It’s Mahi-Mahi Time

Wayne — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:55 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida continued to be a challenge last week but things are looking up. There’s Sailfish everywhere from 80′ to 800′ free-jumping and busting up the water as they meander back to the north for the summer months but they haven’t been willing to play the game yet. The Dolphin fishing has gradually gotten better over the last week and we’re starting to see more 10 to 20 lb fish. It’s Mahi-Mahi Time and over the next two weeks we’ll be catching 15 to 25 lb Dolphin everyday as they continue to be more plentifull and larger. There still a bit scattered but weedlines are starting to form up and we’re seeing more flying fish and birds so everyday is gonna be a good day. The Blackfin Tuna have been moving on and off the hill so if you don’t catch’em in the morning you’ll probably find them in the afternoon. It’s Mahi-Mahi Tima so let’s go catch’em. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne Brodeur, Reeel Busy Charters 772 -341-6609

Just A Pick

Wayne — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:40:47 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The Dolphin fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida should be excellent by now but it’s been just a pick. We seem to be moving away from the wacky weather cycle we had in April but the super moon this weekend held the Dolphin fishing to just a pick. The winds were blowing through Wednesday and we didn’t get out till Friday so I couldn’t wait to get on the fish. We had a tough morning taking turns jumping off Dolphin like we were using rubber hooks but got lucky in the afternoon. The gulfstream currents were screamin’ likely because of the Supermoon so we ran back south about 10 miles to looking for signs of life. We saw a few flying fish and some scattered weed so we started trolling and it wasn’t long before we found a gift from God. Two little white birds sitting on top of a 15 foot log with Jacks, Triple Tail and Dolphin below. We hooked-up a Dolphin on the first pass and finally put some meat in the boat but they didn’t want to play the game so we only caught a few and headed for home. The moon will be less of a factor in the coming days and the Dolphin will be feeding more aggressively during the daylight hours. The Blackfin Tuna dissapeared off the hill so we didn’t spend alot of time there the last three days but we checked it out and caught a couple on Saturday afternoon. The Dolphin fishing continued to be slow yesterday but we traveled further out to 600/ 800 feet of water and caught a couple, lost a couple and missed a couple. There wasn’t much of a Sailfish bite this past week and they’ll be here one day and gone the next so you’ll need to be patient but if you wanna catch’em we can give it a try. The Grouper fishing’s been good when the currents been mild but it was screaming most of the week so we’ll check it out later in the week as the full moon tides & currents settle down a bit. There’s two fishing tournaments being held out of Pirates Cove this month with entry fees of 300.00 or less. The first is fishing on the 12th for Dolphin with a kick-off party the night before. The second is on the 26th for Dolphin, Wahoo, Kingfish, Snapper and Grouper with a kick-off party the night before. Give me a call if you’d like to add some fun to a good day of fishing and try to win one of these things. The Dolphin fishing will fire back up in the next few days and the Tuna will be returning to the hill so get out on the water and catch some fish. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne Brodeur, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Not Even A Bite

Wayne — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:28:46 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida was good some days, challenging the next and brutally bad this weekend. The run off from all the rains last weekend created color changes stacked with sargasso weed and the Dolphin we’re abundant tearing up the baitfish in the weeds. As the dirty water pushed offshore to Push Button Hill the Blackfin Tuna Bite shut down and the Dolphin fishing was a bit more hit & miss than the week before. Yesterday a low pressure system started moving up from the carribean handing out lock-jaw to all the fish in the ocean. Heavy cloud cover was also brought in to make sure it would be as difficult as possible for fish to play the game. We relentlessly pursued them searching almost 80 miles of water and not even a bite. I know it’s called fishing, and sometimes the fish don’t play the game but Zero, REELY ? The weather system will continue moving east and the fishing should fire back up in the next couple of days. The largest Dolphin of the year will be caught over the next 4 to 6 weeks and May is consisitantly the best month of the year for Dolphin Fishing. The Yellowfin Tuna have arrived north of the Bahama Bank averaging 40 to 50lbs and up to 80lbs on most trips. The Yellowfin Tuna trip is consistantly a trip of a lifetime and one you’ll never forget. Hundreds and hundreds of birds swooping down for flying fish as they try to escape the packs of Yellowfin Tuna that are busting them up, it’s an awesome site to see. Dolphin/Tuna is the main attraction this time of year but there’s a few sailfish around and Grouper season opens up on May 1st so whatever your interest Reel Busy Charters can hook you up. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne Brodeur, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Sailfish, Dolphin & Tuna Time

