Offshore: Wahoo continued to be very productive this past weekend and has remained the hot ticket offshore. The bite should be solid at least through the next few days. We got quite a few reports with people catching multiple wahoo the last few days. High speed trolling has been the best bet. A few options for baits are a Yo-Zuri Bonita plug in black/orange or black/purple, an Iland lure over a horse ballyhoo or splittail mullet, or a large weighted skirt like a junkanoo or Tormenter Wahoo Whacker. The best area for wahoo seems to be between the Dodge Wall and MacArthur Park between 100-350ft of water. A few fish were also reported the last few days being caught on live bait. The dolphin bite has picked up from Juno to Jupiter in 150-500ft of water. Some nicer sized gaffers have showed up again with trolling skirted ballyhoo or squid getting the best results.
Inshore: With Snook season now only hours away, starting on Friday after midnight, most people inshore will be focused solely on Snook. For live bait fishermen with access to a boat, there are still tons of fish in the Palm Beach and Jupiter inlets. Live mullet has been working the best, with some fish being caught on croakers, grunts, and pinfish. A1A and Cato’s bridge have also been producing snook at night. Larger swim baits like a Hogy Protail or Spooltek should entice a bite and Flair Hawk jigs will work also. For beach fishermen, there are still a lot of snook and jacks from Juno Beach to Jupiter Island. Good options for the beach are small paddle tail swimbaits like a D.O.A. CAL or a Rapala X-Rap. A clauser minnow in a glass minnow color will work great for fly fishermen. We’ve also seen mullet start showing up behind the shop and in the intracoastal from Jupiter and south. Top water lures at first light are sure to entice a bit from a snook, jack, or tarpon following these early mullet pods.
Pictured above is the September Tide Chart for Palm Beach.