Hello Fish Fans, Springtime Fishin off the coast of Stuart Florida is excellent and there’s a variety of fish to choose from. Sailfish, Dolphin, Wahoo, Cobia, Kingfish, Swordfish, Blue Marlin, Tuna and Bonita. The Sailfishin is day to day but if you’re patient you’ll probably catch 1 or 2, the boats that targeted them this week all managed to catch a couple. The Dolphin fishin is excellent right now and the bigger Dolphin are starting to show up. There’s was several Dolphin in the 25 to 30 pound range caught over the last week or so and by this time next month the 35 to 50 pounders will start showing up. The best time to catch a monster Bull Dolphin is May and June especially around the new moons. Targeting Dolphin on the Reel Busy this time of year will produce at least 8 to 10 Dolphin and on a good day 12 to 18 is a typical catch. The Cobia are starting to show up on the wrecks, turtles and rays and this should continue through the month of April. The sea conditions should be more condusive for cobia Fishing next week, the seas were a little choppy for it this week but there were a few caught last weekend up to 30 pounds. There’s been a few Wahoo around so if your up to getting an early start chances are pretty good that you could start your day with a 20 to 30 pound Wahoo. The best time to catch’em is between sunrise and 9am although if you find floating debris while Dolphin fishin you’ll probably find a few wahoo hangin around under the debris. I’m not a big fan of catching Kingfish and Bonita but if you just want to bend a rod there’s plenty of them around. April, May, June are all excellent months to target Blue marlin and Swordfish off the coast of stuart. The Blue Marlin will be cruising around about 20 miles offshore feeding on schooley Dolphin for the next several months and although they’re not as abundant as Dolphin if you put your time in there’s a good chance you’ll get the opportunity to catch one of these monsters. The Swordfishing is excellent right now but the sea conditions are not always cooperative, it’s not much fun drifting the Gulfstream at night in a 3 to 5 or 4 to 6 foot sea. It’s not to often that we don’t catch’em when the sea conditions are mild but it does happen. April, May and June is also primetime for the Reel Busy Tuna Trip. This trip is designed for fish heads like me, it’s a 12 hour day and a 60 mile ride. It’s usually about 1 1/2 hour ride each way, 2 hours if the sea conditions slow us down. We start out catchin Blackfin Tuna up to 25 pounds unless we find the Yellowfin Tuna on the way and when you’ve had enough Tuna fishin Wahoo, Dolphin and Blue Marlin are next on the hit list. The offshore fishing over the next 90 days is consistantly good year after year so if you ready to catch fish give me a call and let’s go catch’em. I’ll be back in 7 to 10 days with another fishing report from Stuart Florida, Sailfish Capital of the world. Catch you Later, Capt. Wayne, Reel Busy Charters, 772-288-1332 home or 305-304-9049 cell
