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OFFSHORE- Wahoo fishing has remained good this week on the backside of the full moon. Trolling Nomad DTX Minnows in the 165 and 200 size has worked well for the wahoo in 130-300' of water. Hot Pink Mackerel, Pink Lava, and Wahooligan have all been great lure color choices for the DTX Minnows. Trolling planers with a sea-witch and bonita strip combo also remains very effective for the wahoo; although the scattered wed has be relentless. No secret for dealing with the weed; you just have to fight through it. A few scattered dolphin reports out deep this week, but overall a tough pick on the mahi. Snapper fishing has been fair this week. Seems to be a fairly steady pick of mutton snapper around for those putting in the time. A few yellowtail and mangrove snapper in the mix as well. Sardines remain the bait of choice for the snapper. INSHORE- The inshore summer mangrove snapper fishing has finally seemed to get going over the past week or so. The mangrove snapper generally bite best at night around bridges and deeper boat docks with some current. Small live pilchards and live shrimp will be the best bet for the mangrove snapper. It's always a fine line in bait choice with mangrove snapper. Fishing smaller baits for the snapper gets a lot more bites, but leaves you picking through a lot of 8 and 9" fish before finding a few keepers. A bigger pilchard or good size chunk of sardine will catch the bigger snapper, but the bites come a lot slower. Snook fishing remains pretty good inshore, with fish both around the inlets and pushing into the ICW and Loxahatchee in decent numbers. A few early season mullet (mostly bigger mullet, not much in finger mullet) have pushed inshore, and the snook and occasional tarpon have taken notice of the early arrivers. The snook fishing remains better at night, with bridges and docklights being the best bet still. The dock light fish are still (and generally always will) eating smaller lure better, with the bridge fish being pretty tuned in on flair hawks these days. SURF/PIER- For the most part fishing has been rather tough this week along the beach and at the Juno Beach Pier. Catch and release snook fishing has been the most consistent thing going on this week; but slightly off colored water and a fair amount of seaweed has made even that tough. Live bait has been around the Juno Beach Pier in decent numbers this week, but it does seem to be thinning out a bit: This is a very common late summer deal that generally indicates a slow turn to fall patterns, and likely the start of the mullet run before too much longer. A few early season pods of mullet have already come down the beach, but we are still a week or two away from seeing real start of the mullet run. If Tropical Storm (and later on Major Hurricane) Erin's probable track holds true it should help get a big push of mullet headed our way late next week. (Right at about time of publishing...it does sound like water conditions have started to improve) NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms in the morning. Thanks For Reading, Todd Some exciting new stuff in shop these days...gotta come by and check it out. Also stay tuned for news about our upcoming Shimano day! Comments are closed.
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