Fishing the Edge 6/8/2012
Capt. Nick Gonzalez
June 11, 2012
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
We cut the engines in 140 and began our dead drift with 6 kite lines and 5 flat
baits with a jig working everywhere in beween. Only minutes into the drift did
the kings crash the party. First bait out was a gog on the cabo, which got
wrecked by a smoker. 15 minutes later we boxed a 40lber.
The kite baits got decimated with fish clipping baits in half, getting big air,
and boiling like crazy. Margaux was next as something picked up another flatline
bait. After a short battle we brought the 8lber to the boat.
With the kites producing strikes but no hookups, we put wire on to drop back to
the aggressive kings. A bonehead was first to strike, then margaux got another
king on the flat. We still were drifting the drop in 140 when nick noticed
something toying with the bait on the cabo. Feder dropped back to it, and a
feisty little sail broke the surface.
It gave nick a fun fight on the cabo, and after a short fight we got him
boatside for a picture. After tagging and taking a few pictures it was quickly revived and released.
We caught another bonehead and had a few more kings miss baits before we burned
through the last of our livies.
We dropped anchor in 130 and put down some bottom rods and flats. A cuda
immediately killed a flat, and cut us off. He was followed by another bonehead.
After that though, only a few remoras and a 4ft moray eel came to the boat. We idled back and
got in just before the storm came through.
Final tally for the day-- 3 kings, a sail, 3 boneheads, a green moray, and some remoras.
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Miami Fishing Forecast:
Lots of big kingfish are around, with the average fish being 12lbs. The blackfin are still being caught but the bite is slowing down a bit compared to the weeks past. Sailfish are spotty with 1 or 2 releases not surprising. Cobia can be seen crusing the edge, and dolphin are around but the run of slammers is still nonexistant.
Target Species:
Sailfish, Kingfish, Dolphin, Wahoo, Tuna, Cobia
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