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Everything starts to come together offshore at this time of year, and this is the month where the most radical change in fishing occurs. The King Mackerel have moved inshore, and can be found from 10 to 60 miles offshore. The cobia have started to make some appearances, but really show themselves at the middle to end of this month.
Dolphin have shown up in the Gulf stream well, and a nice mix of gaffers and bailers are there to be had. A few have already moved into the 30-35 miles range. Grouper are biting form 40-60 miles right now, but will keep moving in. Wahoo are providing a good bite right now, early in the morning or late in the afternoon though.
The billfish start to show up this month, but are primarily offshore until the Sailfish come in during June. Amberjacks are always there to provide a fight like no other, and can also give a great meal if you take the loins off of the top.
There is plenty of fish to be had off of the beach right now and it will stay like this for the rest of the summer and fall.
Thursday started out to be one of the most beautiful days on the ocean that I have ever seen. We ran 55 mph all the way out to the stream. We started out jigging and the kings just kept cutting us off so we switched up and started trolling. IN three minutes a nice chunky blackfin hit the deck to break in the guys new Seacraft. We trolled for a while then we got to the spot. First one was a nice wahoo that was 50+, then a dolphin followed. Then another nice 40+ wahoo and the next one broke us off. We ran out of bait due to some dolphin short striking and we ran back to do some more grouper fishing. We started off with a nice red, then we jigged up about 10 speckled hinds but they were all short. Three more grouper came in the boat that were keepers before the day was over and it got a little bit sporty so we headed back in. Call us to book your trip today. I just want to throw in the we saw THREE Blue Marlin free jumping while we were at the stream and a Mako shark, so it looks likw it will be another great year for billfish.