Fishing Reports by Capt. Kevin Drennan

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The sail fish bite continues to sizzle as each tournament in the area produces record setting numbers of fish released. Plenty of dolphin and some blackfin tuna are being caught in good numbers. Just south of the St. Lucie I more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - It has been one of the coldest Decembers on record in south Florida but the sailfish bite has been red hot. Double digit releases and triple hookups have been common for the boats that have endured the cold temperatures and rough seas off of Stuart. more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The sailfish tournament season has kicked off in the Stuart area with two this week. The Finest Kind Marina Quickie was fished early in the week and the fleet of twenty one boats released 116 sailfish in two days. They were four fish shy of the tour more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - It has been a tough couple of weeks trying to get offshore due to the high winds and rough seas. The dolphin and sailfish bite was red hot for the larger vessels that were able to get out. Then several days ago, the west wind kicked in which calmed t more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - As October draws to a close, we are looking forward to the changes that November should bring. The sailfish bite should pick up with each cool front that passes through the area. Spanish mackerel will start to stack up at Peck's Lake, and blue fish w more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The past couple of weeks we have seen some great fishing and we were able to restock our freezers with meat. There are mullet, pilchards, and bunker in the rivers and near the inlet and the predators are feeding. We are filling up our bait wells and more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - Since my last report two weeks ago, the winds have blown fifteen to twenty miles per hour almost every day. Tropical Storm Nicole just blew by us and north winds are in the forecast for next week. Last weekend had the only fishable days and the boats more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - Even though there are two hurricanes churning out in the Atlantic we are fortunate that they will not hit us. The wave height will be up for the next week or so but there is some good news also. The fall mullet run has begun and the predators are out more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The second hurricane in less than a week is kicking up the waves and keeping us onshore for the rest of the week. Fortunately we had several good trips that put some meat on the table. We were able to load up on greenies and sardines just off the bea more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - Cold water had once again returned to the near shore off of Stuart, shutting down the live bait except for hornbellies. With water temperatures in the high sixties near the beach, we ventured out to Push Button Hill to look for blackfin tuna. We hit more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart