Miami Fishing Reports

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Yesterday we fished in the Rod and Reel Club Sailfish Tournament. We had won top angler last year, but were beat out for top boat. This year was going to be different. We won 1st place boat as well as Top Angler. I fished on the new 34' SeaVee Op more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Recent attention has been brought to the hot fishing around the “patch” reefs. Anglers as well as divers have been seeing a large amount of bigger Mutton snapper showing up on the reefs. This is a common occurrence this time of the year, and if yo more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - The fishing off of Miami remains real good. The blue water has moved in and there is North current to boot. The kingfish bite by Fowey has been very good, although most fish are on the smaller side, but not small enough to throw back. Average we more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Sailfishing is reaching a peak to the north of us off Jupiter and Ft. Pierce. Anglers are having a field day catching and releasing as many as fifteen fish per day. It’s common for these fish to make their presence there during the colder pa more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 1/7/01 For most of last week we have had a South current and green water. Not the ideal circumstances for sailfishing, but we still have managed to catch 2 - 3 sailfish per day. On Thursday the wind picked up from the NW to at least 25 mph. Alth more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - The first report of the New Year and it is a good one. The fishing is extremely spotty, dependent on the area you are fishing. The fishing from Haulover to the Monument Bouy is so-so. There has been a South current all week, and the blue water is more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This week we saw record cold temperatures put a chill on us and the coastal waters as well. Without a doubt the colder temperatures will affect our fishing. As always finding bait inside the bay will be nearly impossible. Pilchards will put on a d more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - The winds certainly picked up around Christmas time. Most boats didn't go out until this past Wednesday. We fished Wednesday and Thursday and the fishing was rather good. We caught sailfish on Wednesday, along with big kingfish, dolphin and a big more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - I had forgotten how much fun it was.... “patch” fishing that is. On a recent charter, I had a gentleman that was subject to getting very seasick, even on a moderate day of windy weather. I had two choices: cancel the trip, or come up more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - As we were running the boat through the Biscayne Bay yesterday, one thought came to mind, are we nuts, it was down right COLD! My customers and myself looked like we were fishing up in the Northeast. Everyone had long pants, two to three layer of c more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami