Juno Bait's "Weekend Fishing Outlook"

For Weekend Of 7/28-7/30/2023)

FFSHORE-  First part of the week was fairly slow offshore; but reports have improved later in the week.  Not much to speak of dolphin wise.  A few scattered reports with mostly smaller fish out deep.  Wahoo reports have really started to pop off the last few days, and should remain very very good through the weekend (Full moon is next Monday).  Trolling swimming plugs (Nomad DTX Minnow or Rapala X-Rap) is a clean easy way to target the wahoo.  A planer or trolling sinker fished down deep with a bonita strip, split tail mullet, or horse ballyhoo is also a solid way to go for the wahoo.  Best depth for the wahoo will be 120-300ish.  Generally speaking the wahoo will feed a little shallower early and late in the day and then slide back out a little deeper as the sun gets up higher in the sky.  Kingfish are scattered along the 120' ledge, and should begin to school up with the moon coming.  Snapper fishing was slow this week with some funky water conditions and mixed up tide.  As water gets back to normal look for the snapper bite to fire off pretty good.  

INSHORE-  As expected for this time of year...catch and release snook fishing will be the best bet inshore.  A fair number of fish in the Loxahatchee right now, but a bulk of the fish will be around the inlets.  Live baits during the day remain the way to go for the snook.  At night bridges close to the inlets have been producing good numbers of snook.  A small swimbait (like the 3" NLBN) on a fairly heavy jighead has been producing very well; especially on outgoing tide.  Mangrove snapper fishing remains strong inshore.  Best bite on the mangroves, especially the bigger ones, will be at night.  Small live pilchards and live shrimp are the way to go for the snapper.  

SURF/PIER-  Cold water along the beach early in the week made fishing a little tough.  A little wind the last couple days seems to be helping straighten things out.  Catch and release snook fishing has improved the last few days with warming water.  Along the beach small soft plastic paddle tails, small swimbaits, and suspending jerkbaits have been good lure choices for the snook.  The snook bite at the pier was slow, but has improved late into the week. The Juno Beach Pier has also had a pretty solid amount of blue runners around.  The "Bobber Rig" with a small Clark Spoon is a good way to go for the Blue Runners.  Crappie jigs and free-lining small live baits is also a good way to go for the runners.  A handful of mangrove snapper reports coming from the pier as well, with the best bite very early in the morning. 

NOAA MARINE WEATHER:
FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Period 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. Showers and tstms likely, mainly in the morning.

SAT...E SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt along the coast to SE 5 to 10 kt in the Gulf Stream. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the evening, then a chance of showers and tstms.

Thanks For Reading,
Todd


Capt. Jeff (www.gofishjupiter.com) with a surprise wahoo caught on light leader and a small circle hook!  Also pictured are some Wahoo Trolling necessities...Time to go get one on this moon!!!!!!