LOCAL FISHING REPORT

OFFSHORE FISHING

■ Off Jensen Beach, the cobia bite has been good from the sand pile all the way up to the Fort Pierce Inlet. They are hitting on live blue crabs.

■ From Palm Beach up to the Jupiter Inlet, there has been a good blackfin tuna bite in 130 to 300 feet of water. They are hitting on live sardines and pilchards. In those same depths, but more toward the Jupiter Inlet, there also have been good numbers of bonito.

■ The king mackerel are still plentiful and are being taken at the ledge in 120 feet on most live baits.

■ There has been an excellent yellowtail snapper bite recently off the Juno Pier in 80 to 90 feet. Bonito strips are working well for bait.

■ Off Boynton Beach, the morning bite has been excellent in 120 to 200 feet for bonito, blackfin tuna, king mackerel and a few African pompano. They have been hitting on drifted sardines.

■ Closer in, 40 to 70 feet, there have been cero mackerel, yellowtail snapper and a few black grouper. Small gold spoons or Got-Cha Jigs are working well for the cero, jigs tipped with squid for the snapper and live goggle eyes fished on the bottom for grouper. There have been good numbers of ballyhoo in this area as well.

■ In the afternoon, the sea breezes have helped cool things off a bit. With the relief, however, the bite has backed off some. There are still some bonito hitting in 160 to 200 feet. Best fishing has been over the reefs between 35 to

120 feet for an occasional king mackerel, yellowtail snapper, mutton snapper and great barracuda up to 40 pounds.

■ For anglers fishing right at sunset, in 60 to 95 feet, the bite for king mackerel, mutton and yellowtail snapper has been firing up.

■ A bit farther out, in 120 to 180 feet, big wahoo up to 50 pounds and blackfin tuna to 30 pounds are hitting sardines right at twilight.

■ Once the sun sets completely, the snapper bite has pretty much shut off and the kings have been moving out to 120 to 160 feet and hitting on drifted sardines and live baits such as flying fish, ballyhoo, pilchards or small goggle eyes.

INSHORE FISHING

■ Anglers working the beaches in the Jensen Beach area have been having a blast catching big snook. They are getting them using live pilchards.

■ In the St. Lucie and Indian Rivers, permit are being caught on crabs and live shrimp.

■ Redfish are being caught on blue crabs in the Intracoastal Waterway around the power plant.

■ Along the beaches in Jupiter, anglers are seeing good numbers of tarpon. The snook in the area are mostly being caught in the inlet.

■ Using one- to threeounce Crocodile spoons and Yozuri offshore poppers in blue/white or yellow/red patterns, anglers fishing off Lantana Public Beach and at Gulfstream Park are reporting catching snook, jack crevalle and barracuda just before sunrise.

■ In the same areas, surf casters using small, live sand perch or jacks are catching great barracuda up to 50 pounds and permit using live crabs.

■ The Boynton Inlet jetties have been packed with anglers and live bait. There have been goggle eyes, pilchards, sardines and cigar minnows moving around and through the inlet with the tides. Snook, tarpon, barracuda, mangrove and dog snapper as well as permit are being caught.

■ For snook, tarpon and permit, anglers fishing the outgoing tide are having good luck.

■ Anglers bouncing two- to three-ounce yellow chicken feathers or white/red Flair Hawks off the south jetty during the outgoing tide at night have been hooking big snook.

■ The water temperature has been very hot in the Intracoastal Waterway and with still large amounts of fresh water being dumped, anglers will want to fish the deeper channels and holes with live shrimp for mangrove snapper, bonefish and tarpon.

■ The Lantana Bridge has been holding lots of bait lately, mostly gizzard shad and small herring. Snook, tarpon, barracuda and jack crevalle have been hitting live baits during the day. At night, moonfish are hitting jigs while snook and tarpon have been hitting live baits fished around the shadow lines.

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

■ Anglers fishing the early mornings using live shiners are having the best luck for bass. For artificial baits, white swim jigs have been working well. Top areas are King’s Bar, Tin House Cove and Indian Prairie.

■ The bluegill bite is still good. Best bets are the deeper portions of the rim canals and the Kissimmee River. Top baits are still crickets and worms.

■ For fly fishermen, the action on bluegill and smaller, large mouth bass has been good.