Offshore: The dolphin bite has continued to be very productive this past week. Most of the fish have been schoolies, but some nice gaffers and 20+ lb. fish are mixed in as well. Trolling ballyhoo with a chugger head or skirt in front of it has been working best. Most fish have been reported between 400-900ft off of Juno. Wahoo fishing has been good since the beginning of last weekend, but the scattered weeds have made it difficult for those trolling wire lines or planers. If the weeds in your area are too thick to troll deep baits, try using live baits or finding floating debris and dropping a butterfly jig down below it. For those heading over to the Bahamas, the wahoo bite was decent near the Corner for those high speed trolling.
Inshore: Reports of some of the first fall Pompano have started coming in the last few days and should only get better from here on out. Most of the fish were caught on pompano jigs, such as the Gulfstream Hi Jinx off of the pier the past few days. Pompano rigs fished in the surf, baited with clams, sand fleas, or Fish Bites also produced fish. Schools of mullet have continued to push down the beach from the North and into the Loxahatchee river and Intracoastal. Most of the snook inhabiting the inlets the past few months have left and are following the mullet down the beach or further inshore. The A1A Bridge and US-1 Bridge in Jupiter have been producing snook at night on the outgoing tide. Live mullet has been working best, but flair hawk jigs and swim baits have also been getting bites. Big jacks have been cruising the intracoastal early in the morning at sunup in search of mullet. Look for their head wake on the surface. They can easily be enticed by a topwater, i.e. Zara Spook, Yo-Zuri HydroPencil.
Pictured is Marlynn Glaub with two nice Triple Tail caught underneath a pallet offshore this past weekend.