Miami Fishing Reports

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, Florida - Offshore - Record numbers of Sailfish were caught during the Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament last week and there’s no doubt that this action should continue for the next couple of weeks. Beautiful, deep blue, Gulf Stream water pushed along the edge more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - 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, Florida - Offshore - One week before the Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament and the it seems the Sailfish are taking a nap. This could be good, because the Tournament is being held April 5th through the 8th, which is a few days before the full moon, and we wan more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - 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, Florida - Offshore - The full moon, dirty water, and a south current, put the brakes on the offshore fishing this week. Anglers had a tough time trying to find a fish to get to bite. Sailfishing was almost non-existent, whereas just the week before it was gang-buster more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - 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, Florida - Offshore - It’s getting close to that time of year again. Dolphin are starting to show up in ever increasing numbers. It can be on again, off again fishing, but they are out there, and it’s worth giving them a try. During periods of east and southeasterly wi more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - 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