Yesterday the wind was blowing 15 to 20 mph out of the Southeast, making for very choppy conditions on the ocean. Despite 4 to 6 ft seas, my morning charter was amped up to do some offshore fishing. We started trolling around 7:30am and immediately landed a kingfish and a dolphin. The action remained fairly steady and we were able to land 3 more dolphin before heading in at 10:30am. We also hooked a sailfish, but he came unhooked after making a hundred yard run. Overall it was a successful half day charter with 4 dolphin and a kingfish making it to the fillet table.
My afternoon trip was an inshore fishing charter along the intracoastal waterway. We started the trip buying 2 dozen pilchards for live bait. We tried tarpon fishing at one of my favorite spots, but they were nowhere to be found and we moved after 20 minutes. We then made a 2 mile run to an area where the jacks and bluefish have been thick. We had a blast catching a few jacks up to 10 lbs and a couple bluefish up to 4 lbs on artificial lures. They were hitting plugs and spoons on the troll in 5 ft of water. After the jacks and bluefish stopped biting we made a 3 mile run back to the south to fish the Boynton spillway with live bait.
We ended up hooking 5 snook and landed 2 of them. They were not keepers, but still fun to catch on light spinning tackle. I have inshore and offshore charters lined up for the rest of the week, so stay tuned for more fishing reports for the Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach area
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Captain Chris Agardy
561-451-7646