Fishing Reports by Capt. Colin Hickey

Summer Fishing - The first official day of summer was last week however the warmth of the water wouldn't make you think so. I just got back from the abacos where the fishing was the worse I have seen, after finding birds working bait in several spots there was nothin more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

SouthEast Winds All Week - NOAA forecast shows 5-10 knt winds this week. This should push bait schools in along the shore, making a short run to target kings. The bait has been around finding it is the tough part. I just got back from the islands, however all the talk has more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

King, Dorados, Hoos, and Sails - With hundreds of boats out over the weekend in a 10 mile stretch it made fishing your favorite spots tough. Three tournaments were happening all in the same day, I would say bad planning on the tournament committees. However, there were enough fi more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore: Summer Smokers are back! - Fished a KDW tourny the past Saturday. All the action our team had was a 7lb. dorphin (small dolphin) a nice sail and too many bonita to count. The winning fish was a 57lb. wahoo that struck a live goggle-eye in 150-200ft. The dolphin action was pret more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore Jupiter Inlet - The day started with multiple knockdowns on the flat lines within 30 seconds after setting up the spread, In about 160ft staying away from the plethora of boats in about 110ft, the excitement was gone when two large bonita were the outcome. After get more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore Action - I wasn't around for most of it, but the cobia bite over the past couple months was the best in recent years. It seems like everyone was finding some action whether it was inshore or off the drop. This is the time of year when kings start becoming mo more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Offshore - The fishing has been sub-par. Last week winds hurt the fishing. This week it has been the seas and strong winds again. If you do make it out, dont be surprised if you hook up with a sail. If your going to target the sails, you definitely should be ab more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Jupiter Inlet, Hobe Sound & Juno Beach - Slow Slow Slow Weekend action turned out to be awful. Schoolie dorado all measuring up to be just over limit some in the 3-4 lb. range. Others out there ran up to 20 miles off shore looking for action, same results except in less numbers. A color more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Jupiter Inlet, Hobe Sound & Juno Beach - Slow Slow Slow Weekend action turned out to be awful. Schoolie dorado all measuring up to be just over limit some in the 3-4 lb. range. Others out there ran up to 20 miles off shore looking for action, same results except in less numbers. A color more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter

Jupiter Inlet, Hobe Sound & Juno Beach - Local News First, before we get into fishing, we should all say our prayers for the tragedy which occured in our area over the weekend. Unfortunately, our hobbies can often be dangerous which was seen with the diver who did not surface in Jupiter more...
Capt. Colin Hickey - Jupiter