Fishing Reports by Capt. Kevin Drennan

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Blue marlin are the buzz off of Stuart the past week. Several boats have been catching them while hunting for sailfish. One boat had a bill fish grand slam, catching a sailfish and both a blue and a white marlin. The sail fishing is still spotty and more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The winds have been blowing for three weeks and the only boats going through the St. Lucie Inlet have been the big sport fishers. Seas have been from 7 to 9 ft. for days on end. This week the wind and waves have subsided enough for the smaller boats more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The annual sailfish tournaments are under way out of Stuart and so far they are not up to last year’s numbers. We need a good strong cold front to push the fish down from the north. The dolphin bite has been fairly decent. Look for flying fish near s more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing offshore of Stuart has been hit and miss the past couple of weeks but it is gradually getting better. After trolling ballyhoo for a couple of hours the other day, we came across a 2 by 4 floating in some scattered weed. Two lines screamed off more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Last week the weather turned in our favor and we were treated to nice seas offshore. There were some nice edges from 120 to 260 feet that were holding some dolphin. Not all gaffers but some decent school size. All one had to do was go directly east o more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - It has been a while and unbelievably another hurricane since my last report. I hope you all came out of it well. In the few times I have been out, as of late, there were not a lot of good things happening off Stuart. The brown water from the runoff h more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - After being pounded by hurricane Frances for 2 days, and being without power for 9days, I can finally give somewhat of a fishing report for the Stuart area. It took quite a while for the seas to calm down enough and boats to venture out again but eve more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - The fish of the week in the Stuart area has been tarpon. They have been all over the St. Lucie river from Hell’s gate to Club Med. . We saw many fish in 100lb class. I had the pleasure of fishing with my friends Mike McCarthy and Scott Rhein the o more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - Fishing in the past week has been a carbon copy of the previous one. Bonito, bonito, and more bonito. On one trip, we loaded up on bait at the sandpile. The sandpile is in 55 ft. of water two miles northeast of the St. Lucie inlet. It was created two more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart

Fishing Report for Indian River & St. Lucie River - Offshore - We had a fair week of fishing out of the St. Lucie inlet. Each trip began with the loading up on live bait and heading out. The dolphin are stll very scattered and hard to find. Barracuda, bonito, and kings are the mainstay, with an occasional sail. more...
Capt. Kevin Drennan - Stuart