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Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore
Capt. Kevin Drennan
March 1, 2006
Stuart - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing the past two weeks offshore has been frustrating at times and rewarding other times. Some days bait was slow to get while other days there were acres of mixed baits to fill the live well. Sailfish have been hard to come by with only a few being caught each day, but one boat last week had two blue marlin in one day. These fish are somewhat of a rare occurrence in the Stuart area, but several have been broken off in the past few days. While we were out the other day several boats were chasing a big blue that was smashing baitfish on top. The dolphin bite has been fair but most of the fish are small. We had several fish running off with our live greenies but they were too small to swallow them. Chunked bait and small lures would get a hookup but these fish were under twenty inches and had to be released. There were several gaffers caught, but the peanuts were definitely in the majority. Some good sized grouper have been caught on both the six and eight mile reefs on live baits. One boat went four for five on cobia in 70 ft. of water as the fish cruised by on top. Live threadfins did them in. We saw a 25 lb. cobia caught in 20 ft. of water while we were catching greenies the other day. Kings are following the schools of bait and sending them flying as they slash through them. The Spanish mackerel are still holding south of the St. Lucie Inlet but their numbers are beginning to thin out. Get out there and get some before they are gone. Bluefish are roaming the beaches and the inlet area. Spoons work the best.
As we travel inside the inlet, there are several species we can fish for. Trout are north of the Jensen Causeway while pompano can be jigged from either a boat or the bridges. Large snook can be caught at night using flair hawks slowly jigged in the current. The bridges are holding plenty of snook and it will just get better as water temperatures rise. The north fork of the St. Lucie is holding snook, small tarpon, and even some pompano. Some nice size trout and an occasional redfish have been taken there also. More later.
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