Stuart Fishing Reports

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing has gotten a lot better in the past couple of weeks. The main reason is the return of live bait. Acres of threadfin herring have returned to their usual haunts just outside of the St. Lucie inlet. The sailfish bite has improved greatly with m more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The dolphin bite offshore has really improved in the past ten days. A lot of boats have been filling their coolers with several dolphin almost every day. One charter boat had fifteen fis h to filet last Saturday along with two sailfish. The depths ra more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The east wind has been keeping most offshore fisherman inside but the big boats still go out and compete no matter what the conditions. Last week the Pelican Yacht Club annual sailfish tournament was fished in some nasty seas. The boats fish three ou more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The sailfish bite is finally starting to pick up a bit after one the warmest Decembers in south Florida. Anglers coming out of the St. Lucie Inlet have had to travel to either Jupiter or buoy 14 which is ten miles north in order to get live bait. Tha more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - High seas wind and rain have been keeping the offshore fishing to the larger boats. We have had more rain in the past three days than we had all summer but some boats do get out. Last week 111 sailfish were caught in a tournament that the boats fish more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - This fall has been very windy making it difficult for a lot of boats to fish offshore. The past week and a half has been no exception until this weekend. The Stuart area has had two sailfish tournaments this past week. The first one lasted two days a more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The dolphin have been biting out of the St. Lucie inlet this week. Many boats have been bringing home some tasty filets for the grill along with some wahoo and king fish. The SKA national tournament was held this week out of Fort Pierce. Several king more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The winds were blowing and a high surf advisory was in effect, but the last couple of days we were finally able to get out and fish. Sailfish and dolphin were on the menu and those that got out were rewarded. The sailfish migration is beginning to mo more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The mullet run in the north fork of the St. Lucie River was incredible last week. Acres of mullet of all sizes were being pounded by tarpon and oversized snook. One morning we saw several 100 lb. tarpon rocketing out of the water feeding on the helpl more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Before the winds started blowing last Monday the fishing was getting pretty good out of the St. Lucie inlet. Some dolphin were being caught any where from 125 ft. to 250ft. in scattered weeds.and some amberjack and grouper were being jigged up on the more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart