Well it seems that only yesterday I was talking about Spring fishing and now we're shifting gears into the Summer mode. I guess we should begin by mentioning that the dolphin or mahi have arrived in good numbers over the last couple of weeks. The only downside is that the fish have been out quite a bit. Mixed in with the school size fish there have been several fish in the teens and even some over 20 pounds. One of the nice things about dolphin fishing is that once you find a school you can cast your favorite jig or lure. Anglers that prefer fly fishing can also get in on the action when they encounter schools of fish. The fish can be quite acrobatic and always put up a good fight.
Closer to shore there has been a decent kingfish bite especially in the afternoons. Most of these kings average around 10 pounds or so. Along with the kings there have also been quite a few mutton snapper around. On a recent trip we came in after dolphing fishing and decided to anchor up to try our luck with the muttons and we ended up catching four and releasing one in just a couple of hours. All of the fish were caught on live ballyhoo netted right before we anchored over one of the county wrecks.
Speaking of snapper, the time to begin targetting them is here. Last year we enjoyed several nice catches of yellowtail during the day and night. Night fishing is usually better especially for the larger mangrove snapper. I'll we be targetting the yellowtail later on this week and hope to have the details on my next report.
Other species that have showed up are cobia and bonito. I expect the bonito to show up with a vengence here pretty soon. Even the bonito have little food value they can be a lot of fun especially on light tackle.
Well, there you have it. If you don't like fishing in rough seas now is the time to go. Seas have been a delight and should continue like this for most of the Summer. If you're ready to get in on the action give me a call so that we can set something up.
Till next time,
Capt. Orlando Muniz
Nomad Fishing Charters
www.NomadFishing.com
(786)266-0171