Stuart Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Snook season has finally arrived and we did well on opening day. We decided to do something a little different this year. Instead of using the boat, we walked the beach on Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound. It was a picture perfect morning as the sun came more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Summer is in full swing and so are the summer fishing patterns. Some days are great while on others you cannot find any fish. One day last week we were in schools of peanut dolphin. We had hundreds around the boat an had fun watching them chase Spani more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Sailfish and snook are the dominant species being caught out of the St. Lucie inlet. Sailfish have been clobbering live baits fished on top from 40 ft. out to240 ft. The dolphin bite has been scattered and not confined to any one area. Find weedlines more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past couple of weeks have been pretty rainy but between the rain days there has been some great fishing. Offshore the sailfish bite has been pretty awesome for this time of year. I have seen and caught fish from 40ft. out to 300 ft. The key is fi more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The fishing has been great the past couple of weeks if you could get out between the monsoons. Kings have been chasing bait from the surf out to 30 ft. of water just outside the St. Lucie Inlet. Both greenies and sardines have been plentiful. The dol more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing in the Stuart area has really turned on. The past couple of weeks have yielded some great dolphin catches and surprisingly a good number of sails. Some big king mackerel are being caught both north and south of the inlet. Some have been over more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past two weeks have had some crazy weather swings from warm to cool and windy as cold fronts still keep coming through this late in the season. Last week we had seas as high as twelve ft. and some river water temperatures in the sixties. We all k more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Cobia! We waited for along time but Cobia finally showed in numbers. We were in a live bait drought for over a week, when it was found in 65 ft. of water five miles southeast of the St. Lucie inlet. This spot holds bridge rubble that was dumped there more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The past two weeks have certainly been up and down weather-wise, but we were still able to get some fishing in. Scattered sailfish and dolphin are being caught both north and south of the inlet from 120 ft. to 260 ft. Closer in there are plenty of ki more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Last Thursday was a beautiful day as we left the St. Lucie inlet and headed south. Bait had been scarce the previous few days but we could see a fleet of boats in 40 ft. of water two miles south. Large greenies were breaking the surface and it did no more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart