The best way to describe the fishing both offshore and inshore for the past two weeks since my last report is very up and down. Offshore it has been up when there is current and a real struggle when there is no current. Inshore, tarpon fishing remains inconsistent at both Haulover and Government at best. The one bright spot has been in the Bay.
With the lack of current offshore, there has been green ugly looking water. This has spread the fish out and with numerous boats spread out along 25 miles of coastline, you'll hear about fish being found in 115 - 240 feet of water. The area between the Miami Sea Buoy and the Cuban Hole has been giving up some fish. You have to work the area hard and have some luck on your side also. As soon as the current gets back in our area, the fishing should pick up dramatically.
Kingfishing has been slow as well. Your best bet for some action is to get a bait down deep just off the bottom using 1 pound of lead and a long leader. If you bait survives before the bottom critters get to it, you'll be rewarded with a nice 8 - 10 pound kingfish.
Lets talk about the one bright spot with tarpon fishing. Its been the Bay. If you are flexible and are willing to fish some odd ball hours, then you can follow the tide throughout the night and get your fair share of fish. If your schedule will not allow flexibility, then you'll have a 3 day window twice a month to get your shots during the normal hours that we fish for tarpon. The challenge of keeping the fish away from the obstructions will hone your angling skills very quickly. I refer to it as gorilla tarpon fishing.
Since it's been so long since my last report, I won't get into the day by day report. I will however mention some of the highlights.
While waiting for some tarpon action, we've been catching bluefish, jack crevalle, mangrove snapper, lane snapper, and ladyfish.
The USS Gridley was in Miami to be commissioned. I participated in the Take A Hero fishing event. Gerald Diaz and his father-in-law Scott Meyers fished with me. It was a win, win day for us. Gerald wanted to catch a sailfish and we got that accomplished. Scott wanted to catch a dolphin and we got that accomplished too. Throw in a few kingfish and a couple more dolphin and we had a great day.
Dorin Khouri caught his first Atlantic Sailfish on one of those lack of current, green ugly water days. We also had another one on for a short time before the circle hook pulled. The bottom rod added an 8 pound kingfish to the days catch.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
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