As I'm writing this report, we're experiencing some very windy, rainy weather that is coming through the South Florida area. Prior to this, the weather has ranged from almost calm to the point of needing helium to fly the kite to very windy and needing to put up the kite with the holes in it. The air temperature has been perfect with mornings in the upper 60's to low 70's and the daytime temperatures in the 70's. Throughout this range of wind conditions, the one constant has been that there have been sailfish on most every trip. Throw in some dolphin ranging from schoolie size up to 30 pounds and a sprinkling of kingfish and the fishing has been good. Besides the fish mentioned above, we've had visits from mutton snapper, bonito, barracuda and a 6 foot hammerhead shark.
Over the past several days, I've had the pleasure of fishing with Ed Donovan on one trip, Ken Karetnick, his son Jeff, his dad Barry, and his brother-in-law John Cross on another trip, an evening trip with brothers Nick and Jeff Luders and their wives Erin and Heather, and on the windiest day brothers Paul, Joe, and Bruce Rougraff.
On these trips, we covered the area from Haulover Inlet to as far south as Triumph Reef. The offshore trips were productive in the 105 - 130 foot range and we had north current on all the trips. The water color ranged from ugly green to a beautiful deep blue. The interesting thing was that the sails were in relatively shallow and the water color didn't seem to matter to much.
What you'll notice about all the trips except one is that they were family groups. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Family Fishing is FUN!! To get in on the fun, all it takes is a phone call (305 965-9454) or email nkostyo@bellsouth.net to arrange your trip. Get your family or group together and lets get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors and the fishing the Miami area has to offer.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net