DEC 1, 2018

Good morning,

The sailfish bite has been slow the past week with most recreational boats catching 1 or 2 Sails a day and the Sportfishing guys catching 3-5 a day. Earlier this week 16 boats fished the Quickie Sailfish tournament and caught a total of 53 both days. The “Alikai” took the win with 8 fish overall! Congrats guys! Tomorrow is the final day of the Pirates Cove Sailfish Classic, so far a total of 45 Sails have been caught. There have been reports of a few Blackfin around as well. The Wahoo bite across the stream has been pretty good too, we’ve had many boats coming back with reports of 40-70lb fish being caught.

The inshore Redfishing has been great in Ft Pierce and Vero, with the tide being so high it’s best to hit shorelines and shallow flats on a low tide. Bridge fishing in Stuart has been god as well with a bunch of those big winter time slobs being caught. Flair hawks and big swimbaits are your best bet. The beach has been on fire with Pompano and Bluefish, Sandfleas and clams are to go to for the Pomps. 1/2oz – 1.5oz spoons are your best bet for the Bluefish and Spanish Macks.

Weather:

A high pressure ridge well offshore the southeast U.S. will continue to shift eastward over the western Atlantic through early next week. Southeast winds will freshen out of the south and southwest this weekend. A strong cold front will push across the local coastal waters late Tuesday with a chance of lightning storms out ahead of it. Boating conditions will deteriorate behind the front as increasing northwest winds cause seas to build.

.GULF STREAM HAZARDS…Southeast to south winds increasing up to around 20 knots with seas building to 5 to 6 feet through tonight.

The approximate location of the west wall of the Gulf Stream based on the Real Time Ocean Forecast System as of Thursday, November 29th.

45 nautical miles east of Ponce Inlet. 31 nautical miles east of Port Canaveral. 28 nautical miles east of Sebastian Inlet. 21 nautical miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet. 12 nautical miles east of Saint Lucie Inlet.

This Afternoon

South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with a dominant period 5 seconds. Choppy on the intracoastal waters. Slight chance of showers.

Tonight

South 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. Slight chance of showers.

Sunday

South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet with a dominant period 11 seconds. A moderate chop on the intracoastal waters. Chance of showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

South winds 10 to 15 knots becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A light chop on the intracoastal waters. Slight chance of showers.

Tides:

Stuart, St. Lucie River, Florida
27.2000° N, 80.2583° W

2018-12-01 Sat 5:26 PM EST   Sunset
2018-12-01 Sat 5:58 PM EST    1.1 feet High Tide
2018-12-02 Sun 1:16 AM EST    0.2 feet Low Tide
2018-12-02 Sun 6:37 AM EST    1.1 feet High Tide
2018-12-02 Sun 6:54 AM EST   Sunrise
2018-12-02 Sun 1:46 PM EST    0.4 feet Low Tide
2018-12-02 Sun 5:26 PM EST   Sunset
2018-12-02 Sun 6:56 PM EST    1.1 feet High Tide

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