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OFFSHORE- Dolphin reports sound good this week; with a solid number of fish being caught in 800-1000' of water. Trolling small ballyhoo, bonita strips, and squid remains a very good way to go for the dolphin. Look for the dolphin to be on well formed weed lines, around floating debris, and on well defined current rips and color changes. Most of the dolphin have been in the 5-10lb range, with a few bigger ones in the mix as well. Conditions look good for the dolphin on Friday and Saturday. The wind comes around out of the north on Sunday and the ocean kicks up pretty good; could trigger a good early season sailfish bite. Bottom fishing reports have started to improve. Water conditions and current are getting back to normal, and the fish are responding. A good mix of snapper around, with sardines being the bait of choice on the bottom. INSHORE- Snook fishing remains good inshore right now. Some decent pods of mullet around and the snook are tagging close behind. Scattered tarpon and jacks will be mixed in with the snook as well. The mullet will be most active early in the morning, late in the afternoon, and at night. At night the snook will also be hanging around the bridges. Outgoing tide seems to be the best bet on the snook, with a flair hawk jig remaining a top lure choice right now. If the snook are popping mullet on top; a Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil or Yo-Zuri Mag Darter is a solid lure choice. The toadies are biting well inshore this week. Small pieces of fresh shrimp on a long shank hook is the way to go for the toadies. SURF/PIER- Despite less than ideal looking water along the beach; the fishing has been pretty good. A good number of mullet pods have been coming down the beach with snook and tarpon still being around in good numbers (When the bluefish show up...the snook go away!). Some jacks and sharks have been mixed in the mullet schools as well. A live mullet fished on the edge or under the school is a great way to go. When you're fishing in a million baits, you have to figure out how to make yours look a little different. The Juno Beach Pier snook bite is not red hot right now; but still a pretty good number of fish around. The bait situation (unless a school of mullet comes by) is a little tough at the pier. Pompano reports were good last weekend, with a nice number of fish around. Conditions look good to hopefully se some pompano show up again this weekend as well. NOAA MARINE WEATHER: FRI...S winds around 5 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 2 seconds and N 1 foot at 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. A chance of showers and tstms. SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E 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 E 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms. SUN...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, occasionally to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NE 5 ft at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. A chance of showers and tstms. Thanks For Reading, Todd IG @kidder1003 with a solid one out of "The Mighty" fishing with Capt Eric (www.countylinecharters.com) this week..."The Mighty" of course being the world famous Loxahatchee.  Comments are closed.
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