04/26/2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach
Carrie and I cleared the inlet bright and early to see a great sunrise and find more bait than we knew what to do with. We saw about 25 boats all piled up over the shallow reefs in about 40' of water. We loaded up on Sardines and Goggle Eyes and headed out to catch fish or that was the plan. Instead we found sharks to be menacing and it was nearly impossible to avoid them. Within 30 minutes we had lost all of our goggle eyes to sharks and sardines weren't too far behind. We did manage a some assortment of bottom fish but the sharks proved to be too thick to conquer. On the bright side we had a good time and the weather was perfect. Lucky for the sharks I was not prepared with the big shark rods however next time the sharks will be in for a battle if they want to play this game again.Seas were about 2-3' with a N/NW wind. Skies were clear and temps were in the mid 80's. Water temps were about 80 and there were a ton of weeds in shallow but not offshore. The gulf stream was about 7 miles offshore.
03/30/2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach
Tommy Bahama, T-Max, Lindsey and I hit the inlet bright and early to try to catch the calmest of seas (all relative considering they were 6-8' on Saturday). We found a brisk northwest wind but allowed us to get offshore at least until the wind shifted to the north. We cleared the inlet and found boats piled up over the wrecks loading up on sardines. Tyler and Tommy put several in the livewell and we headed out to catch us some fish. We set up shop in about 90' and the water was crystal clear. Tyler had a quick hit but nothing to show for it. The wind really started to howl out of the N/NW around 9am so we headed in a little tighter to shore and trolled for some kings. We landed 2 bonito and 1 decent sized king. We then decided to do some bottom fishing and sure enough we had a Sailfish come right behind the boat. We pitched a perfect cast with a live sardine and the sail didn't want anything to do with it. After that Tyler landed a nice Yellowtail and a Queen snapper. There were flying fish and bait everywhere. Gulfstream was in very tight to shore and water was so clear you could see bottom in about 60' of water. Good to see after the dirty water of the last few weeks. We couldn't fish way offshore like we wanted but we had a lot of action for rough conditions and having to be limited to close to the inlet.Winds were NW becoming N and actually relaxed as the day went on. Skies were mostly clear other than a few patchy clouds. Temps were in the 60's and a bit chilly.
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