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Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida
Capt. Joe Ward
July 27, 2004
Fort Pierce - Saltwater Fishing Report
July 29, 2004
INSHORE - Trout fishing has been good at first light and just before dark along the dock lines to the north of the North Bridge in Ft. Pierce. Just before dark try the dock lines along South Indian River Drive. I did have reports of a good number of redfish around the Queen's Cove and Round Island areas. The fish have been close to the mangroves and are very easily spooked.
The catch and release snook action has been red got for anglers fishing both the Ft. Pierce and St. Lucie Inlets on the falling tide during the day and for the anglers fishing the Turning Basin and the North Bridge in Ft. Pierce at night. Most live baits have been producing well. I had one snook reported that was 41 inches and caught and released in the Ft. Pierce Inlet on Sunday morning.
The snapper are on the channel edges from Vero Beach south to the Stuart area with plenty of mangroves from 1 to 3 pounds being reported. Live shrimp or greenies are the best baits to use.
I had several reports of tripletail along the channel markers to the south of the powerlines of the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant. Along with the tripletail there are plenty of jacks, ladyfish, and a few flounder.
Around the area bridges of the Treasure Coast there has been plenty of small snapper, sheepshead, and sandperch. These fish have been feeding on the falling tide and live shrimp have been the bait of choice.
OFFSHORE - The dolphin are hiding from moat anglers but the ones that have found them reported some nice dolphin from 15 to 40 pounds. The only problem has been that they are in water from 40 to 400 feet. Still no sizable concentration of these fish.
The cobia have been very active this week with fish to 60 pounds being reported in 60 to 100 feet of water. There has been a lot of sailfish being caught between the Ft. Pierce and St. Lucie Inlets. Try in 85 to 105 feet of water.
The anglers that are doing a little high speed trolling are finding nice sized wahoo like the 55 and 48 pounders that came into the docks last Friday. There have been several fish in to 30 to 40 pound range being reported through out the week. The two bigger fish were caught on a purple and black skirted ballyhoo that were fished deep in 215 feet of water just north of the Ft. Pierce Inlet. Most of the anglers are reporting that there are plenty of bonita, cuda's and kingfish being caught on live bait which has been plentiful.
Bottom fishing has been good for snapper to 12 pounds and grouper to 30 pounds. A lot of the fish have come from the deeper reefs and wrecks in 100 feet or more. Start with a live bait on the bottom -- this has been hard to beat.
If you would like to report a catch call me at 772-201-5770 or e-mail me at [email protected]. You can also contact me on the web at www.captjoeward.com
Capt. Joe Ward
Capt. Joe's River Charters
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