Mid June Report
Capt. Gil Gutierrez
June 15, 2010
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
What a wild couple of weeks it has been. It seems as if the past couple of weeks I have been nonstop. The fishing has been great but even great fishing has its heartbreak, more on that later.
These past couple of weeks I have been fishing in Key West and the Bahamas. In Key West we fished the mutton spawn. The bite was outstanding with limits of fish caught by several boats. Some mutton snapper in the very high teens were caught with some regularity. Key West never seems to disappoint. The fishing in the Bahamas was also outstanding.
In the Bahamas we caught kings close to 50#'s with several tipping the scales in the mid 30's. In addition to the usual flag yellowtail, yellow eye snapper and mackerel we were able to catch a yellowfin tuna of about 40#'s. One of our biggest challenges were the large and rather aggressive sharks found in the Bahamas. Overall, the trip was great with multiple species and some nice sized fish being caught.
And now for the heartbreak part of my report we fished a local tournament, The Saltwater Slam, this past Saturday. And although the fishing was great (16 kingfish, a blackfin tuna, 4 sailfish, and 2 small mahi-mahi), we ended up losing by 9#'s. That was the difference between us and the first place team, a single 9# fish. HEARTBREAK!!! Congratulations to the Shockwave Fishing Team we will see you again next year for a rematch.
On the local scene the fishing remains good to very good. Most notably absent from my spread have been the sailfish. But this is kind of normal considering last night while I was tarpon fishing the water was 91degress. That is a temperature the sailfish don't like. We have seen one here and there but they have been very inconsistent for me.
What has been consistent is the tarpon bite, these fish have really been on fire. It has been a great year of tarpon fishing. I won't go thru every trip individually and bore you with every detail suffice to say that on the trips I have done since my last report we've had several fish on each trip. The fish have ranged from the low 30's to 100# plus fish. Right now I don't see the tarpon fishery slowing down based on what I have seen the past several trips.
The blackfin tuna bite has really turned on. Last Thursday David Dawson did a 4 hour offshore trip. In those 4 hours we caught 3 blackfin tunas, a nice kingfish and a couple of mahi. The action was almost nonstop. The tuna bite has taken place late in the afternoon. Mixed in with the tunas have been kings, mahi, and bonitos.
And finally for those of you that have been wondering, yes the mahi have finally arrived. We have caught them on the edge and offshore sometimes they are in 100' of water and other times they are 18 miles offshore. But they are definitely here. If you like to catch mahi give me a call and we can go find some of the finest eating fish that swim in the ocean. The fishe have run the gamut from small bacon strips to large gaffers. If you keep working at it you will have plenty for a couple of meals.
Well that is all for now. If you have any questions or if you would like to put a fishing trip together feel free to give me a call and let's go bend some rods.
Until Next Time
Best of Luck…
Capt. Gil Gutierrez, Lucky Fishing Charters
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