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Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. Rob Mazzei
August 7, 2001
Jupiter - Saltwater Fishing Report
Jupiter Offshore
Offshore Jupiter continues to produce excellent catches dolphin, sailfish, wahoo, kingfish and bonito. Pick your poison! Trolling and live baiting have been producing from 85 feet on out.
Wahoo have been biting good at dawn. Highspeed trolling produces early and allows us to cover water and locate productive areas. Generally after 8-9 am we’ll toss out live baits or troll strip baits, mullet or ballyhoo, still leaving a bait down on a planer.
Dolphin have been cooperating along the reef and as far offshore as you care to travel. Trolling, then live baiting will produce larger fish. Sailfish may show at any time, they’ll usually "turn on" at some time during the day. Keeping a bait in the water is the only way to know when. Fighting the bonitos, waiting for the sail bite can be fun, but check your tackle often, you don’t want a dull hook and chafed leader when a sail or dolphin bites.
Bottom fishing has been very productive right out front of Jupiter inlet. 100 feet of water is a good depth to start. Live or dead sardines will surely produce. Snapper, grouper, cobia, cudas and kings are all in the same general area. Be sure to put out a live bait on a flat line, dolphin and sails seem to show when your not expecting them.
Live bait is still thick around Jupiter inlet and the Juno pier. #8 sabiki rigs work best.
Mullet should start schooling up inside the inlets, preparing for their annual migration.
After the tropical low goes by, finding blue water may be a little difficult. If you can, look for debris blown in by the rough weather and you should score will great wahoo and dolphin action.
I am in the process of redoing my website, if anyone has some nice photos scanned at a high resolution and won’t mind allowing me to use them on my website if I feel they are suitable.(sunrise, sunset, Jupiter lighthouse, nice fish, people having fun, etc.) Please e-mail them to [email protected]
Thanks! Good luck, Capt. Rob
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