Wayne — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:19:05 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, It was a great week of fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida this past week and Sailfish, Dolphin and Tuna were all eager to play the game. We didn’t spend anytime Sailfishng this past week but hooked them up everyday and caught a couple. The Sailfish are meandering back north and there a bit deeper this time of year but there’s plenty around and they’re reel aggressive. We fished for Dolphin/Tuna everyday this week and had Sailfish relentlessly attacking chugger lures several times a day. They’re tough to hook on plastic but it’s a site you’ll never forget especially when they stay with it long enough to slide a ballyhoo in front of them. The Blackfin Tuna were more plentiful and we’re seeing more in the 10 to 12 lb range but nothing in the 20′s yet. Blackfin Tuna will be on the hill 11 miles off the beach for at least the next couple of months but May is probably the best month for the big ones. The Dolphin fishing has started to fire up a bit and the best is yet to come. Most of the Dolphin early in the week were only 3 to 5 lbs with a few up to 15 but we had a 15 and a 26 yesterday so it looks like the big ones are starting to show up. This is going to be another great week of fishing aboard the Reel Busy so give us a call and let’s go catch’em. Catch more fish with Reel Busy Charters, experience makes a difference. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne Brodeur, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Let’s Go Catch’em !

Wayne — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:45:12 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida looks to be excellent as we move into next week but the conditions prevented it from going off last week. We’ve had lots of sargasso weed and flying fish on the edge of the gulfstream but weekly fronts and westerly winds keep busting them up. We picked away at Dolphin & Tuna most of the week and had one Sailfish release in the mix but never got into double digit Dolphin. The conditions look picture perfect this week and I expect everything will come together. There’ll be Dolphin 5 to 8 miles off the beach and Blackfin Tuna 11 miles off the beach so Let’s Go Catch’em. The Sailfishing will be a bit more hit & miss but anyday can be a great day with the Sailfish working their way back to the north for the summer months. The Yellowfin Tuna have started showing up off the corner of the Bahama Bank and I look forward to hunting them down this week. The fishing off the corner is as good as it gets anywhere in the world and we catch Dolphin, Wahoo, Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Sailfish, Blackfin Tuna and Yellowfin Tuna. Whether you go for the gusto and head for the corner or stay closer to home this is a great time of year to catch fish aboard the REEL BUSY. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Surprize on the Hill

Wayne — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:07:12 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing was good off the coast of Stuart, Florida for most of the week but slowed a bit as the weekend approached and the winds shut us down for the weekend. The gulfstream currents have been forming up weedlines and we’re finally starting to see more Dolphin off the coast of Jensen Beach, Stuart & Jupiter. Most of the Dolphin we’ve been catching have been 5 to 10 lbs with a few peanuts and gaffers in the mix. The Dolphin fishing will be good to excellent on most days for the next couple of months and even on a slow day we can usually hunt down a few. Blackfin Tuna were stacked up on Push Button Hill for most of the week but they were’nt playing the game on Friday. Most of the Blackfin Tuna have been 4 to 6 lbs, a couple up to 12 and there’s bigger ones on the way. We catch Sailfish, Dolphin, Tuna and Wahoo on Push Button Hill this time of year and every now & then we’ll find a surprize on the hill. Capt. Pete aboard My Other Honey caught and released a White Marlin on back to back days while trolling for Blackfin Tuna on the hill last week. We don’t catch alot of White Marlin on our side of the gulfstream anymore but there seems to be more showing up over the last couple of years. I’d like to think the catch & release practices that most of us adhere to reguarding billfish is starting to pay off with White Marlin & Blue Marlin like it has with Sailfish. Trolling for Blue Marlin isn’t for everybody and requires a love for the ocean or a hell of allot of patience but the Blue Marlin fishery off the coast of Stuart, Florida is vastly underated and under fished. Full moons during April, May, June & July are all prime time weeks to catch Blue Marlin so if you wanna battle the beast Reel Busy Charters can hook you up. There’s been a few Sailfish around and they’ll come through in waves for the next couple of months as the water heats up and they meander back north towards coolers waters. The waters heating up and so’s the bottom fishing. Grouper season opens May 1st and the Snapper fishin’s been good. The conditions look great for the next several days so give me a call and let’s catch fish. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Mahi Mahi 42lbs.

