Fishing Report for Miami, Florida

Capt. Bouncer Smith
August 19, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report

What a day we had yesterday. I had two boys and their father out looking for

dolphin (mahi-mahi). We ran and searched the seas out to 20 miles offshore and

back without seeing a single sign of fish. No birds, weeds or debris. That fuel

burned and time wasted we set our sights on a possible sailfish or some king

mackerel. We ran south till we found good blue water and current inside 200 feet of

water. This took us to off Elliot Key. We set up a drift in 200 feet and within

minutes we had a sailfish on. Arron Delgado had his first sailfish catch! The next

drift produced a king mackerel and several false albacore. Just after setting up our

third drift we spotted birds working offshore of us in 300 feet of water. We ran out

to them and were in the dolphin. They were hard to get to bite, but we managed to

catch a dozen from 3 to 7 pounds. We released a couple of the smaller ones and the

rest had reservations at a seafood dinner. The tricks that helped catch some of these

dolphin were keeping the boat headed south at the same speed the fish were moving

and using small live bait in the size range of the natural bait in the scattered weeds.

Last night we had a snook trip. We had a rising tide and a baitwell full of

pilchards. The fishing was slow while anchored in 2 places. I started drifting the

area and the action turned on. As the evening progressed we had steady action on

snook as well as a small black grouper and a barracuda. When we called it a night

we had a total of 15 or 16 snook (depending on who’s count). They ranged from a

couple 5 pounders through mostly 9 to 14 pounders and finally a beautiful 25 pound

monster. The best action was before total darkness arrived.

It is the heat of summer and Bouncer’s Dusky 33 is ready to show you some cool

fishing. Get out for an evening of snook fishing or a night of spectacular swordfish-

ing. Both of these fisheries become less available after the end of October. Let’s go

catch ‘em.

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