Miami Fishing Reports

Miami, Florida - Offshore - A surprising number of Dolphin are still available offshore. Anglers hunting for floating debris are finding school size Dolphin under boards and the occasional bird. Petral birds are few and far between this time of the year. However, there have bee more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Today was the first cancellation due to weather in quite a while. Winds were E-SE at 25mph and seas estimated at 7 - 10 ft. Although it was probably a bit less, it still sounded like it would be uncomfortable. Unfortunately the anglers were all fr more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - During the past few weeks, a few anglers have been secretly heading offshore during the night to fish for Swordfish. During the late seventies and the early eighties it was not uncommon to encounter Swordfish longline boats with sets of lines ten more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Fall fishing is right around the corner. Although you wouldn't be able to tell with the mid day temperatures, the mornings have been a couple of degrees cooler. Baitfish have been pretty easy to find. The inlets, beaches, piers and local patch ree more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - West and Southwesterly winds have shut down the Dolphin fishing this past week. What few Dolphin were around, have virtually disappeared with the backward breezes. However, when the winds turned around to the east and southeast, anglers found occa more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - This past weekend we fished the third leg of the Mercury Pompano Beach Saltwater Tournament Series. To compete in this tournament, you had to place in the top 25 in one of the first two legs. We had placed fifth in the second leg. Ten additional b more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Offshore fishing is becoming more and more difficult each day. Dolphin have been harder and harder to find with only an exceptional day here and there. A few fish can be found on migrating birds and fish will be found on boards, but one day will b more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Although the summer doldrums should have set in, fishing remains pretty good. I've been on vacation and in the Bahamas for the last week and a half, so the local report is from the other captains and anglers I have spoken to. Dolphin fishing has more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - I went fishing this past week with a less than enthusiastic attitude toward Dolphin fishing. I had received reports from captains and local anglers that the Dolphin fishing was hit or miss at best, and the fish were small to very small. When you more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Advancing tropical waves have been hampering the fisherman but not the fish these past few weeks. Dolphin fishing has been an on again off again affair, but when they are on they have been plentiful and big! Captain Frank Godwin, captain of the &# more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami