05/02/16

Good afternoon!

Offshore:

The offshore bite has been red HOT! Mahi in the 20-40lbs range have been caught out of St. Lucie inlet, the best depth to catch them has been 80-200ft Kingfish are being caught on the reefs in 80ft of water. The Cobia are still being caught off the Bull Sharks at the sandpile and up and down the beach off rays.

Inshore:

Snook fishing has been hot and only going to get better as time go on they are stacking up at the inlet to make the summer time move to the beach you can find large fish holding low in deeper water by the bridges and deeper dock and sea walls. the first light trout bite has been crazy good both right at sunrise and just after sunset we are even finding a few bigger redfish mixed in with the trout in Stuart on some dock lights.

north fort pierce to south vero is holding cleaner water and snook,redfish and trout are all being being caught in the bait school as they move up and down the river. hot baits have been D.O.A 441 and 309 in the 3 inch shad rigged on a jig head. the 401 in the 4 inch jerk bait rigged on a weedless worm rig fish this slow on the flats in holes with moving water. for you live bait guys a live shrimp under a popping cork rigged on 20lb fluorocarbon with a small hook like a size 2 Owner Gorilla light hook this hook. this is small and light and will help keep the shrimp alive and swimming. if you do not like fishing live bait you can rig a Vudu soft shrimp under a popping cork and have good results in the deeper holes.for you guys who like to fish the mangroves skipping a Soft-Dine under and working it out slow will get you fish.popper fishing at first light tight to the mangroves is also a good way to get the fish going. fishing 3-5 inch swim baits around the bait schools is a good way to hook into the big jacks that are running around in the river right now

Tight Lines Capt James Cronk

Weather

HIGH PRESSURE WELL EAST OF FLORIDA WILL GENERATE A MODERATE SOUTHEAST BREEZE TODAY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO TUESDAY…BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. A UNUSUALLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE TUESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS FORECAST OVER THE WATERS TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE PASSING FRONT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS TO THE WATERS THROUGH MID WEEK.

GULF STREAM HAZARDS…WINDS AND SEAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN THE GULF STREAM FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK DUE TO POST-FRONTAL NORTHERLY WINDS.

THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM BASED ON THE REAL TIME OCEAN FORECAST SYSTEM FROM FRIDAY APRIL 29TH.

42 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PONCE INLET. 30 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL. 26 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET. 17 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET. 11 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SAINT LUCIE INLET.

Today

Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 9 seconds. A moderate chop on the intracoastal waters. Slight chance of showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Tonight

Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 9 seconds. A light chop on the intracoastal waters. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening…then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Tides

Stuart, St. Lucie River, Florida

27.2000° N, 80.2583° W 2016-05-02 Mon 2:41 PM EDT 0.0 feet Low Tide

2016-05-02 Mon 7:55 PM EDT Sunset 2016-05-02 Mon 8:00 PM EDT 1.0 feet High Tide.

.Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida
27.4683° N, 80.2967° W

2016-05-02 Mon 11:10 AM EDT    0.1 feet Low Tide
2016-05-02 Mon 5:33 PM EDT    2.0 feet High Tide
2016-05-02 Mon 7:55 PM EDT   Sunset
2016-05-02 Mon 11:39 PM EDT    0.1 feet Low Tide

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