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Jupiter & Palm Beach Offshore Saltwater Fishing Report
Capt. Rob Mazzei
March 8, 2006
Jupiter - Saltwater Fishing Report
Finally, the strong winds caused by last weekend nor’easter subsided, allowing the small boaters to get out and cash in on the excellent sportfishing occurring off Palm Beach.
While sailfish have been scattered, kingfish have been thick from the Juno pier to just north of Jupiter Inlet. Live bait has been scarce again, so we used triple hook sardine rigs. The kingfish didn’t seem to mind at all. Although the limit is two per angler, we released all that were caught. Most are around 10lbs with some up to 20lbs. We lost one that had to be much bigger because the rod doubled over and the line was ripping off the reel immediately after the take. The fish cut through the 50lbs mono leader after a short battle. Although kingfish have razor sharp teeth, I opted not to use a wire leader because the day before the mono rigs were getting all the action and the wire wasn’t. No free lunch out there! We did what we had to. We only lost one fish to teeth, so it was the right call. The fish were moving around a lot but 100 feet was a consistent depth. Reports were that fish were also caught in 65 feet. So cruise around and keep an eye on the sonar.
Spinner sharks have been thick off the beaches. I got an e-mail from a news guy that said he witnessed 500+ sharks off the beach at Singer Island from the helicopter. They closed the beach for a while. If you can get some blue runners or any live bait, look for the sharks jumping, approach quietly, be sure to shut off the motor(s) when you start fishing. Chumming always helps. Keep an eye out for manta rays as well, because they are moving along the beaches also and the cobia will be right along with them.
This weekends weather looks to be decent enough to go out and give it a shot, put your time in, move around a lot if the fish don’t hit within 20 minutes or so. Keep an eye out for birds and any surface activity.
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