Juno Bait's "July 4th Weekend Fishing Outlook"

For Weekend of 7/4-7/7/24

SHOP NOTE: July 4th Hours 7am-12pm 

​OFFSHORE-  Nice looking forecast headed into the long holiday weekend.  Dolphin reports were a bit sow this week, with just a few scattered reports coming in.  No hot depth to speak of on the dolphin, instead just kind of a luck of the draw with fish coming in from a variety of depths.  Up to the north (north of Loran Tower) the sailfish bite has been good in 200-300' of water.  The best action locally will be in 150-300' of water.  A decent pick on the Blackfin Tuna this week, with both some good numbers and good size ones around.  Bonita (love them or hate em) will no doubt make up a bulk of the action these days in 100-200' of water.  Kingfish action slowed a bit this week, but still a few around.  Bottom fishing reports remain fair.  Some solid yellowtail snapper reports continuing to come in.  We are no doubt settling into full on summertime patterns now.  Great time to take advantage of the calm ocean and get after it!     

INSHORE-  Catch and release snook fishing has been good inshore.  A bulk of the snook will be in and around the inlets; but still a decent number further inshore as well.  Best action on the snook in the inlets will be based on the tides.  For the fish further inshore the tide is super important, but also try to fish lowlight periods whenever possible.  The snook will also bite well at night around the bridges.  A handful of mangrove snapper reports inshore, but not huge numbers.  For best luck on the snapper try fishing at night.  Small live pilchards or shrimp will be the baits of choice for the snapper.  

SURF/PIER- Catch and release snook fishing fired off a bit this week, with the surf starting to come to life.  While the Juno Beach Pier has been producing good numbers of snook, it's nice to see the surf numbers pick up as well.  Best bet for the snook on the beach will be early morning and late afternoon.  A small twitchbait, swimming plug, or light bucktail will all be good lure choices for the snook cruising the beach.  Any type of small live baits (sardines, pilchards, etc) should all get lots of bites.  A bigger sand perch or croaker will be the way to go for getting bigger bites.  The Juno Beach Pier has been producing a few bonita and kingfish bites as well.  A few tarpon cruising the beach, though the numbers have fallen off pretty good on them.  Croaker are biting decent in the first trough.  Small pieces of shrimp will be the way to go for bait.  

NOAA MARINE WEATHER:
THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds and N 1 foot at 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms.

FRI...E SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: E SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and N 1 foot at 7 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

SAT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers in the morning. A chance of tstms . Showers likely.

SUN...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of tstms in the morning. Showers likely . Tstms likely.

Thanks For Reading,
Todd

Bill, fishing with Captain Eric of Countyline Charters, was lucky enough to find the elusive Palm Beach County dolphin (and also a bunch of other critters)!