LAKE OKEECHOBEE
Bluegills were biting worms in and along the outside grass lines. Bass were biting soft-plastic topwater lures and worms.
EVERGLADES/FRESHWATER
Bass guide John Pate said the best bite has been in the canals along Alligator Alley by mile marker 41 and in the Miami Canal. He also caught bass and some peacock bass using small shiners in the Lake Ida-Lake Osborne chain.
SOUTH FLORIDA INSHORE
Snook up to 20 pounds were biting live bait at night at Government Cut.
SOUTH FLORIDA OFFSHORE
Capt. Ryan McBride, who fishes out of Hillsboro Inlet, reported good snapper fishing at night for yellowtails, muttons and mangroves. Lots of small dolphin were biting Thursday. Capt. Bouncer Smith, who fishes out of Government Cut, reported catches of kingfish up to 20 pounds in the afternoons and lots of bonitos all day long. Dolphin were caught in 1,000 feet on Thursday.
KEYS
Capt. Mike Weinhofer, of Key West, said tarpon were biting in the harbor and the backcountry. Permit were around rockpiles. Anglers were catching limits of groupers from the Marquesas to the Dry Tortugas. Red snappers were biting on the Gulf side.
