January 26 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

We cleared the inlet early hoping to redeem ourselves and found an incredible sunrise to boost our spirits. After seeing where the fish were and how the day before went, we didn't bother with the kite so we could get baits in the water asap. The cold fronts definitely had done their job by pushing fish down into our waters but were still off Jupiter more than Palm Beach. Had our first hookup at 715am in 120' of water and it was a +/-15lb King landed by Tyler. Second hookup of the day was at 735am and it was the long awaited Sailfish. Only downside is the hook was pulled after about a one minute fight. After that we had a lull in the action other than sharks. We decided to bottom fish off Singer with no luck so we then headed offshore around 11am in search for weeds. We found massive patches of weeds but were only able to pull a 4lb Tripletail off them. After that we ran into a huge school of skipjack and put 3 in the cooler before heading in. All in all it was a good day considering the day before and the shaky start to the morning. Just happy to be fishing in warm weather and calm seas in January!

Conditions:
Variable Light Wind - 10 mph or less
Crystal Clear Water with flat seas
Air Temp 60 in morning rising to 80 degrees
Water Temp 78 degrees offshore/71 inshore
Partly cloudy

 

January 25 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

This was supposed to be Tyler's triumphant conquering of Mr. Sailfish before he gets married however it instead turned into one of the worst "fishing" days possible. If there was something that could go wrong, it went wrong. Lost Sails, broken reels, dead bait, tangled lines contributing to losing fish, captain messing up the kite, etc...
Highlight of the day was seeing a Sailfish literally hit the boat while cruising by and a massive school (500+ Tarpon) swimming off Breakers in 20' of water. GoPro footage to come.

Conditions:
NW Wind - 10-15mph
Crystal Clear Water
Air Temp 50 degrees in morning rising to 65-70 degrees
Water Temp 76 degrees offshore/71 inshore
Partly to Mostly cloudy
Fishing Juno Pier and North to Jupiter Inlet - Sailfish and Bait were plentiful

January 18 2014 Offshore Fishing Report - Palm Beach

Andrew, Thomas, Carrie and yours truly hit the waters around 7am despite 48 degree air temps! We loaded up on goggle eyes thanks to Dynamite Live Bait. We started off the morning by flying the kite. Had no problems at first but then the winds changed and made it difficult to keep it flying. We then just freelined the baits and landed a Bonita. After several hours of relatively no action we saw another free jumping Sail in about 160' but no luck getting him to bite. We then did a little bottom fishing and pulled up a keep Mutton in about 115'. We had heard they were spawning so they would be pretty easy to catch. Otherwise a very slow, chilly day but still a great day on the water. Once again the seas were supposed to be 4-6' but with a NW that means fishable within a few miles of the coast. Gulfstream was reportedly 3 miles from shore and water temps were about 77 degrees 1-2 miles out. The full moon was 2 days before and skies were perfectly clear.

January 12 2014 - Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach, Florida

On BlueSteel's 6th birthday, Andrew and I hit the inlet despite calls for 3-5' seas. We got to the ramp by 6am and were rewarded with 6 free goggle eyes from a nice charter boat captain! After this score Andrew and I thought we were all but gaurunteed his first Sail however after seeing one free jump before sunrise we did not see another. We did manage one +/-8lb Dolphin on a Goggle Eye and a 15lb Bonita. Other than that it was pretty quiet despite perfect conditions. Our only thought was that the Sailfish Derby earlier in the week put a dent in the Sailfish bite. Either way we were just happy to be out there and to kickoff the new year and break in the new rods with a decent dolphin!

Conditions:
NW/N Wind - 10-15mph
Murky water
Air Temp 70 degrees
Water Temp 78 degrees offshore/75 inshore
Sunny/Partly cloudy
Huge rains earlier in week created dirty water near shore
Strong North Current in close to shore all the way out
Dolphin caught in 160'