Juno Bait's "Weekend Fishing Outlook"

For Weekend of 7/11-7/13/25

OFFSHORE- Dolphin reports remain a bit hit or miss; with most of the fish coming out of at least 600' of water or deeper. Most of the dolphin have been a bit on the smaller side (Not anything unusual for this time of year), but when you come across them they do tend to be in larger schools. As is always the case this time of year; avoid blind trolling in open water: Instead wait to put the baits out around floating debris, well formed weed-lines, or anything else fishy looking. Inside of 300' of water the bonita have really taken over, making the blackfin tuna a little tougher to catch these days. Still a few blackens for those really working at it; but that often means pulling on eight or nine bonita at least before catching one. A scattered bite on the kingfish along the 120' ledge. The most anticipated thing this weekend though will no doubt be the wahoo bite. A good number of wahoo around over the past week, full moon next week, ideal conditions this weekend...should be a bunch of wahoos caught! 150-300' of water will be the ideal depth for the wahoo. Trolling Nomad DTX Minnows is one of the easiest ways to target the wahoo. A seawitch and bonita stip pulled behind a planer will be another great way to go. Best bite on the wahoo will be early morning, late afternoon, and on the tide changes. Generally the wahoo will slide up a little shallower to feed during lowlight periods, and then slide back off the edge as the sun gets higher in the sky. Snapper reports remain pretty good this week after some colder water on the bottom last week. For July it has been good fishing overall.

INSHORE- While summer inshore fishing doesn't really change much, this week the fishing did seem to be a little better. Catch and release snook fishing remains the best bet . The Loxahatchee River continues to produce some big snook. It won't be huge numbers of snook like you find in the inlets this time of year; but they can be monsters and at the right times willing to crush a topwater plug. Of course other times it's mullet or nothing. A pretty good number of tarpon roaming the river as well right now. At night the snook, and a fair number of smaller tarpon as well, have been patrolling the docklights. A Thumper Jerk shad or DOA Shrimp have been working very well on the dock light fish. Expect a few jacks and moonfish to be mixed in on the docks as well. Mangrove snapper reports remain fair around the bridges. Expect the snapper to bite better at night this weekend with the big moon. Live shrimp (which are extremely tough to come by right now, and small when you do get them) and small live pilchards are the baits of choice for the mangrove snapper.

SURF/PIER- Surf fishing overall remains relatively quiet, which is very common for this time of year. Catch and release snook fishing will be the main game in town along the beach right now. The snook will be in cruising the trough and can be sight fished with an assortment of small lures, or targeted with live croaker and sand perch as well. Some jacks, possibly a tarpon or two, and a few permit could come cruising down the beach, but overall it is on the slower side. The Juno Beach Pier on the other hand remains relatively active. Catch and release snook fishing (including some BIG snook) has been pretty good at the Pier. Live Baits (Pilchards, sardines, croakers, sand perch) will be the best bet for the snook on the pier. The Bonita have been coming through the end of the pier in good numbers. A good distance casting lure (GT Ice Cream, Yo-Zuri Monster Shot, or Nomad Ridgeback) is going to be the best bet for the bonita. Fresh bonita chunks have been a good bait choice for some snook and tarpon bites. No mangrove snapper reports yet from the pier, but it is about time for them to start showing up.

NOAA MARINE WEATHER:
FRI...SE winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

Thanks For Reading,
Todd

Tim and Adam with a beautiful wahoo caught earlier this week. Should be a good number of these guys around; go try and catch one if you have the chance!