June 28 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Carrie, Matt and I took out my Uncle Paul (aka Elder Biscuit) for an early morning trip in search for Paul's first ever Mahi. Within a few minutes of dropping a line in around a weedline, we had a small peanut hooked. We ended up catching about 20 small dolphin throughout the day but the big prize of the day was the 26lb Bull Dolphin that we hooked straight out of the inlet in 430' of water. Carrie had hooked up with a big dolphin but it spit the hook so she reeled in quickly and pitched the bait back out to the fish. Sure enough within seconds we had another monster back on the line. She passed the rod over to Elder Biscuit and the fight was on. While battling the dolphin we had numerous boats come over trying to mooch off our area but we were the only ones with an success, at least in that area. They were all trolling and we were pitching dead and cut bait at them. We even had several hooked on Rapala skitterwalk top water lures. Below are some pictures from the day. Conditions were fairly calm with winds picking up from the N/NE (a far cry from the ESE winds NOAA was calling for) as the day went on. Water temps were about 85 and the current was very strong. We also had the looming tropical mischief (future Hurricane Arthur) off the coast but was not yet affecting our weather. Weedlines were very numerous but there were a lot of scattered weeds making it less desirable to troll!

June 22 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

After 2 afternoon trips on Friday and Saturday, Carrie, Jed, Jillian and me headed out around 730am to see if we could have better luck and avoid the bonita's in the morning. Well, we didn't avoid them in fact i think we caught more. We tried looking for dolphin first thing but no luck so we headed in to 100' and within 30 seconds of having a line in we had a bonita hooked. Since it was slow offshore we played with the bobo's and had fun. We did manage a 15lb Amberjack and a 15lb Kingfish which were both good fights on light tackle. Then we headed in to snorkel by Breakers to cap off a fantastic weekend of boating and fishing. Other than not catching a targeted species I could not ask for anything more for a weekend! Conditions on Sunday were choppier than predicted (surprise surprise). Winds were NW and actually somewhat strong. Bluewater started in about 300' and there were a lot of weed patches but they were small. They all held quite a bit of bait but no fish. Here are some pics from the day.

June 21 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Doug, Andrew, Michael and me headed out after the storms swept through in the afternoon in search of some dolphin and maybe some snapper. It was Michael's first time offshore fishing so we wanted to get him something good. We ran down to breakers to try to snag some blue runners but didn't have any luck. We headed offshore to about 500' and found lots of scattered weeds but nothing that looked like it would hold fish so we headed in closer to shore to see what would bite. Of course it was Bonita Bonita Bonita but still fun especially since we had a first timer. After a long drift and bonita after bonita we headed up to the inlet and drifted north. Not long after Doug hooked a monster Hammerhead on a cut bonita fillet. After 45 minutes we finally got it up to the boat before releasing him! Wind was strong out of the south but waves were not too bad. Probably 2' with an occasional 3' set. Here is a quick video we put together of the shark battle. http://youtu.be/EsDibWFthgU

June 20 2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Headed out on the Blue Heron Drift Boat with LDS for a Friday afternoon fishing adventure. Grunts, snapper and Bonita were pretty much the most prevalent species. They set up drift in 80' just south of the Juno Pier and another drift in the same area but in 140'. Weeds were scattered and murky water was the rule. Someone did catch a kingfish that was chopped in half by the taxman (Barracuda). Overall pretty slow day but still nice to get out on the water and see how they were doing. Someone caught a Cobia on the morning trip. The crew also used half sardines which we thought was to save money and get smaller fish to bite but towards the end we made them use whole sardines and started to pick up the Bonita.

06/14/2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Carrie and I took out my mom and stepdad who were visiting from Ohio for an early morning fishing trip on Saturday. We were glad to see extremely calm seas and clear skies despite calls for threatening weather. We wanted to make sure we got them at least one fish before the weather turned so we fished off Singer Island in bonitaville but after battling two boneheads in the heat we decided to run offshore in search of Dolphin. We got to about 500' and there was a mess of weeds and boats but then we found the jackpot... a wood pallet. We put several small dolphin in the cooler ranging from 5 to 12lbs on cut bait and top water lures. Then the big bull came to eat one of our dead sardines we had freelined! Carrie battled him for 15 minutes and landed her biggest dolphin ever. We could not believe this pallet hadn't been picked over because it was almost straight out the inlet on a calm day with boats all over but we were glad it wasn't. Great day on the water with family then we headed in to peanut island to cool off.

06/08/2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Matt, me and Carrie hit the water around 845am after waiting for the early morning rain to clear. Once it cleared it turned out to be a beautiful day! After playing around with Bonita all morning we headed offshore in search for weeds. Despite being scattered the day before, there turned out to be massive weedlines and patches in 600' off of Jupiter Inlet. We found one mat that was holding some small schoolies and we put 3 of the biggest ones we could catch in the cooler. They were biting live bait that we were catching on the sabiki as we were catching the dolphin, lures, frozen ballyhoo and dead sardines. Matt actually hooked a dolphin on the sabiki and boated it! Carrie was slaying the dolphin on almost every cast! We saw one Sail free jumping on another weed patch but could not get him to bite. Great day on the water!

06/07/2014 Offshore Fishing Report Palm Beach

Thomas, Andrew, Dana and me hit the water at sunrise set out for dolphin, wahoo or Sailfish! We bought live bait from Target Live Bait by Sailfish Marina and then hit the water. After a few run ins with Bonita and a big Mutton Snapper we landed a 25lb Kingfish on a dead sardine. We had bought goggle eyes from Target Live Bait but all we had to show for it was bite offs and bonitas.