A little of this and a little of that brings smiles to first time anglers.

Pictured here is a catch from earlier in the week aboard the "Lisa B". We were blessed with no seaweed issues for a day off Hillsboro inlet. Everything you see here was caught while trolling between 100 and 350 feet of water. The tuna and bonito were caught mostly on the top rods while the kingfish were caught on the deeper planer rods. Blue water pushed in towards the beach which created a perfect area for pelagics. Several sailfish and wahoo were caught by the fleet of boats trolling the same area. If you see clean blue water when you exit the inlet, put in some time right out front before running to the north or south. All of these fish in the picture were caught no more than 1 mile north or south of Hillsboro Inlet.

The one thing I can say about growing up in and fishing in South Florida is that every day is completely different. One day the water can be green and dirty, and the next day completely clean and blue. This makes it exciting because fishing can improve and deteriorate rather quickly. The seaweed which has been a problem for the last 60 days seems to be a bit better this week. We were able to find areas offshore between the weed lines that were completely fishable.

For the weekend outlook, we are hoping for a constant flow of clean blue water and good fishing. The snapper fishing remained excellent all week. Local anglers enjoyed mutton snapper as well as yellowtail catches, which were consistent. The sword bite finally improved over the last few days with fish being caught up to 150 pounds. We sure had a dry run the last few weeks, but we are excited for the weekend bite! The sword bite seemed to be best in 1650 feet of water.

For an up-to-the-minute fishing report, tune into Big 105.9 Friday mornings at 6:20 AM for the Paul Castronovo Papas Pilar fishing report.

Stay tight!

RJ Boyle