Wayne — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:31:06 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The Dolphin fishing continues to be hit & miss off the coast of Stuart, Florida but the good news is we’re starting to see a few big ones. There was a 42lb Bull Dolphin weighed in last week and a few in the 2o to 30 lb range. The westerly winds have prevented the weedlines from forming and the best Dolphin bite’s been 15 to 20 miles off the beach in 600 to 800 feet of water. There’s been a few Dolphin closer to shore in-between the Bonita bites but they’ve been reel scattered. There’s a few Blackfin Tuna on the Hill already but not many over 6 to 8 lbs and they’re not stacked up yet. There’s been a few Kingfish around and the biggest concentration is off Sebastian working there way to the south. I haven’t been off the Bahama Bank in search of Yellowfin Tuna yet but it’s that time of year and you know there out there. We’ll be hunting down the Yellowfins for the next several months catching Yellowfin Tuna, Dolphin, Blackfin & Skipjack Tuna, Wahoo, Sailfish and Blue Marlin. The bottom fishing for Mutton Snappers has been good from Stuart to Jupiter and we’ll resume bottom fishing trips from Stuart to Jensen Beach for Grouper on May 1st when the season opens back up on Grouper. Although catch and release of Grouper is permitted during the closed season it’s in the grouper fisheries best interest that we leave them alone. They would survive the return to the deep after being vented proberly but they’re easy prey for the Goliath Grouper which are abundant on the reefs & wrecks off the coast of Florida. We’ll be catchin Dolphin, Tuna, Kingfish, Wahoo, Sailfish, Blue Marlin, Snappers & Groupers over the next few months and you can to just give me a call and get hooked-up with REEL BUSY CHARTERS 772-341-6609. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters

Ain’t Been Easy

Wayne — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:06:45 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida continues to be challenging but the highways of sargasso weed are starting to line up along the current edges and that a great sign. As the weedlines form up, bait will stack up below feeding on juevenile shrimp, crabs and sea horses in the weeds. Packs of Dolphin will start moving along these weedlines shortly after they form up and I’m confident the offshore fishing for Sailfish, Dolphin and Tuna will improve this week. The fishing early last week would best be described as pitiful and gradually made up to slow by the weekend. The conditions have been great the last couple of days and everybody went home with Dolphin and Tuna but it ain’t been easy. There’s been a little bit of everything and not alot of anything so we’re having to hunt them down. We’re catching Dolphin, Tuna, Sailfish, Cobia, Kingfish and Wahoo. When you’re ready to catch fish just give me a call and we’ll hook you up. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters

Still Waiting

Wayne — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:22:58 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart, Florida was tough again last week and we’re still waiting for the bite to turn back on. There’s been a wide variety of fish from day to day including Sailfish, Dolphin, Wahoo, Kingfish, Tuna and Cobia but the bites are few and far between. The Cobia fishing continues to be decent but the Sharks make it a reel challenge to get the Cobia to the boat in one piece. Reef Donkies (Amberjack) from 30 to 50 lbs have been eager to play the game around the wrecks if you’re just looking to bend a rod. Dolphin, Tuna and Wahoo will be showing up in numbers over the coming weeks and we’ll be there to catch’em. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital oif the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609

Tough Fishin’

Wayne — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:13:15 +0000

Hello Fish Fans, It’s been tough fishin’ off the coast of Stuart, Florida this past week and had to cover allot of water to catch’em. We managed to catch a few Dolphin and/or Tuna on every trip but overall the bite was slow. Blackfin Tuna have started arriving on Push Button Hill but but they’ve been hit & miss and not many over 5lbs yet. One day we ran out to the hill caught about a dozen Tuna in an hour before hunting down a couple of Dolphin but the next day caught only 3 Tuna in an hour & a half. The Tuna fishing will continue to improve as we transisition into spring. Blackfin Tuna will be stacking up on the hill feeding on squid & Flying fish in the updwelling currents of the gulfstream. The Dolphin fishin’ has been a pick for a couple of weeks now but it’ll fire back up any day. The last couple of days we’ve all been tied to the dock with 7 to 10 foot seas but it’ll start settling down this afternoon and it’s looking good on into the week. Saturday was our last day out before the wind and we only caught a few Tuna and a couple of Dolphin on a 1/2 day but we marked allot of bait susspended in the water column. The fish follow the bait that starts settling in around the reefs & wrecks of Jensen Beack, Stuart and Jupiter this time of year. The Sailfishing is a bit hit & miss this time of year but anytime there’s bait on the local wrecks you’ll find a few sailfish eager to play the game. The fishing should be good this week and here’s a few species to condider: Sailfish, Dolphin, Wahoo, Kingfish, Tuna, Cobia and Sharks. We catch’em all and you can too just give me a call and we’ll hook you up with the trip that’s works for you. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart, Florida Sailfish Capital of the World. Catch you later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters 772-341-6609