Stuart Fishing Reports

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - As the water temperatures continue to rise, the near shore fishing has really taken off. Schools of cobia have been running near the beach and we heard reports of a few being caught by surf fisherman. Last weekend they were all over the Bull Shark Ba more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The dolphin bite has finally taken off as expected. The fish are widespread and are being caught by just about everyone. We had two the other day while bottom fishing with one dolphin taking the top bait on a chicken rig with a snapper hooked up on t more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - It seems that whenever the dolphin fishing picks up, so does the wind. It is blowing twenty to twenty five mph today and will do so until Saturday. The dolphin bite has been scattered but some bigger fish have been caught. Out at Pushbutton Hill, bla more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The offshore fishing for sailfish and dolphin has been hit and miss the past couple of weeks. The fish have been widespread and you just have to get lucky to come across them. The king mackerel bite has also been a bit slow but we are getting goo more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - March roared in with two cold fronts, high winds, and temperatures in the thirties for several nights, but our worst winter in years finally let up this past weekend. Fishermen were treated to large schools of giant rays carrying cobia beneath them. more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The water temperatures have finally started to pick up and so has the fishing. Peck's Lake once again is holding Spanish mackerel and we loaded up our last couple of times there, and we are smoking them in the yard. We had a great bottom fishing trip more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The past two weeks have been very windy for the most part, keeping most boats inside the inlet. Even the river was hard to fish when it is blowing twenty to twenty five out of the north. We had one trip to Peck's Lake which produced all the Spanish m more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - We were able to get a good bottom trip in the other day and we returned with a lot of meat for the table. We headed south out of the inlet and stopped at Peck's Lake where we quickly put a dozen Spanish mackerel and two pompano in the box. The fish w more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - The record setting cold temperatures have finally left the area but they took their toll on the fish. Dead fish have been floating on the Indian and St. Lucie Rivers for the past few days. We saw snook of all sizes along with grouper, catfish, and al more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Stuart Area Offshore and Inshore - This report is going to sound like a repeat of my last one but it is a little bit better. The sailfish bite went from good to great. Boats are seeing upwards of twenty fish on a trip. Double and triple hookups are common and the fish seem to be more more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart