Stuart Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Cobia! We waited for along time but Cobia finally showed in numbers. We were in a live bait drought for over a week, when it was found in 65 ft. of water five miles southeast of the St. Lucie inlet. This spot holds bridge rubble that was dumped there more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past two weeks have certainly been up and down weather-wise, but we were still able to get some fishing in. Scattered sailfish and dolphin are being caught both north and south of the inlet from 120 ft. to 260 ft. Closer in there are plenty of ki more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Last Thursday was a beautiful day as we left the St. Lucie inlet and headed south. Bait had been scarce the previous few days but we could see a fleet of boats in 40 ft. of water two miles south. Large greenies were breaking the surface and it did no more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - It has been a couple of weeks of ups and downs fishing out of Stuart. When the winds were up we were stuck inside, when they were down we had some decent offshore fishing. Some sailfish and scattered dolphin were caught in between the hordes of bon more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The best news out of Stuart is the return of live bait to our favorite spots. Live greenies have been available for the past week just outside the inlet and up to 60 ft. It has been since the hurricanes that we have seen such an abundance of fish can more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Blue marlin are the buzz off of Stuart the past week. Several boats have been catching them while hunting for sailfish. One boat had a bill fish grand slam, catching a sailfish and both a blue and a white marlin. The sail fishing is still spotty and more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The winds have been blowing for three weeks and the only boats going through the St. Lucie Inlet have been the big sport fishers. Seas have been from 7 to 9 ft. for days on end. This week the wind and waves have subsided enough for the smaller boats more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The annual sailfish tournaments are under way out of Stuart and so far they are not up to last year’s numbers. We need a good strong cold front to push the fish down from the north. The dolphin bite has been fairly decent. Look for flying fish near s more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing offshore of Stuart has been hit and miss the past couple of weeks but it is gradually getting better. After trolling ballyhoo for a couple of hours the other day, we came across a 2 by 4 floating in some scattered weed. Two lines screamed off more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Last week the weather turned in our favor and we were treated to nice seas offshore. There were some nice edges from 120 to 260 feet that were holding some dolphin. Not all gaffers but some decent school size. All one had to do was go directly east o more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart