Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/2/01 Last weekend saw plenty of action for the Miami Billfish Tournament. 408 sailfish were caught and released as well as a few white marlin. This was a record for the tournament. Sailfish conditions were ideal with strong North Current, clea more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/2/01 Spring Fishing has arrived. This past week saw good catches of sailfish, dolphin, kingfish, bonitas, and some blackfin tuna have started to show up. Nighttime fishing for tarpon has also been very good. Dolphin fishing was good but at ti more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 3/26/01 As the week progressed, the fishing diminished. Going from a strong North current and clean blue water to green water with a South current and finally green water and no current, resulted in a slowdown in the fishing. S more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 3/20/01 The sailfishing continues to be on a tear. We have had anywhere from 2 to 5 sailfish per day, except for yesterday which we got 7 out of 11 and saw at least five to 10 sailfish in our chum baits. That's a total of 21 sailfish around the b more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 3/12/01 The week started with intense winds from the NW. With winds gusting above 35 mph, I was questioning why we were fishing. With the hot sailfish bite to the South, we ran to Triumph. The sailfish bit good that day as we hooked at least more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 3/4/01 The Sailfish are pouring through the area. This past week we saw different wind and sea patterns, but that didn't seem to hamper the sailfish bite. From Monday to Friday mid day, we flew helium on the kites due to lack of wind. Every day w more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 2/26/01 The Bob Lewis Sailfish Tournament took place this past weekend. There were 62 of South Florida's best boats competing. There were 197 anglers competing and the fishing was red hot. 217 sailfish were released in the two-day tournament. I more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 2/18/01 The fish gods are smiling upon us, and what great timing. With the Miami Boat Show in town, a lot of charters have been booked for the many visitors here for the boat show. The good news is that both the sailfish and the tarpon have shown more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 2/12/01 Fishing last week, especially earlier in the week was very good. Although we didn't fish much early during the week, news from the docks were good Boats were catching between 5 to 10 sailfish a day. As the week progressed, sailfishing re more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 2/3/01 The fishing in the last couple of days has been all right for us. Yesterday we fished in the afternoon and finally found nice blue water. The edge was in about 300 ft in front of Gov't Cut. With the blue water, was a smoking North Cur more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami