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Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. Rob Mazzei
November 25, 2004
Jupiter - Saltwater Fishing Report
Sunbirds and Sailfish!
Sailfishing was good this past week outside of Jupiter Inlet. On Saturday we were 3 for 3, Sunday we couldn’t get a bite, and Monday we were 2 for 2 on sailfish. Other boats did well also.
Live goggles were the bait of choice and 140-180 feet of water was the production zone.
The breeze was perfect for "putting the bird up" (slang for kite fishing) although we only got one fish off a kite bait. We got one off the downrigger bait and three on flat lines with no weight at all. We were drifting at approx. 1-3 knots north from Jupiter to the Loran Tower when the melee started. We had two fish on at the same time twice this week and got them both. Since the hurricanes, business and fishing had been relatively slow, it was awesome to get the adrenaline pumping again and to be out with a great crew who was having as much fun as I was.
Although the “bite” was not red hot, it was a great start to our sailfish season. What was disappointing was the fact that those were the only fish we caught offshore, besides many small sharks. Where are the dolphin and wahoo? We did not see any flying fish, nor find any really blue gulfstream water. Hopefully conditions will change soon.
Fly Fishing
Fly fishing was productive this week with many large false albacore and small blackfin tuna being caught behind the shrimp boat the has been working off Juno. If he stays there so should the "albies".
Jacks to 20lbs. invaded Palm Beach Inlet this week and provided steady action for those who didn't venture offshore. Large Bull sharks are in there as well, making the jacks very apprehensive about leaving the safety of the school to pounce on your fly.
Spanish Mackerel are a sure thing off Peck's Lake. We easily caught 30 fish by 10 a.m. when we went up there. Bluefish, jacks and blue runners are mixed in with the macs.
Inshore
The past three mornings we fished the ICW up in Hobe Sound and caught redfish, jacks, ladyfish, croakers, mangrove snapper, small snook and catfish. We used live shrimp on 1/4 oz. "hook up" jigs and DOA Cal jigs around markers 42 and 44. We had non stop action on the incoming tide, but slowed once slack tide arrived.
Bass fishing
Almost every freshwater pond has bass that are getting ready to spawn. Several evenings I worked a Rebel popper in the lake at Jonathan's Landing and had many bass come up and bust on it. It's fun, quite and pretty low cost relative to boat fishing. Anyway, good luck fishing.
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