The Palm Beach offshore grounds are producing this week, with mahi along the edge and a few late sailfish still around. Inshore, tarpon are piling into the inlets on the tides and the reef is giving up snapper. Here is the local outlook from Jupiter to Boynton.
What’s Hitting
Mahi are scattered along the edge and weed lines offshore, with bonito providing reliable action and a few sailfish lingering as the spring run winds down. Tarpon are stacked around the inlets — Jupiter, Lake Worth, and Boynton — feeding on the tides and the bait pushing through. The reef is producing mangrove and mutton snapper, improving toward the summer spawn. Snook are around the inlets on catch-and-release (Atlantic season closed June 1–August 31).
Where to Find Them
Run to the edge in 150-plus feet and hunt weed lines, birds, and debris for mahi. Tarpon hold around the inlet mouths and along the beachfront — follow the bait. Work the reef lines in 60–120 feet for snapper, best around the moon. The inlets themselves hold tarpon, snook, and snapper on a moving tide.
Tides & Conditions
Light early-summer winds should make the offshore run comfortable. Inshore, a hard-moving tide through the inlets is the key to the tarpon bite. Fish the morning before the sun and storms build, as is the June routine.
Tackle & Tactics
Troll small ballyhoo or pitch live baits to weed lines for mahi. Drift live mullet or crabs on circle hooks around the inlets for tarpon. For snapper, anchor up-current of the reef with a chum line, light fluorocarbon, and small hooks. Keep a jig rod ready for the bonito.
Spots & Access This Week
The mahi and tarpon action in early June concentrates in a handful of places that are easy to reach from public water. Offshore, the fleet works the current edge in 120 to 400 feet from the Jupiter Inlet south to the Lake Worth Inlet, and the weedlines that set up on the east wind. Inshore, the Lake Worth Inlet at Peanut Island and the Jupiter Inlet jetties hold the tarpon on the outgoing tide, and the Juno Beach and Lake Worth piers put shore anglers within casting range of the same bait. Public ramps are at the Burt Reynolds Park ramp in Jupiter, the Phil Foster Park ramp at Riviera Beach, and the Bryant Park ramp in Lake Worth. Tarpon are catch-and-release in Florida, and a tarpon tag is required to possess one — check current FWC regulations before keeping any fish.
Tactics Worth Repeating
On the edge, the boats that catch the most mahi in June are the ones that keep moving. Troll the color change until you find weed or birds, then pitch live baits to the fish that follow the hooked one to the boat — one fish on the line will hold the school. For the inlet tarpon, the bite is on the outgoing at first light and again at dusk, and a live mullet or a crab drifted with the current on a slack line outfishes a bait anchored in place. Use a 7/0 circle hook and 80-pound fluorocarbon, and bow to the fish on every jump.
This Week’s Tip
The inlet tarpon bite often turns on hard for a short window as the tide peaks and bait flushes through. Be in position before the tide change rather than running around looking — the fish will come to the funnel, and the angler who is set up and ready gets the bite.
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Also read: Palm Beach Fishing Report — Week of July 30, 2026: Mahi Offshore, Snapper on the Reef
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