Offshore Fishing Report: Dolphin have still been the hot ticket offshore this week and should continue to stay around. We’ve had reports of dolphin being caught from 100ft all the way out to 800ft. Although they’ve been in scattered depths, most of the fish seem to be between Lost Tree and the Jupiter Inlet. Troll mono rigged ballyhoo or squid. Also try adding a skirt, Sea Witch, or Bait Bonnet (located on our front counter) for better results.
The full moon was on the 19th and the seas look to be getting better this weekend. Trolling for wahoo right at sunrise will be a good bet. Trolling a skirted bait (bonito strip, horse ballyhoo, splittail mullet) behind a trolling weight or downrigger will be your best option. Black and red has been the go to skirt color lately for wahoo.
Bottom fishing has been steady the last week. If you can get your fish up through the sharks, the snapper bite has been good off of Palm Beach. 70-100ft from the Palm Beach Inlet to Lost Tree has been very productive. For Mutton Snapper, whole sardines are the best bet. Use 6-10 ft of fluorocarbon and a double or triple hook rig depending on the size of the sardines. For Mangroves and Yellowtails, use a snapper jig tipped with either squid, a strip of sardine, or a silverside. Have an extra rod out as a flat line on the surface with an unweighted sardine. There have still been some cobia in that area as well as kingfish.
Inshore/Beach Report: Snook fishing has still been good at the Jupiter bridges as well as the Jupiter Inlet jetty. Heavy jigs (1 1/2-2 oz.) like the Gulfstream Flair Hawk or First Light jigs have still been the most productive. They’ve also started to show up around dock lights in the intercoastal. Live shrimp or pilchards work the best this time of year but they can also be caught on artificials. D.O.A. shrimp or the new Live Target shrimp are almost as good as live bait.
Although not as plentiful, there have still been some spinner sharks along the beach. Most fish that are being reported have been caught on Singer Island in the early morning and evening hours. They can be targeted with large topwater plugs or fishing dead bait on the bottom.