Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore

The sailfish tournament season has kicked off and some decent numbers of fish have been caught. As we move into the new year, we expect the cold fronts to bring more fish our way. The dolphin bite has been hit and miss with fish being caught from eighty feet on out. Bottom fishing has been good on the days the seas would allow it with a mixed bag of snappers, porgy and trigger fish being boated over the reefs and wrecks south of the inlet. The Spanish mackerel have set up near Pecks Lake and we had several trips with three to four pounders along with some blue fish. In the rivers, the pompano are just starting to move in. A few are getting caught but it should improve as the water temps drop. There are plenty of jacks, lady fish, and a surprising number of ribbon fish in the rivers along with Spanish mackerel. The bridges are holding black drum and catch and release snook. Snook season is closed until February. We have heard of some trout being caught in the north fork of the St. Lucie River which is great news after all of the fresh water that was dumped into it over the summer. Happy Holidays.{%image_id=36234%}