Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore

The past two weeks have had some crazy weather swings from warm to cool and windy as cold fronts still keep coming through this late in the season. Last week we had seas as high as twelve ft. and some river water temperatures in the sixties. We all know what this can do to the fishing. But let’s look at the bright spots. Two weeks ago in a Fort Pierce fishing tournament, three kings over 50 lbs. were brought in. Scattered dolphin and sailfish were caught south of the inlet while some cobia were caught north of the Holiday Inn. On days where the current would allow, some nice size snapper were caught. Just today one boat had a blue marlin and four dolphin. Yesterday there were several boats with dolphin up to 20 lbs and today the hot fishing continues. The Indian River is still yielding trout and some redfish but the snook slowed down when the water temps dipped under seventy degrees. The colder water helped improve the pompano fishing for a day or two near the 25 cent bridge. Ladyfish and jacks were all over sailfish flats. The north fork of the St. Lucie has come alive with some pompano up by Rivergate Park. Small tarpon and snook are chasing the mullet all over the canals but the big surprise is the return of speckled sea trout. Large jacks up to 20 lbs have been caught near the dime bridge during the day, while oversized snook are being caught at night using flair hawks and trolling bombers. The powers to be have given the river a break from dumping the lake water and the river is cleaning up. If they leave it alone we will have a great spring and summer tarpon season. Last year was one the best before the big storms hit. More later.