04/11/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

Cleared the inlet around 8am. Trolled 300' to 80' with no luck. Then we decided to drift and caught 1 kingfish that snapped the line at the boat and a couple of remora. The winds were out of the south and were fairly strong most of the day. Seas were around 2-4'. Water temperatures are at about 76 degrees about 2 miles out. Bluewater has been very hard to come by as murkey water has been out for 3 miles the last few weeks with the west winds. East winds this week should push some bluewater in tight thus helping out with the dolphin bite.

04/07/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

With gale forced winds predicted in the afternoon, we set out before sunrise to find calm seas and overcast skies with light winds out of the southwest. The Varadi's were out for their first offshore Florida experience. LJ started the day off by boating a nice size Cuda while Paul pulled in his first Cuda as well. LJ then decided to catch us dinner by reeling in this nice 4lb mutton snapper. The winds began to pick up but we set out on the drop to snag this big AJ. The fish finder was full of fish from 100' to 130'. Paul then used his SC fishing experience and caught dinner for the family by reeling in this nice Spanish Mackerel. Winds reached Gale force out of the southwest by 1230. Temps were in the lower 90's with overcast skies early in the morning giving way to bright sunny conditions. Water temps continue to rise to about 78 with blue water making a reappearance in close to shore despite the offshore winds.

04/04/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

Cleared the inlet around 10am and set up shall0w in about 60 feet as the brisk northwest wind was pushing us out to sea. Landed a nice size grouper just under the limit. Then we set up on the drop and landed a couple of small amberjacks. Then came the big one. Jackman fought the fish for about 45 minutes when we finally got a glimpse, a +/-35lb amberjack, that he decided that he didnt want to get in the boat and pulled the hook right of its mouth. We did atleast get a quick look but its another one that got away!! Winds shifted throughout the day eventually ending up coming from the east very lightly to almost non-existent. This shut off the bite which was almost instant. All fish were caught prior to noon. After the one that got away, we fished anywhere from 40 to 200 feet with no luck.