Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Dec 21st, 2006 I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. This is a great time of the year and I hope everyone gets to enjoy it at its fullest! Windy weather has become the norm for the past few weeks. Even with the wind, I more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Dec 5th, 2006 This is the time of year that I get fired up on fishing on the edge. The cold fronts are rolling through and with the fronts, come the fish. Today was a perfect example as the sails were definitely biting for us. We ended the day g more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Nov 27th, 2006 The new boat is performing flawlessly, and it is catching fish as well. The new Mercury Verados are actually a bit stronger and a bit more fuel efficient than last year’s model. Everything on the boat is working and we are ready fo more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Nov 10th, 2006 The new boat has arrived. I received my new 34ft SeaVee with twin Verado’s late last week. I had the bottom painted this week and did my first trip with it today. The new boat is absolutely great. It is similar to the last one wi more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 10/30/06 For the past two months I have been mostly swordfishing, and although we have been fishing a little bit in the day as well, the day time action in Miami does not really start to heat up until we have a few cold fronts. Well, we have had a more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Swords on FIRE! Swordfishing this past week and weekend was on fire. The wind blew from the NE at 15 – 20mph most of the week, but when it calmed down, the fish were out there waiting. There were two swordfish tournaments this past weekend. I di more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Since my last report we have had a few day trips and a few evening swordfish trips. The daytime fishing has been tough, but we have managed to catch something on all of our trips. The bonitas have thinned out, and the small kings have moved in. Th more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 09/16/06 Our luck has continued and we ended up winning the Florida Swordfish Series. This series is based on the total points from the Islamorada Swordfish Tournament and the Miami Swordfish Tournament. As most know, we won the Islamorada Tourna more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 09/02/06 We have been swordfishing quite a bit from my last report. We had just a little bit of down time from Tropical Storm Ernesto, which pretty much passed through here with barely any wind or rain. The swordfishing has been good almost the e more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/14/06 This past weekend was the Islamorada Swordfish Tournament. This swordfish tournament is not like most of the swordfish tournaments where biggest fish wins, but is more like a BBC where releases count as well as weighed fish. In a way, th more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami