Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore

It has been a wet summer which definitely has had an effect on the fishing. Run off and dirty water made it very difficult to find live bait. The mahi bite has been spotty with a sail or two being hooked from one hundred feet of water and out to around two hundred. A few cobia have been caught but they have been difficult to spot in the murky water. We had a couple of decent bottom trips south of the inlet boating a variety of fish. Seabass, porgy, lane and vermillion snapper were the mainstay. We also hooked plenty of blue runners and small sharks. There are also plenty of bonita and an occasional king mackerel. Near the beach there are tarpon and snook near the trough when you can find clean water. There are plenty of breeding snook near the inlet rocks but we prefer to leave them be until the season opens September 1st.We are hoping to have a good fall mullet run which should really turn the fishing on. More later.