05/01/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Doug and I hit the water around 930am assuming the strong SE wind was going to keep us fishing the ICW however we braved the choppy seas and found that the Bonito have returned in full force. Doug caught the mother of all bonitos on cut bait and 4/0 circle hook that weighed in about 16lbs after we thought it was a whale for the way we chased it all over the ocean. I landed a rainbow runner on a dead sardine and 4/0 circle hook while drifting in 100'. We saw a few boats land some kingfish but we did not have any luck. After some drifting we trolled and boated a few more bonito. Normally i would be disappointed with all the bonito but we needed some strips for the upcoming Simmons and White KDW. We also landed a red grouper, remora, blue runner and appeared to be getting a lot of bites from small snapper.


Water Temp - 76 degrees
Air Temp - 84 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Overcast/Windy
Wind - 10-15 knots S/SE
Current - strong
Waves - 2-4'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines/Ballyhoo/Surface Trolling Lures