Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore

Capt. Kevin Drennan
July 19, 2006
Stuart - Saltwater Fishing Report

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 bait.;greenies just outside the inlet and sardines on the sandpile. The offshore bite has been spotty to say the least. A few scattered dolphin and an occasional sailfish are being caught along with a couple of wahoo. One bright spot was a couple of white marlin being caught in the past few days. Moving in closer to shore and all that bait, kings cudas an some cobia are being reeled in. One of my favorite things to do is put out a live bait or two as we are catching it. The toothy critters are all around the schools of bait slashing through them. Catch and release snook are around the inlet rocks and near shore wrecks. Just today while fishing a wreck we pulled in a monster snook over 40lbs that we thought for sure was a grouper. The early morning anglers can hook tarpon both north and south of the inlet near the beach. Stealth is the key. Get ahead of the fish, shut everything down and wait. Your patience will be rewarded. The bridges are holding snook and some black drum along with some sheepshead. Another bright spot has been the return of trout to the north fork of the St. Lucie. We had a six pounder hit a live greenie in a canal the other day. They are also catching tarpon and snook up by Club Med. More later.

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