Off of the Jensen Beach area, heading slightly south, there has been a good dolphin bite in 160 to 200 feet of water. They have been hitting trolled ballyhoo.

The nearshore reefs in the area, in 20 to 40 feet, have been producing decent action for sheepshead and lane snapper with a few muttons in the mix.

Lane and vermilion snapper are being caught at the six- and eight-mile reefs.

At Pecks Lake the bite for Spanish mackerel has been excellent. Gulfstream Flash Minnows, Got-Cha plugs, spoons and tube lures are all working. If they seem a little sluggish, chumming with some glass minnows will get them fired up and hungry.

Fishing inside the high bar off of Jupiter, Capt. Bill Taylor said the inshore rocks have been loaded with lane snapper the past few days.

There have also been good numbers of muttons in the same area. One client on the Black Dog was having incredible luck catching five, that were all in the 17- to 18-inch range, using an eighth-ounce jig with a small squid strip.

Off of Jupiter, the water has been so incredibly clear the past few days that Capt. Bill Taylor said they can see the bottom and the king mackerel swimming below. Though they have caught a few, the clear water combined with almost no current has made fishing for them challenging.

The wahoo bite off of Jupiter has been really good the past two weeks. High-speed trolling using Ilander lures or big plugs has been working well.

Not wanting to jinx anything, but the sharks have not been too bad off of the Jupiter area the past week.

From Palm Beach down to Boca Raton, the wahoo bite has been good as well.

Not just good in the past week, but for several weeks in a row they have been hammering baits.

Though they are mostly being caught in 180 to 250 feet of water they have been caught in as shallow as 90 feet and out as deep as 450.

Some are on the smaller side in the six- to 15-pound range, but there are bigger ones as well including a 58 pounder caught off of Boca this week.

They are hitting both lures and live baits including ballyhoo, goggle eyes and blue runners.

It has been best in the mornings.

The sailfish bite off of the Boynton Beach area has been consistent the past week. Pilchards and goggle eyes, fished either from kites or on the troll, have been producing good results. Look for the rip and color changes in 90 out to 300 feet.  

The king mackerel have been scattered and small with fish up to 12 pounds being caught on drifted sardines.

There have been quite a few African pompano caught recently with nice fish from 24 to 34 inches. They are being taken on small, drifted ballyhoo chunks and plugs as well as live baits. They have been caught on the bottom in 90 to 120 feet off of the reef ledges as well as on some deeper wrecks.

Working the reefs off of the Boynton area in 45 out 115 feet the snapper bite has been decent. There are good numbers or yellowtails being caught and although most have been small, there are keepers in the mix. Muttons up to 10 pounds have been caught.

While snapper fishing look for cero mackerels. Got-Cha plugs, small vertical jigs and sidewinder jigs are working.

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Working the channel markers and crab trap buoys in the St. Lucie and Indian Rivers has been producing a good bite for tripletail the past week.

At the 10-cent bridge, anglers are reporting getting sheepshead, black drum and croaker using live shrimp on a jig head.

There is a decent snook bite up in the St. Lucie River and up around the power plant. They seem be preferring shrimp presentations, especially on cool mornings, but have been hitting small pilchards as well. D.O.A. shrimp or paddle tails have also been used with success.

Spanish mackerel are being caught at both the Stuart and Jensen Causeways and at the St. Lucie Inlet.

Along the Martin and St. Lucie County beaches the pompano bite has been hit or miss the past week. When they are hitting they are hitting Sandflea and Yellowcrab Fishbites.

Along the beaches in Jupiter, the Spanish mackerel bite is in full swing! Surf anglers and anglers working the near shore from boats are getting them on spoons and small jigs.

The pompano bite has been good as well, with schools of the tasty fish moving through in spurts. Working the beaches, the Jupiter Inlet and from the Juno Pier, anglers are finding Doc's Goofy Jigs to be the most effective bait right now. 

At the Boynton Inlet, anglers have been catching small mangrove snapper on cut mullet and snook on the incoming tides using small pilchards.

In the Intracoastal Waterway, concentrated between the Boynton Inlet and the Lantana Bridge and the Lake Worth and Southern Bridges, there have been Spanish mackerel and bluefish. They are being caught trolling spoons and on yellow jigs.

Also around those bridges, the pilings are holding good numbers of sheepshead. They are being caught on live crabs and clam strips.

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The spec fishing has been fantastic recently with the early mornings and late afternoons being the time to hit it. Right in front of the pier and the Indian Prairie Canal have been the hot spots. They are being caught on jigs with white lightning, fire and ice and lilly working best. Lots of anglers are getting their limits right now.

The bass fishing has been ok the past week. It has definitely been easier to feed them than fool them as live shiners are working than anything artificial. If going with an artificial, however, Senkos in dark colors have been providing some success. King's Bar, Tin House Cove and Monkey Box have all been good areas.

All fishing report information courtesy of Alec at the Snook Nook in Jensen Beach, Black Dog Fishing Charters, Fishing Headquarters in Jupiter, Capt. Bruce Cyr and Garrard's Bait & Tackle in Okeechobee.