Good Morning!
Offshore: Scattered Mahi and Sailfish between 100ft and 200ft, Wahoo fishing has been on fire on the other side the past week. Kingfish have been on the reefs at 60ft. Cobia are being caught on the beach off rays and on the sandpile off the sharks.
Inshore:
the Inshore bite has been great north of jensen in the cleaner water.Redfish “fly guys tan and black redfish slidders are key” are being caught north of the power plant and all the way to Harbor Branch and round island. the Trout bite is fire on DOA CAL jigs right at sun up.The night time Snook bite has been really good around the bridges and at the jetty spillways are running.Sheepshead and Black drum on live Shrimp on corks around the docks with a jig head can be a killer rig..if your fly fishing the docks fish a number 4 crab real slow pompano fishing is still ok if you know were to look. Dav the bait guy has live bait for you guys who like to live bait
freshwater landing largemouth bass at the sandpile in stuart 🙂
bass are on the beds and feeding black/tan and green big baits did it for me. fly fishing poppers. tarpon toads in green and whites also got crushed
CRONK
Weather:
A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY TO NORTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH FLORIDA SUNDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING IN ITS WAKE…THEN SHIFTING ONSHORE AND FRESHENING EARLY NEXT WEEK.
.GULF STREAM HAZARDS…SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM BASED ON THE REAL TIME OCEAN FORECAST SYSTEM FROM THURSDAY MARCH 3RD.
43 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PONCE INLET. 30 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL. 25 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET. 16 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET. 10 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SAINT LUCIE INLET.
This Afternoon
Southwest to west winds around 15 knots becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots late in the morning and early afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 4 seconds. Choppy on the intracoastal waters.
Tonight
Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 5 seconds. Choppy on the intracoastal waters.
tides
Stuart, St. Lucie River, Florida
27.2000° N, 80.2583° W
2016-03-04 Fri 1:46 PM EST 0.2 feet Low Tide
2016-03-04 Fri 6:23 PM EST Sunset
2016-03-04 Fri 6:50 PM EST 0.8 feet High Tide
Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida
27.4683° N, 80.2967° W
2016-03-04 Fri 4:23 PM EST 1.6 feet High Tide
2016-03-04 Fri 6:23 PM EST Sunset
2016-03-04 Fri 10:38 PM EST -0.1 feet Low Tide
CRONK