Stuart Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Wind and waves have been the most prevalent factor in fishing the Stuart area. On most days, only the big boys were getting out of the St. Lucie Inlet. The news this week has been pretty good. Dolphin are being caught in decent numbers from 150 to 25 more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Between rain, wind, and hurricanes, it has really been tough to get offshore for the past month. Before Wilma the fishing was scattered with some dolphin, sails and bonita being caught. The storm dropped water temperatures several degrees and changed more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - September was a month with storms and high surf but we were still able to catch fish if you fell back on the Stuart area’s diversity. There was a scattered dolphin bite in from 70 ft. out to 400 ft. Luck played a big part in coming across these fish. more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Snook season has finally arrived and we did well on opening day. We decided to do something a little different this year. Instead of using the boat, we walked the beach on Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound. It was a picture perfect morning as the sun came more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Summer is in full swing and so are the summer fishing patterns. Some days are great while on others you cannot find any fish. One day last week we were in schools of peanut dolphin. We had hundreds around the boat an had fun watching them chase Spani more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Sailfish and snook are the dominant species being caught out of the St. Lucie inlet. Sailfish have been clobbering live baits fished on top from 40 ft. out to240 ft. The dolphin bite has been scattered and not confined to any one area. Find weedlines more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past couple of weeks have been pretty rainy but between the rain days there has been some great fishing. Offshore the sailfish bite has been pretty awesome for this time of year. I have seen and caught fish from 40ft. out to 300 ft. The key is fi more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The fishing has been great the past couple of weeks if you could get out between the monsoons. Kings have been chasing bait from the surf out to 30 ft. of water just outside the St. Lucie Inlet. Both greenies and sardines have been plentiful. The dol more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing in the Stuart area has really turned on. The past couple of weeks have yielded some great dolphin catches and surprisingly a good number of sails. Some big king mackerel are being caught both north and south of the inlet. Some have been over more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past two weeks have had some crazy weather swings from warm to cool and windy as cold fronts still keep coming through this late in the season. Last week we had seas as high as twelve ft. and some river water temperatures in the sixties. We all k more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart