02/22/2009 Offshore Fishing Report

Hit the water about 11am with Chris and his dad. Started a drift in 110' with a strong current. The fish were biting almost every drop but they must have been small as none got hooked. After losing sardine after sardine with no fish to show for it we decided to head out deep to about 5 miles offshore and troll for dolphin. We saw a few birds but nothing was doing so we came back in close and had some success in 70' off of singer island. Mr. Calabrese stepped it up under pressure and boated this nice spanish mackerel however between the three of us we lost about 10 others that could have made a nice feast. All in all it was a reasonably calm day with a light north-northwest wind.

02/14/2009 Offshore Fishing Report - Morning Trip

Set up for drift fishing around 90 feet straight out Palm Beach Inlet with several bites and no hookups. The water was dead flat with the gulf stream very close to shore so we headed out to 200 feet and hooked up with this 23"/5lb Mutton Snapper over a wreck. Jon also caught a bonita and a baracuda as i was 0-2 today on what i believe were sharks biting through my leader. There was a ton of bonita and blue runners feeding on the surface from 60' to 130'. It was difficult to get your bait in the water without a bonita hitting it. We did see some dolphin in about 120' but were not able to get them in the boat. Great conditions today with a south/southwest wind and very calm seas and 84 degrees with barely a cloud in the sky. Must have been a wildfire burning nearby as the air was filled with smoke for most of the morning.

02/08/2009 Inshore Fishing Report

Cold, Windy Weather kept us inshore this weekend with a few jack crevelle's creating most of the days action. We set out around noon to allow the weather to break even though co-captain Murray said there was no way it could get cold. I wont say anything more about that other than please take note of the jackets. As far as the fishing went, I had a few hits on my Trout Skitterwalk with no hookups and Bryan had a hit on a free-lined sardine but was unable to hook up as well. The best entertainment of the day came from the manatees on the flats, Hayes protecting us from pelicans, a seagull eating one of my Skitterwalks, and Doug catching every man-made object around. All in all it was a slow day but it was nice to get back out on the water after the latest cold spell kept us in port in recent weeks. Conditions were a strong east wind, extreme low tide with a full moon, and water temperatures in the ICW were around 66-70 degrees, the coldest i have seen it in 3 years.