Recent weather patterns have the fish and the fishermen guessing. The sailfish have tapered off with the calmer conditions, but fishing for dorado and African pompano has improved. Amberjack and grouper are being caught on the wrecks offshore with live pinfish and butterfly jigs.
The beaches are seeing runs of pompano, snook and mackerel. The best bait for that being sand flees, sardines and mullet. Any artificials resembling them should work as well.
According to Captain Rich Smith, fishing in Biscayne Bay has been tough over the last week. He has found more bonefish outside of Elliot Key. Permit are still on the offshore wrecks for the most part, but should move into the bay in the next couple weeks.
Most guides are attributing slow fishing in the everglades to the transitional period between winter and spring. As water levels and temperatures stabilize over the next week, fishing should improve. Some nice sized schools of redfish have been showing up in the early mornings on Snake Bight Flat, with lots of trout on grass flats off Florida Bay.
Chris Hunter of Worldwide Sportsman says, “peacocks are everywhere in the canals and biting anything you throw...once you find them.” He suggests Snapper Creek (C2) and spur canals as good places to start.
Check back every Wednesday for a new report and make sure to listen to Chris Hunter on the Florida Sportsman radio show on 1080 AM Saturday mornings at 7am.-Tee Clarkson
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