the wahoo will slide in a little shallower to feed early in the morning and late afternoon, and then slide back off the edge as the sun gets up higher in the sky. Lure wise the Nomad DTX Minnow and Madscad 190 have been super solid choices for the wahoo. Bait wise it is hard to beat a bonita strip or split tail mullet fished behind a trolling sinker or planer. Drifting live baits in 200-300' of water is also a good way to target the wahoo. (Getting outside of 200' will help cut down on the bonita bites, and also gets you a solid chance at a blackfin tuna). Along the 120' ledge a handful of kingfish are mixed in with the bonita. Snapper fishing remains good on the bottom. Some nice mangrove snapper reports in 60-90' of water. Sardines and squid are the top bait choice on the bottom. INSHORE- Overall fishing is a bit slow inshore (as is normally the case in the middle of summer). Catch and release snook fishing remains the best bet now on the inshore side of things. Best snook action will be early morning and late afternoon, with approaching storms and key tide changes also firing the snook up. A bulk of the snook will be in and around the inlets right now. Look for the snook to bite in the inlets best on the last of the incoming tide and first of the outgoing tide. Live baits will be best during the day. Lowlight periods and at night the snook will bite jigs and swimbaits. The snook have also been biting around the bridges at night. Top of the outgoing tide will be the best bet for the snook. A handful of mangrove snapper inshore right now. Best bet on the snapper is to fish the tide changes at night. Sandperch have been biting pieces of shrimp in the ICW. SURF/PIER- Catch and release snook fishing along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier has been good this week. The snook seem to be getting out and cruising the trough in better numbers this week. Early morning and late afternoon is a great time to target the snook along the beach. Small swimbaits and bucktail jigs in natural colors (whiter and baitfish patterns) are great choices for the snook, especially in calmer conditions. When the wind is blowing a bit and the water has some color to it a small swimming plug or twitch bait is a great way to go for the snook. When the sun is up and slight fishing opportunities present themselves a small light swimbait or jig (or fly if that's your thing) is the best way to go. At night a bigger swimbait of flair hawk will come into play for the snook. The Juno Beach Pier has had a few bonita cruising through, and possibly a kingfish at sunrise or sunset. A few scattered tarpon or jacks cruising through, but not in any real numbers to speak of. A fair number of sand perch and croakers around in the first trough. Small pieces of shrimp are the bait of choice for the croaker and sand perch. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: E SE 3 ft at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. SUN...E SE winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: E SE 2 ft at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Showers and tstms likely. Thanks For Reading, Todd Our buddy Joe (IG @zwada1610) has been finding some nice ones along the beach this week!  Comments are closed.
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