Are the Lemons Still Around in Jupiter/Palm Beach (no feeding dives, please)

[guyharrisonphoto]

Would like to get out and see them if they are still migrating through.

Thanks!

 

[HalcyonDaze]

As I understand, they dispersed to ... well, wherever it is they go last month. The aggregation seems to run from December to about mid-March. Even the Emerald ​isn't seeing many. Hammerheads are starting to turn up, though.

 

[guyharrisonphoto]

Thanks Halcyon, I thought I had missed it for this year, drat, first year to miss it.

But Hammers? Really! Any particular sites? I might get out tomorrow . . .

 

[HalcyonDaze]

I'm still trying to find out myself - I got one fleeting glimpse of a scalloped hammerhead last summer and a great hammerhead is still on my to-see list. The Emerald seems to offer the best odds, but that's because if they're not feeding they're spearing. If I had to name the two non-feed charters in the North Palm Beach County area that I've had the best shark luck with, they'd be Narcosis and Sandy's Sunday. Granted those two, the Emerald, and Kyalami have been the only boats in the area I've been out on so the sample size is a bit small. I like to keep track of Narcosis because they're pretty good at keeping their dive reports up to date and in an archive you can easily browse - West Palm Beach Dive Reports from Narcosis Dive Charters

Looking through, it seems like a few sightings of lemons in ones and twos and threes have come up in the past week or two, and a number of hammerhead sightings.

 

[SSharkk]

I saw 6 or so on Friday 04/04/2014 with www.jupiterdivecenter.com.

 

[wspalding]

The Lemon sharks are still hanging around Area 51 dive site (Lemon Drop) as of this past weekend. At least on e person in our group saw a tiger shark there too.

 

[guyharrisonphoto]

Thanks everyone. Will try and get out on a JDC 3-tanker this Friday.