Same fishing waters, different way to get there.

For the past few days, it has been rather windy which means the seas have been up and we haven't been able to fish offshore.

Frank REALLY wanted to fish and had been strategizing how to get offshore without getting beat up too badly.  Rather than go out the St. Lucie Inlet and have to face rough waters coming in, he decided we would take the InterCoastal Waterway to the Jupiter Inlet.  We'd get out to fishing waters and then head north with the wind at our backs, entering the St. Lucie Inlet when we were done.

So, we headed out at our usual 7:30AM.  Nice weather (with a breeze) was in store.  There were a few boats on the river, but not a lot of fishing boats.  We headed down the ICW and anticipated it would take a while because of quite a few slow zones.  Plus, the scenery is nice too - big homes and big boats.

Jupiter Island is home to several well-known golfers, one in particular who has been in the news as of late.  (I just refuse to write his name.)  Needless to say, he is going to have lots of room in his McMansion to play host to all the other scoundrels that have been in the news lately. 

Maybe he lives here?

Couldn't resist taking a picture of the little bathtub tug boat.  :o)

A golf course!  Maybe he lives here.

And maybe his yacht is in this little marina.

The boat house of another famous golfer, Greg Norman. 

This property reportedly went to his ex-wife (the one before Chris Everett.)

If you zoom in, you will see a boat with a pink hull!  

The Jupiter Lighthouse.

Once we got close to the inlet, the chop increased considerably as the wind was blowing westward and the tide was coming in.  We made it out and got beyond the reef to a depth we could start fishing.

It was quite wavy but we got the lines out and things ready to catch some fish.  We had the whole ocean all to ourselves so without any competition we were sure we'd be bringing some prize catches home.

There were some scattered weeds around and when Frank went to clear one of the lines, something went after one of the baits. He free-lined it for a bit, but the fish didn't take the bait.  When he pulled it in, you could see it had been hit vs bit which meant it was probably a sailfish.  :o( 

We thought for certain we would see a lot of things floating, especially since the winds had been out of the east for the past few days.  No turtles or jellyfish, but we did find something that from one direction looked like a log.  Turned out to be a foam float.

We weren't having much luck and it was getting pretty uncomfortable.  So we trolled into shallower waters and pulled in the lines. 

We were really hoping we'd catch a few keepers, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards yesterday.