Hello Fish Fans, The Dolphin fishing sputtered a bit this past week because we had several days of west winds which disrupted the formation of weedlines. The weedlines usually form up in a north to south direction providing a foodchain for the Dolphin to travel up and down the gulfstream feeding on the baitfish that hide in the weeds for protection. The west winds move these lines to an east to west direction scattering the Dolphin, they want to go north and south so they end up zig zagging the ocean making it much more difficult to locate them. We still found them but not as many and we spent more time looking than catchin, we still had days with 15 to 20 but we also had days with 5 to 8. The good news is the weedlines were forming up reel nice yesterday afternoon and it looks like things will get back to normal this week. The summer suprize has been the abundance of Sailfish off the coast of Stuart this past week and they were popping up everywhere from 80 feet of water to 600 feet of water. We usually get a big push of Sailfish for a couple of weeks in July but it looks like they’ll be here earlier and possibly longer this year. The Sailfish are migrating to the north looking for cooler water for the summer. The water temperature in the gulfstream right now is about 84 degrees give or take and thats a little too warm to keep the Sailfish happy. July is one of the best months of the year to target Blue Marlin off the coast of Stuart and the small schooley dolphin that are starting to move in are their favorite food. July is also an excellent time to spend the evening drifting the gulfstream for Swordfish, 1 to 3 will be hooked-up on almost every trip. I’ll be back next week with another fishing report from Stuart Florida, Sailfish Capital of the World ! Catch you later, Captain Wayne, Reel Busy Charters Let’s Go Fishin ! 305-304-9049 cell or 772-288-1332 home
