Stuart Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The mullet run in the north fork of the St. Lucie River was incredible last week. Acres of mullet of all sizes were being pounded by tarpon and oversized snook. One morning we saw several 100 lb. tarpon rocketing out of the water feeding on the helpl more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Before the winds started blowing last Monday the fishing was getting pretty good out of the St. Lucie inlet. Some dolphin were being caught any where from 125 ft. to 250ft. in scattered weeds.and some amberjack and grouper were being jigged up on the more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - September is turning out to be a tough month for offshore fishing due to large swells from several tropical storms. Runoff from a lot of rain has dirtied the water and pushed the bait pods further out to sea. There have been some bright spots in the more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Snook season is almost upon us and tropical storm Ernesto is moving up the state, dropping several inches of rain as it heads north. We caught some big snook the other day up to 30 lbs. over some structure near the St. Lucie Inlet in 35 ft. of water. more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Sailfish and cobia have been bending rods off of Stuart for the past couple of weeks. The summer sailfish bite has been a pleasant surprise with many boats catching multiple fish. The best bite has bee in 60 ft of water just north of the inlet. Live more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - It has been a rainy July so far with a couple of tropical depressions making us pick the dry days to fish. The typical summer weather pattern calls for getting out early and in before the afternoon thunderstorms. One good thing is the abundance of ba more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - We are into a typical summer weather pattern with rain just about every afternoon. The key is to get out early and get back in when the black clouds show up. Just about every morning as I head to the inlet, I can see tarpon rolling in the north fork more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The offshore bite has slowed a bit in the past couple of weeks, but the near shore action has more than made up for it. Dolphin are still being caught but they are much more spotty than they have been. Some boats get lucky while most do not. Sailfish more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - We have had such a great mixed bag of fishing the past couple of weeks that I am finding it hard to figure out where to start. Dolphin , sails, cobia, blue and white marlin, tuna, kings, bonita, tarpon and today I saw a large school of permit all out more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Dolphin have dominated the scene off of Stuart for the past two weeks. Gaffers have been the norm while the schoolies took the backseat for a while. Fish in the 20 and thirty pound class were common Just two days ago we boated a 36 pounder with some more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart