Good Morning, Offshore the last few days has been good with a few nice dolphin scattered around with a bunch of 10 to 15lb fish to both live and dead bait have produced well from 90 to 200ft. The snapper bite at night has started to pick up with some nice mangroves starting to show up in the 60ft range with a few muttons mixed in.The beach fishing has had a few pompano and some Spanish mackerel around. Inshore the fishing has been great with some nice trout around Bear point to the power plant with soft baits have produced little fish and live bait has produced the bigger fish.The fishing to the north around Queens Cove has been good with a few reds and a few nice snook around first light.The jetties in Ft Pierce and Sebastian have been producing a few snook and Tarpon and night on the Outgoing tide.Do not forget the Big Brothers and Big Sisters spring Shootout is tomorrow it is kingfish and dolphin the captains meeting is 530 to 8pm tonight at Bottoms Up so come join the fun and fish tomorrow. The weather forecast and tide info for today –
Synopsis: A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL WILL REMAIN STATIONARY EARLY THIS MORNING…THEN DAMPEN OUT FRIDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW WILL PREVAIL ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY BUT WILL REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTH OF THE CAPE. WINDS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERLY THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ALONG WITH OFFSHORE MOVING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS…ESPECIALLY NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL…THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.GULF STREAM HAZARDS…NONE.
THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM BASED ON THE REAL TIME OCEAN FORECAST SYSTEM FROM THURSDAY APRIL 16TH:
42 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PONCE INLET. 30 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL. 23 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET. 15 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET. 9 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SAINT LUCIE INLET.
Today
Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet with a dominant period 8 seconds. A light chop on the intracoastal waters. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Tonight
South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 8 seconds. Mostly smooth on the intracoastal waters. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening…then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Saturday
West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 8 seconds. A light chop on the intracoastal waters. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida 27.4683° N, 80.2967° W 2015-04-17 Fri 1:58 PM EDT -0.6 feet Low Tide 2015-04-17 Fri 7:46 PM EDT Sunset 2015-04-17 Fri 8:22 PM EDT 2.5 feet High Tide
Stuart, St. Lucie River, Florida 27.2000° N, 80.2583° W 2015-04-17 Fri 10:17 AM EDT 1.1 feet High Tide 2015-04-17 Fri 5:29 PM EDT -0.4 feet Low Tide 2015-04-17 Fri 7:46 PM EDT Sunset 2015-04-17 Fri 10:49 PM EDT 1.2 feet High Tide
Sebastian Inlet bridge, Indian River, Florida (2) 27.8600° N, 80.4483° W 2015-04-17 Fri 1:35 PM EDT -0.5 feet Low Tide 2015-04-17 Fri 7:47 PM EDT Sunset 2015-04-17 Fri 7:48 PM EDT 2.8 feet High Tide
Good luck,Kadri
