Stuart, FL Fishing Report

Full day of fishing today off off of Stuart for John and his buddy Dave as well as their kids. Winds were about 10-15 of the Southwest and 2-4' seas. Plenty of sunshine to go around. The fishing was off again today but we were able to catch 2 Blackfins, a Bonito and plenty of bottom fish. Kids were super excited and the dads had a great time too! We are centrally located to all major attractinons, West Palm Beach, Cocoa and Daytona. Make your summer vacation plans to fish with us!

Despite the terrible wind that we had the last week, I was still able to sneak in a few charters. Beginning of the week we spent most of our time on the flats trying to get out of the wind. The trout bite has been fantastic depite all the wind. On Monday, we managed two trout that were pushing gator status. One that weighed 5lbs and one that weighed 6 lbs plus many others in the slot.

Pompano fishing is more consistent with the cooler water temps. The water in the St Lucie river and Indian river was been hovering around 62 to 66 degrees.

I did a doudle snook trip on Saturday and one on Sunday. Sufice to say that even with the cooler water temps, the snook bite remains constant. I'm having to catch 10 fish to get that "in the slot" fish to take home for dinner. Many of the fish this week were over slot and several under slot. Once the water temps rise up into the lower 70's the snook bite will go off. The fish are here just a little sluggish.

Off shore report this week is slim mostly because of the trechorous winds we had all week. This weekend the wind finally died down enough for the fleet to get back offshore. Dolphin seems to be the most consistent altough I heard the spring run of kingfish showed this past week.

 Despite the recent cold front we had last week, the big schools of bait still continue to show along the coast on the Treasure Coast. Most of my charters this past week have been targeting snook. 15 to 20 fish days are common this time of year and several fish are "in the slot" so for those of you who enjoy eating them, they are in season. While catching bait, several cobia and sailfish have been caught. The pompano bite is still scattered at best. Plenty of spanish mackeral in the pecks lake area south of the St Lucie Inlet. Trout fishin remains steady in the Indian river.

 Offshore it about time for us to start seeing some bigger dolphin moving through. The spring kingfish season should be kicking off very soon. On the bottom we are starting to see some larger yellowtail snapper.

S.L.I. Not Many Sails, But Plenty of Action, Good Pictures, and Saw a Mako or Sword

This cold front helped a bunch! Sails and dolphin here again! Saw 9 sails and 5 mahi

 Offshore it's sailfish season. The nastier the weather the better the sailfish bite. Typically NE winds are the best. Try live blue runners or goggle eyes for best results. Some days report bites of 1-2 per day and other days it 7-10 bites a day.

 Bottom fishing is decent with yellow tail snapper being the most abundant. Mutton snapper and mangrove snapper are being caught while yellowtailing. Nearshore, reports of cobia up and down the coast are common.

 If you have kids and want them to catch tons of fish right now, the Pecks Lake area is loaded with spanish mackeral. I've done several spanish mackeral trips this week and typical catches for a 4 hour trip is around 100 fish. Inshore the trout action is most consistant and an occasional redfish is being caught in the indian river. The pompano bite is hit or miss right now with most of the fish still further north. We need a good cold snap to get the pompano chewing.

 Till next week,

 Tight Lines, Capt Ken Hudson

I fished a full day today with Krupiarz family, Chet, Rob, Cameron, and Beth.

We caught bait right outside the inlet and headed offshore. Because the wind was so hard out of the East today, we set out in 220 feet of water so we could fish a little while before getting blown in too shallow. They were hooking their own fish, as we do on most charters and started out with a bang. In 212 feet they hooked a double and caught them both. We set back out and continued to drift North West. When we got into 135 feet over the 8 mile we had another bite. Again they hooked and released it. Three for three on that drift, Nice!  I decided to crank em in and run back out to 220 again. On our way back out there we saw a Manta Ray holding 6 or 8 fat cobia. We pitched a bait to them but with it being so rough, we either lost sight of the ray, or it went down in the heat of the moment. Either way no bites from the Cobes. We made our way back out to 220 and set our spread back out. Before I got the last bait in the kite, Chet was trying one on the long bait. We ended up missing that one, but they made up for it soon after!  When we got back over the reef again Here comes a covey. The sea was black with sails. We hooked three out of five bites and saw a couple others back there fighting over the baits like hungry wolves. Awesome! Rob, Cameron, and Chet finished their day of with a triple header and Chet’s was on 12 lb. test. They all did a great job just making it through the day since the seas grew to a steady 6 feet. And congratulations to everyone for catching their first Sailfish! I’m always happy to be part of such great memories. I’m Headed back out tomorrow and the next day with Patrick Sebile from Sebile Lures targeting sails again.

Keep it tight,