Treasure Coast fishing offshore will be very good this weekend – TCPalm

TCPalm fishing report May 20, 2022: Calm seas will invite offshore angling

Calm seas will invite anglers offshore.

Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers

Calm seas will invite anglers offshore the next few days. Watch those social media posts for yellowfin tuna and blackfin tuna, plus large mahi mahi.

Grouper fishing will be good, too, as long as the current allows.

Along the beach, it is less about pompano and more about whiting. The whiting are biting everywhere there is no sargassum.

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Closures & regulations changes in effect:Anglers are reminded about thesefishery harvest closures currentlyunderway and ones about to begin and end.

For complete fishing regulations in Florida go toMyFWC.com.

The Capt. Patrick Price and DayMaker reefs were deployed Sunday and Monday, respectively. The two reefs were deployed out by the Fort Pierce Sportfishing Club permitted area. GPS numbers will be published when they become avilable.

Offshore:Mark Godwin caught a 105-pound yellowfin tuna 25 miles east of Sebastian Inlet. With calm seas in the forecast the next several days, anglers will be able to fish the Gulf Stream for dolphin, wahoo and tuna.

Inshore:Sebastian Inlet will be a hot spot the next two weeks as people try to catch that last slot snook. June 1 through Aug. 31 there will be a seasonal spawning closure for snook. Live croakers and large jigs will be the best choice.

Freshwater:Former Indian River County sheriff Deryl Loar said Headwaters Lake fishing has been on fire. He had a day with 23 bass including five over five pounds. The big fish are going deeper, and shiner fishing is getting worse, but there are plenty of fish being caught.

Offshore:Grouper fishing is getting good in 100 to 150 feet of water, if the current allows. Dead sardines, cut grunts or large jigs will get bites from large gag grouper, or greater amberjacks.

Inshore:There have been a few tarpon around. In the inlet and just off Hutchinson Island, tarpon up to 125 pounds have been biting on live greenies and pilchards. There have been a few snook around structure like bridges and the rocks of the inlet. For trout, fish the northern part of county waters early in the morning.

Surf:Paul Sperco of Capt. Paul's Fishing Charters really murdered the whiting on a day this week. Fishing Hutchinson Island with Fishbites was key. Sperco found a spot where the seaweed was not a problem, and that is the key.

Offshore:Snapper fishing is best in 70-80 feet of water. Mutton snapper to 14 pounds have been caught by anglers fishing the headboats. There has also been some mangrove snapper to 6 pounds caught. Lane snapper to 2 pounds are being caught, too. Run and gun anglers are finding dolphin in 100-300 feet of water.

Inshore: Snook fishing is pretty good in the the St. Lucie River around docks and the bridges. Use D.O.A. Terror Eyz for best results. The snook think they are small crabs. There are tripletail around the channel markers and tarpon at the Crossroads taking live bait. Use live shrimp for the tripletail.

Bass are in deeper spots avoiding the higher heat. Fish with lipless crank baits to catch them. Observation Shoal, the Point of the Reef and Pearce Canal have been good spots to find fish

Ed Killer is TCPalm's outdoors writer. Sign up for his and other weekly newsletters at profile.tcpalm.com/newsletters/manage. Friend Ed on Facebook at Ed Killer, follow him on Twitter @tcpalmekiller or email him at ed.killer@tcpalm.com. There will be no fishing report the next two weeks. It will resume June 9.

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Treasure Coast fishing offshore will be very good this weekend - TCPalm