Fishing Reports by Capt. Colin Hickey

More systems, more rough weather - As the tropical system Kyle pushes some rougher water towards the coast, it will make matters difficult until the weekend. However in the next month or so we will start seeing signs of the first run of Sailfish for the fall/winter. After the seas cal more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Rough Weather - The ocean conditions have not been laying down since Gustav. Now Trop Storm Hanna has stirred them up again, and Ike and Josephine don't plan to make it much better. However before all this chaos was a consistent dolphin bite with a mix bag of wa more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore - The little fishing Ive done over the past weeks has been nothing but unproductive. I have been distracted by making short trips to the keys the past weeks for lobsters, the action has definitely been more exciting then that offshore bonito bite. more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Slow Summer Fishing - I just got back from Punta Cana. The fishing was alright there but I had to take up an offer to fish with Mejia and Peter down on the Interpido. We fished two days, the first day was a disaster, went 0 for 2 on White Marlin and 0 for 1 on Blues. Then more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Cold Tides Kill Bottom; Offshore Fishing Remains Moderate - Cold Tides swept through the area causing an upwelling last week. The water tempature was as low as 69-74 in some areas. The tides really affected a strong Mutton Snapper bite that has been on the reef. Many people were also catching nice flags with more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Summer Fishing - The first official day of summer was last week however the warmth of the water wouldn't make you think so. I just got back from the abacos where the fishing was the worse I have seen, after finding birds working bait in several spots there was nothin more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

SouthEast Winds All Week - NOAA forecast shows 5-10 knt winds this week. This should push bait schools in along the shore, making a short run to target kings. The bait has been around finding it is the tough part. I just got back from the islands, however all the talk has more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

King, Dorados, Hoos, and Sails - With hundreds of boats out over the weekend in a 10 mile stretch it made fishing your favorite spots tough. Three tournaments were happening all in the same day, I would say bad planning on the tournament committees. However, there were enough fi more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore: Summer Smokers are back! - Fished a KDW tourny the past Saturday. All the action our team had was a 7lb. dorphin (small dolphin) a nice sail and too many bonita to count. The winning fish was a 57lb. wahoo that struck a live goggle-eye in 150-200ft. The dolphin action was pret more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore Jupiter Inlet - The day started with multiple knockdowns on the flat lines within 30 seconds after setting up the spread, In about 160ft staying away from the plethora of boats in about 110ft, the excitement was gone when two large bonita were the outcome. After get more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter