Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

Sailfish Season Is Here - You can feel a slight change in the weather with cooler temperatures and cooler evenings. A few cold fronts have also made there way down here. Besides the crispness in the air, you can see it as you are running down the edge. The sailfish tournam more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Cold Fronts are Coming - The past couple of days I have been at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show doing sea trials for SeaVee Boats. They had the new 34-stepped hull boat there and the 39 and 32 stepped hulls. I was primarily doing the sea trials for the 34. Wow what a boat more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

A Little Bit of Everything - As is typical for October I have done quite a few swordfish trips, trips on the edge, mahi trips offshore and our first wahoo trip to Bimini of the season. Starting with the swordfish trips, we have had some really good trips and also some slow trip more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Trip of a Lifetime! - Sorry for the delay between reports but I have been extremely busy and also took a short trip to Venice Louisiana to catch big yellowfin tunas. The trip to Venice was very successful and I had a blast catching fish and hanging out with friends. In more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Lets Go Swordfishing! - September marks the beginning of the best three months for sword fishing and I am eager to get out. The past few weeks we have done mainly trips on the edge and one nighttime cubera trip, and have not been out for swords, but the reports I have been more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Are You Sure It Is August? - August is often one of the slowest months of the year for fishing in South Florida. Well somebody must have forgot to tell the fish, because right now the fishing is awesome!! To start, we are seeing a lot of bait along the beaches and some in the more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

School of Swordfish - One of the things I love about fishing in South Florida is the variety of fish we get to target. Since my last report I did daytime swordfish trips, summer mahi trips in the Gulfstream, fishing on the edge for kings, sails, etc. and fished in the Ba more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Busy Summer - Summertime is when we are supposed to slow down a bit and recharge from a busy sailfish season. That has not been the case this summer as it has been extremely busy and I have been fishing every single day since my last report. No complaints here a more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Mahi Fever - Mahi Fever For the past month or so we have seen very good fishing for mahis in the Gulfstream. As is typical in the summertime, these fish are not very big, but what they don't have in physical size they make up in sheer numbers. It is not unco more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Variety of Trips - 6/20/14 Since coming back from the Bahamas, I have done a variety of trips including a daytime swordfish trip, a multi daytrip to Bimini, fishing on the edge and a lot of offshore trips for mahis. The mahi fishing in the Gulfstream is the prima more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami