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

Offshore fishing the first week of September was almost non-existent due to high seas from a tropical storm, but this week it turned around and we were able to get a couple of good trips that yielded some nice fish. The dolphin bite it still scattered. Some boats will get covered up and others will get nothing. Some days they are fairly deep and other days they are in fairly shallow. Some were caught in seventy feet yesterday. Threadfin herring were allover outside the inlet yesterday both north and south yesterday. We limited out on kings in about an hour. We slow trolled our live baits in and around the greenie pods and had hookups almost every time. There are also plenty of black tip sharks mixed in. Wire leaders are a must. There is still a decent sailfish bite from one hundred and twenty feet out. Surf anglers are enjoying a mixed bag of Spanish mackerel, blues, and an occasional snook throwing plugs and spoons from the beach. The early morning trout bite has been strong in the Indian River around the power plant. The bridges are holding some big snook as they move in from a summer of spawning. We had a thirty eight inch fish the other day on a live greenie at the dime bridge. The north fork of the St. Lucie is producing some nice tarpon early on both live mullet and artificials. Snook and jacks are also pounding the schools of mullet in the early morning hours. More later.