West Palm Beach Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Craig Korczynski
West Palm Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

August has arrived signifying the heat is still on and this tends to be the hottest month for South Florida. If you can’t beat the heat, at least beat the fish in a tug of war match. Windy conditions for the local palm beaches continued until the end of this...

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Craig Korczynski West Palm Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

August has arrived signifying the heat is still on and this tends to be the hottest month for South Florida. If you can’t beat the heat, at least beat the fish in a tug of war match.
Windy conditions for the local palm beaches continued until the end of this past weekend, finally giving anglers a reprieve from turbulent conditions.
Snook fishing has been excellent along channel edges, docks, and sea walls. Moving water equals hungry fish. Live baits and DOA C.A.L. 3" shad tail have been the baits of choice. Snook are ranging in size from 2 to 25 pounds.
Tarpon fishing has been hit and miss past week. I believe slower bite contributed to south wind and dirty water. Incoming tide cleaner water fish seemed to be happier taking live baits and DOA Terror Eyz worked along the bottom.
Deep holes and channel edges still offering jacks, bluefish, mackerel, snapper, sharks and many other species. Live baits great way to get fish fired up, but top water Rapala skitter walks and DOA C.A.L. 3" shad tail also trigger strikes.

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Rudy Neumann
Riviera Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been pretty good. Still getting mahi, bonita,mutton snapper, and some yellow tail. Also grunts triggers and porgies. Have to deal with a lot of sharks though.

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Rudy Neumann Riviera Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been pretty good. Still getting mahi, bonita,mutton snapper, and some yellow tail. Also grunts triggers and porgies. Have to deal with a lot of sharks though.

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Robert Pujol
Coral Springs, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been slow, water temperature too hot and sea weed has been brutal . Alot of small mahi, some cudas, but snapper fishing has been pretty good.

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Robert Pujol Coral Springs, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been slow, water temperature too hot and sea weed has been brutal . Alot of small mahi, some cudas, but snapper fishing has been pretty good.

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Anthony Corcella III
St. Petersburg, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Hog fishing is hot!!! If you have the patience to hunt these guys down, I will offer up the same great strategy that seems to work for me: To start off, I utilize medium lite to medium size fishing rods- and our “weapons of choice” are the green stick made...

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Anthony Corcella III St. Petersburg, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Hog fishing is hot!!!
If you have the patience to hunt these guys down, I will offer up the same great strategy that seems to work for me: To start off, I utilize medium lite to medium size fishing rods- and our “weapons of choice” are the green stick made by Kris green these custom fishing can be purchased at ST. Pete Fishing Outfitters. I prefer a 10-15lb rod rating, but you can go with what you will have the most confidence in. As usual, the line of choice 15lb Braid attached to a 20lb fluorocarbon leader. What I feel is the most critical component of my setup is the use a 1/4oz Mission Fishin jig-head. Now that we talked about the setup, let’s get to how to find them. I’m going to suggest you search around ledges- there’s no need to look for the wrecks. When fishing these areas and using this type of rig, you will also hook up with a fair amount of Mangrove Snapper and Key West Grunts. The water depth I am looking to fish in is 25-60ft. Save yourself some of your hard earned money. There is no need to buy the biggest shrimp at the bait shop to catch these guys. Regular or Hand Picked shrimp work just fine for this application, but make sure you bring plenty of them. As a rule of thumb, I typically make sure to bring 15 dozen shrimp for my clients when I’m running a 4 hour charter. 4thST bait and tackle and Mitch’s bait and tackle always has great looking shrimp! So when you’re out there hoggin’ try to bring a 4/0 reel lined with 80lb matched with a stout rod. You’re going to want to drop a 3-5oz sinker to bottom (depending on current) with a dead bait to the bottom. My personal favorite here is to have a butterflied Key West grunt attached to the business end. Make sure you lock the drag down and then simply set it in a rod holder. You just may happen to pull up a nice Gag Grouper ( If you put these tips to use and you’ll set yourself up for some great cold weather fishing & some of the best tasting fish you can get!! Check out our New Tv show on Waypoint.

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Charlie Stuve
Tequesta, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Looks like the unseasonal wind is finally subsiding. Mutton snapper has been the highlight bottom fishing. King fish bonitos and mahi are around. I've been finding some Goliath grouper and large snook for the Instagram bros. Mullet run is right around the corner. Then the tarpon ,snook,Jack, and blacktip sharks...

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Charlie Stuve Tequesta, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Looks like the unseasonal wind is finally subsiding. Mutton snapper has been the highlight bottom fishing. King fish bonitos and mahi are around. I've been finding some Goliath grouper and large snook for the Instagram bros. Mullet run is right around the corner. Then the tarpon ,snook,Jack, and blacktip sharks will be abundant. When this happens we always seem to find mahi offshore.

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John Shanley with Jurassic Park Fishing Charters
Delray Beach, Florida
Reported: 3 years ago

Non stop action on the morning half with this family from North Florida! Got on the peacocks good on the docks then went deep for a clown and they were just as thick

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John Shanley with Jurassic Park Fishing Charters Delray Beach, Florida Reported: 3 years ago

Non stop action on the morning half with this family from North Florida! Got on the peacocks good on the docks then went deep for a clown and they were just as thick

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