Fishing Reports Oct. 17, 2010
Capt Alan Sherman - Miami-Dade
Fishing in South Florida has been spectacular! Almost! Recently our weather has been a little cloudy and a cold front is due to move through South Florida sometime today or tomorrow and usher away Tropical Storm Paula that really didn't do anything to our weather. I was out on Monday and Tuesday and fished offshore even though there were plenty of fish to fish in the Bay the weather was nice, bait fish plentiful so why not take advantage of the calmer conditions and see what was biting offshore. On Monday bright skies and a little easterly wind kept the tunas from coming up to the surface but we did find a few dolphins of which we landed two and released one but saw the 15 pounder swim by without even looking our way. Did a little deep dropping over a wreck and hand cranked 10 nice vermilion snappers into the cooler and lost a sizable bottom fish to the wreck. Moved in on the reef and had non stop kingfish action until it was time to go in. On Tuesday we did the same thing. Loaded up with bait in the bay and took them offshore. Very overcast and a little misty rain but quite comfortable. Headed offshore looking for the dolphins and maybe some tunas when we encountered a pod of close to one hundred bottle nose dolphins that just would not leave the side of the boat. we played with them for a while and actually had to turn off the engine to get them to leave. Once they were gone we got to the desired depth and started live chumming the area with pilchards. It took about ten minutes but out of no where a school of blackfin tunas found us and started crashing the live chum. For the next three hours every bait that hit the water got eaten by a tuna or a skipjack tuna/bonito. At one time we had four lines out and four fish hooked up. The tunas ranged from two to 12 pounds and the bonitos to 15 pounds. After we tired of the tunas we did a little deep dropping and caught a few more vermilion snappers and caught a kingfish in over 300 feet of water. We moved back in by the reef and finished the day off by having non stop kingfish and bonito action once again.
North Biscayne Bay is loaded with pilchard schools that are being trashed by bluefish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, jacks and on the grass flats barracudas, snappers and sea trout. Finger mullet schools are having a tough time in the Bay as well as snook, tarpon, sharks, barracudas, sea trout. bluefish, Spanish mackerel and jacks are just playing havoc on the immature mullet.
South Biscayne bay is on the verge of taking off as water temperatures drop into the low 80's and as soon as they hit the 70's snapper, grouper, mackerel, bluefish,pompano, jacks and bluerunners will be biting ion the Finger Channels.
Offshore fishing had been exciting with lots of blackfin tuna to be caught. Winds got real strong and i haven't been out there recently but reports that I have been given recently say that large dolphins are chasing baitfish schools into waters as shallow as 40 feet and of course they are also feeding along the blue water edge. Sailfish are starting to show up, kingfish are on their way down, groupers and jacks are biting on the reef and along the beaches mackerel, bluefish,. tarpon, sharks and jacks are tearing up the baitfish schools.
In Flamingo fishing with winds as high as 25 miles per hour on Tuesday we were able to catch over 8 redfish to 24 inches, one snook 24 inches, snappers, sea trout to 18 inches, jacks and ladyfish. I was back in Flamingo on Sunday with calmer conditions but very slow fishing. Lots of bait but no takers to speak of. That's Fishing!
What are you waiting for. The migration can last till late November but who knows!
Lets go fishing!
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Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters, Inc.
Miami, Florida
Fall Fishing Kicking Into High Gear
Fall fishing is definitely kicking into high gear. There are loads of finger mullet in the Bay, at the Inlets, and along the beach. Tarpon and bluefish are finding it very easy to keep their belly's full. Meanwhile, offshore dolphin are making their Fall push through the area. There have been weed lines in the 500 – 650 foot area along with lots of floating debris. The fish range in size from schoolies to gaffers. Closer in, there have been some good catches of sailfish.
Jan Maizler got in on some bluefish action on the flats inside of Haulover Inlet. The fish were busting schools of finger mullet that were flooding into the Bay with the incoming tide. We worked several more Bay spots where we saw plenty of exploding action with bait fish schools, however, we had no takers on our offerings. The next move was to Government Cut. Out went two finger mullet that we slow trolled. Within a few minutes, we had a nice size tarpon pop at one of our baits and miss. I turned around and moved back over the same area and we got our reward in the form of a screaming drag on the Penn Conquer 8000 spinning reel. The fish gave us several jumps, long runs, and surging rolls. Jan countered each move of the tarpon and kept up the steady pressure. Eventually the pressure began to take its toll on the fish. The leader came into the rod guides and back out several times before the tarpon finally calmed down enough for me to grab the leader and have some control of the fish. We took numerous in water pictures of the 50# tarpon before sending it on its way. The tarpon thanked me by kicking off with a slap of its tail and splashing me.
Do you want in on this kind of action? Call or email me and we can make it happen.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters, Inc
305-965-9454
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
