West Palm Beach Fishing Report

07/28/12 and 07/29/12 Offshore Fishing Report

We fished both Saturday and Sunday with extremely hot and calm conditions. What wind there was came from the South/Southeast. On Saturday we got a nice King and of course lots of Bonito. On Sunday, Doug and I ran offshore about 10 miles and found lots of small Dolphin under debris. We played around with those for awhile and put one legal peanut in the cooler. We also saw a few small triple tail but not worth catching. While running from weedline to weedline, Doug spotted a large Sail in about 700' of water but we could not get him to bite after spooking him with the boat. Seabreezes kicked up around 1230 on both days. The weather reports say there is Sahara Air keeping the rain away.

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07/01/2012 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

All this report needs to say is Wahoo! Paige caught the first Wahoo on BlueSteel in about 230' on a dead sardine that was about 40' deep at 930am. We also caught lots of Bonito and one Tuna. Doug also caught a 5' hammerhead right after the Wahoo hit. Pretty much had the same conditions as the day before.

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06/30/2012 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Took out Andrew and some friends to find a steady North wind but the waves were around 2'. We decided to troll to see if we could pick up a Wahoo or a Sail but could not keep the Bonito and Cuda's off the line. We drifted in about 200' and picked up several more Bonito but the prize of the day was a Sailfish hooked on freelined ballyhoo. The sail danced for a few minutes before I let the line get spooled. We even had a sign from the fishing gods telling us to go towards the only cloud in the sky that so happened to resemble a Sailfish. After the disappointment instead of calling it quits we kept going at it and got into a school of Mahi. The fishing gods repaid me for my earlier mistake and we boated 5. The north wind helped the fishing and there was finally a strong current. Full moon was approaching and there were not many weeds even after Tropical Storm Debby tormented us for days.

05/26/2012 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

You would think finding a weed line like this would be the jackpot but we hit every weed patch there was and no one was home. Caught tons of Bonito but the lack of current has been creating havoc for our offshore fishing. Reports are starting to come in of more fish biting so hopefully the coming weeks are better!

05/20/2012 Offshore Palm Beach Fishing Report

After the dismal showing in the KDW tournament, Andrew, his friend, and myself headed out around 10am to find out if it was just bad luck or just a bad fishing weekend for us. Turned out to be just as bad as the day before however there were signs that things were starting to return to normal. The current picked up a little bit but the stronger north wind kept us still or drifting south slightly. We did see two turtles mating and a third one trying to join in! Tough weekend all around but it is why they call it fishing and not catching!

05/19/2012 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Team BlueSteel hit the water around 530am to fish the 14th Annual Simmons and White KWD and to defend our 2011 Title. Everything seemed promising until we got on the water. Seas were dead flat with no wind early on. We found a little bit of bait near the pier but it was like pulling teeth to get them to bite. After hearing the kings were biting in 110' off the pier and lost tree we headed straight to there at 7am. Before we could even get a good chum line going we were surrounded by Triggerfish and they were hitting our baits before even getting to the lower water column. We moved several times and finally got away from them. Once we settled in we started slaying Bonito and Jacks of all kinds. We made a decision after an hour of constantly battling the Bonito to move further South in hopes of finding kings or Dolphin. We fishing anywhere from 80-300' and could not find anything that started with a K, D or W. What little wind there was later in the day was coming out of the north. This along with a lack of current pushed our drifts to the South, Southeast and Southwest. We did have a couple of bite offs from Kings but nothing every came of it. We then decided to start trolling around 11 to see if we can generate something to weigh in however we came up short and decided to drift the last few minutes of the tournament. After the Queen Trigger and the Scorpion Fish we knew our time was not today. With storms building we decided to head home and then drive cars to the weigh in only to find a grand slam had been caught. Water temps were in the low 80's, current was non-existent, and winds were light.