Hello Fish Fans, The fishing off the coast of Stuart Florida’s been good to excellent for most of our fishing charters and we’ve been catching sailfish, dolphin, tuna, kingfish, bonita, cobia and wahoo. The dolphin fishing’s been hit & miss and we’re still finding the best bite to be on weeds & debris 15 to 20 miles offshore. The constant change in wind direction has prevented the weedlines from forming up so we’ve been hunting down the larger weed patties and debris to catch’em. The tuna fishing on the hill just 10 miles offshore is still going strong but many of the blackfin tuna are smaller than we’d like to see and we’re turning them loose to grow up. Most of the blackfin tuna were less than 5 pounds last week but there’s still an occasional 10 to 20 pound tuna in the mix. The good news is the mini tunas have been attracting wahoo and blue marlin to the hill to feed. Last weekend we caught a 45 pound wahoo and the week before another boat fought a 300 plus pound blue marlin and broke him off after a couple of hours on undersized tackle. The scattered weeds have kept the wahoo rigs out of the water on many of our fishing charters but after getting a tuna lure bit off the other day we had to give it a shot. We were catching tuna in the same end of the hill where we got bit off and after about 30 minutes of catching tuna we got another wahoo bite and it weighed in at 45 pounds. I had the feeling it was the same wahoo that bit us off but it couldn’t be , right ? Later that day after fileting the wahoo I cut open it’s belly and there it was, 10inches of leader with our lure, beads & the hook in tact. There’s allot of sailfish off the coast of Stuart right now but there scattered about and being caught from 60 to 600 feet of water. Most of the Sailfish we’re catching are just 5 to 7 miles offshore in 80 to 150′ of water. The reefs & wrecks just 4 to 6 miles offshore are holding kingfish, bonita, cobia & sharks feeding on acres of spanish sardines so you don’t have to venture too far out if you’re looking to bend the rods. We didn’t see many manta rays this spring but hundreds of them showed up last weekend with cobia in tow. Sight fishing for cobia off the manta rays is an awesome sight to see and always a great time. I enjoyed fishing on my 31 contender but with all the scattered storms and 90 degree heat I’m loving my 35′ CABO EXPRESS. It’s the perfect fishing machine with drop down curtains keeping us dry when the afternoon storms pop up and an air condition cabin for a break from the heat. We’re not catching sea bass & snappers but if you’re looking for sailfish, dolphin, tuna or wahoo the REEL BUSY will hook you with a great day on the water catching fish. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart Florida, Sailfish Capital of the World. CALL Capt. Wayne Brodeur, 772-341-6609 Reel Busy Charters
