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Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. Rob Mazzei
July 23, 2002
Jupiter - Saltwater Fishing Report
Jupiter/Palm Beach Fishing
Sailfish Alley living up to it's name.
Good sailfishing continues here in Palm Beach. From the Lake Worth pier to Jupiter inlet in 150-90 feet has been productive for most boats. We've been concentrating our efforts mostly in 135 feet from Lost Tree to just north of Jupiter. One day all of our bites came from the south, the next day no bites until we drifted north.
Kingfish are defintely still around. One morning we've started with mono leaders for sails and got 3-4 cutoffs with several kings doing their sky rocketing deal they do, which always awesome to see. After redeploying baits with wire leaders we managed a couple kings before the bite shut off on us. This has happened many times and as luck would have it, the sailfish and bonito would bite the wire and the kings would bite the mono. Anyhoo!
Sharks are everywhere! We've had them come up on hooked fish in 160 feet and as the locals know, officials closed the beach on Jupiter Island due to frequent bull shark sightings. Lobster mini-season opens this Wed. at 12a.m., guys looking to hunt for lobster at night off Blowing Rocks should know that has been the area the bull sharks have been. I'll hit the seafood market thank you.
Wahoo fishing has been good. Mostly taken while speed trolling we haven't seen any recently because we've been live bait for consistency.
Dolphin are scarce, with some boats traveling long distances to locate prime conditions and then only finding baitfish.
Blue Marlin have made a showing recently. Surprising anglers reeling in bonito.
Snook and mangove snapper are biting in Jupiter inlet.
The baitfish are everywhere between Jupiter and Palm Beach inlets.
Congradulations to Rob Boland from NJ for landing his first sailfish on Friday. Hopefully he'll get his scanner set up and send me some photos and the ones of his ex-girlfriend with the kingfish. Nice!!! Hey now!
Since Sunday we had a push of cooler, more turbid water that has effected our fishing. Hopefully it'll move on soon and be replaced by gulfstream water.
Anyway, good luck and be careful if you're doing the lobster thing.
Keep an eye on www.reelfine.com I'll be adding some awesome photos to the website. once I learn how to do it. Thanks Capt Rob
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