Dolphin, blackfin tuna, wahoo, sailfish all biting right now

Offshore

Off of the Jensen Beach area, the dolphin bite has remained extremely consistent with lots of big bulls still being caught. The key has been finding the current edges and trolling in the mornings, then switching over to live baits on kites when the sun gets a little higher.

The summer sailfish action has been excellent off of Jensen Beach. One angler commented that in some ways spring/summer has been better than winter.

Blackfin tuna up to 20 pounds are being taken fishing live baits from kites.

On the bottom off of Jensen Beach, there are more and more grouper being caught. Mostly red and gag grouper, they are being caught using live baits, including big threadfin herring, pilchards and croakers.

The fishing for mutton and mangrove snapper remains good around the six- and eight-mile reefs and down off the Loran Tower. Live baits, dead baits, grunt plugs and butterfly ballyhoo, all on long leaders, are working well.

Off of the Jupiter area the king mackerel bite has been excellent the past week. Anglers working the edge in around 100 feet of water are doing well using live baits as well as frozen sardines.

There have been good numbers of dolphin moving into and through the area as well.

Also off of Jupiter there are blackfin tuna up to 30 pounds being taken right now.

The spring sailfish bite has been really good in the area. Live baits, either fished from kites or drifted, are providing lots of catch and release action.

For anglers working the bottom in those areas, there are some nice mutton snapper being caught. The only problem has been keeping those catches away from the sharks.

Off of the Palm Beach area, there has been a decent king mackerel bite from Mar-a-Lago up to the dodgewall. They are being caught in 80 to 90 feet on live baits including threadfin herring, sardines and goggle eyes.

Also, in the same area, there are schools of dolphin moving through with some fish up to 50 pounds. They are being taken on various live baits as well as on trolled ballyhoo. Using a planer to get them a little deeper in the water column has been working especially well.

Watch for the sharks in those same areas. If you see them chances are there will be cobia nearby.

The wahoo bite has picked up off of Boynton Beach the past week.

Anglers are reporting catching fish up to 40 pounds on a variety of lures.

Working depths of 120 to 300 feet, and targeting areas with rip lines or current edges, wahoo are being caught on Rapala Husky Magnum lures in pink, wahoo or bonito patterns. They are also being caught on skirted lures, including Ilander and Blue Water Candy in blue/white, pink/white and dorado colors, in conjunction with either a bonito strip or ballyhoo.

Also off of Boynton, dolphin up to 25 pounds are being taken in 130 to 320 feet of water.

Trolling small two- to three-inch skirted lures with a bonito strip has been effective as has drifting dead sardines on either a flat line or using a quarter-ounce drift rig.

Like areas to the north, blackfin tuna have been showing up in the south county as well. Fish up to 30 pounds have been hitting live baits under kites, trolling tuna darts or cedar plugs on the surface and while drifiting dead sardines.

They are being found as deep as 350 feet and in as shallow as 70 along the outer reef edges.

Good sized mutton snapper, some up to 14 pounds, are being taken by anglers spooling dead goggle eyes or ballyhoo plugs along the bottom in 65 to 110 feet of water.

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Inshore

The snook fishing in the St. Lucie River is still fantastic with plenty of slot and overslots being caught.

Working the sea walls, especially with live croakers, has been working extremely well. Thought the snook seem partial to croakers they were also hitting pilchards. In the early mornings a top water lure will get some hits.

If you're looking for a fight, those same sea walls have had some big schools of jack crevalle cruising them.

Up near the power plant the waders are reporting a decent sea trout bite again. Shrimp on a jig or popping cork will work as will artificial shrimp.

There have been a few big redfish up to 36 inches caught in the area. Sworn to secrecy concerning the exact location, one shop worker would only say "somewhere in the Indian River."

Along the beaches in Jupiter, when it's not too windy or a massive north swell isn't pounding the shore, there has been good fishing.

If you need a workout, there have been large schools of jack crevalle cruising the beaches as well as some tarpon.

As summer approaches and the water continues to warm, more and more snook are making their way out of the inlet and have been cruising the beaches as well.

At the Boynton Inlet, anglers have been catching both snook and permit off of the north jetty this past week.

Live croaker or pinfish, fished on the bottom during the last two hours of incoming tide and the first three hours of outgoing, has been good for snook.

Permit are mostly being caught during the first few hours of the outgoing tide at night using either whole or half crabs.

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Lake Okeechobee

Fishing without clients and doing a bit of scouting for clear water out on the lake on Tuesday, Capt. Larry Wright said the fishing was a little tough.

Working solely with artificial baits, he said they did get into a few fish including one five pounder. He said that Poppin' frogs and Skinny Dippers worked over the thick stuff seemed to providing the best results.

The Horse Island area as well as the canal at Buckhead Ridge and the Indian Prairie Canal have been excellent for bluegill the past few days.

The shellcracker bite should turn on as Monday's full moon approaches. Three days before and after should be best using live worms.

There is still a spec bite hanging on for anglers working the waters under the Kissimmee River bridge and using grass shrimp.

The Roland Martin Marine Center series Qualifier number 1 that was held May 7 was won by the team of Kail Stevens and Bradley MacQueen. They managed a five-fish total of 28.97 pounds to best the field of 200 competitors.

Stevens, Bradley qualify for Bass Pro Shops National Tournament

All fishing report information courtesy of Alec at the Snook Nook in Jensen Beach, Fishing Headquarters in Jupiter, Reel Intense Fishing Charters, Capt. Bruce Cyr, Sea Mist III and Capt. Larry Wright.

Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at eritz@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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