Well April did bring the showers so if you were able to get out great. Let us hope that the winds start moving away so we can take advantage of the great fishing are waters have to offer.
The bottom fishing has been producing great numbers of sea bass and other species. Triggerfish and Snapper have been plentiful.
The Grouper season will reopen May 1 so be ready to work the muscles hard. You will need to go deep to get them look around the 110-200ft areas to get the bigger size. With the Grouper season open that means that we will have to get our bottom gear serviced or replaced. I would recommend replacing your line if you didn’t do so last year. You don’t want to have your line break on that one big fish.
The Mahi Mahi bite has been better than average so for this year, not seeing the numbers as before but larger fish are being caught. I can’t stress enough to watch the waters as you head out to deep water, I have heard and seen Mahi Mahi being caught in 100-300 ft. of water, remember the waters have been going through so many changes. I have been trolling big ballyhoo to get them to bite.
Kingfish have been hitting everything you show them. They are being taken in the 60-120 ft range averaging 10 lbs but bigger ones have been caught. Great job to the Kosiba family for landing some big ones.
In closing I want to stress to everyone when they get on the water to be very cautious. The turtles are showing up and ready to come ashore and lay their eggs.
SEBASTIAN OFFSHORE FORECAST MAY 2016
Capt Doug Kaska
Sebastian Fishing Charters
www.sebastianfishingcharters.com
Phone: 321-368-9444