Wabasso Beach to Boca Raton
Includes Vero Beach, Ft. Pierce, Stuart, West Palm Beach and Lake Worth.

Oct. 17-20

Southeast

WABASSO BEACH TO STUART

Not many boats have been heading out over the last few days but you can take it to the bank the dolphin will be chewing. There have still been hordes of miniscule blackfin tunas offshore as well. Closer to the edge expect cooler temps this weekend to get the sails more active as well. The can't miss at least before the winds picked up has been the kingfish in 80 to 90 feet of water. Don't fish live baits in that shallow unless you mean it.

Crashing waves and freshwater releases do absolutely nothing for the water quality but time of year still dictates that the mullet be on the move. Scads of blue runners and small jacks are in the surf while Spanish mackerel are moving south. Snook are biting best early in the morning or at night from the bridges or around dock lights. Trout are on the grass flats around the power plant and only become more abundant from there as you move north. Pompano are in the suds.

JUPITER TO LAKE WORTH

My friend Thomas Fabrizio caught three very respectable dolphin up to 20 pounds using live mullet before the seas picked up. My call is the dolphin bite will be off the hook Saturday but will drop off by Sunday so get out asap. Richard Winston had a double of sails off the Tiara using live blue runners recently as well. Small kingfish will be on the drop but if you want a smoker try around the mullet schools.

It has been choppy on the beach and there is also lots of debris and seaweed in the water. Mullet are still on the move but expect that to drop right off over the next few weeks. Big jacks will be running along the sea walls with a few snook mixed in early in the morning. Tarpon will be biting at night, live mullet works great. Capt. Danny Barrow reports recent winds have made it hard for the trolling motor alone to keep the boat in position.

BOYNTON TO BOCA

Assuming it is not to rough to get out the inlet dolphin will be right in the blue water edge while small blackfin tunas will be abundant further out. Barracudas and amberjacks will save the day on the artificial reefs while kingfish will be just inshore of the drop. Expect sailfish activity to increase with cooler weather this weekend. Watch out for small sharks, they will mow through your livies in a hurry.

Exceptionally high tides have made it hard to climb into the boat sometimes but surprisingly the water doesn't really rush out any faster. Snook of various sizes are being caught in the shadow lines and there are also fishing being caught in the surf. The problem there though is public access, since many beaches won't let you wet a line until sunup, and by then the best of it is already passed.

Capt. Eden White 561 9023 8170

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