Stuar Area Inshore and Offshore

{%image_id=5943%}Tropical Storm Fay has dumped over ten inches of rain on us in the last two days and it will be a couple of days more before we can get out to fish. Before the storm, we had some great days of fishing with kings taking the center stage. Last week we drifted live sardines in seventy feet of water off of Hobe Sound. The commercial fleet was in the same area. Every bait we offered was rewarded with a fish and some were up to thirty pounds. We limited out within an hour and released a few fish also. Some thirty pound jacks were also mixed in with those fish. The sailfish bite remains fairly steady and the fish are being caught at just about any depth. We heard of one caught in less than twenty feet that was feeding on greenies near the beach. Dolphin are still very scarce while bonita are everywhere. Several cobia have been caught up near buoy 14 feeding on the acres of sardines in that area along with kings and cudas. Snook are stacked up at the St. Lucie Inlet rocks as well as the bridges. September 1st opens the season. Tarpon are along the beach and near the inlet in the early morning hours. Trout are on the Sailfish Flats and north in the Indian River. Snook are in the rivers and canals. We released a couple in a canal on the north fork of the St. Lucie the other day. It will probably take several days before the water begins to clean up from all the rain but we will be out as soon as possible to keep you informed. More later.