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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
October 14, 2001
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
10/14/01
The wind blew hard most of last week, but let up a bit beginning with Friday. Although I didn’t have a charter Friday, I went out goggle eye fishing and caught enough for my next three trips.
On Saturday, the wind was E- SE about 15 knots. We started the day fishing in front of the hotels in Key Biscayne. There was a good-looking edge with blue water and a strong North current. The edge was a bit deep at about 300 ft depth. Although it was a deep, this area held fish. We stayed in this area most of the day. Our first drift rewarded us with a few dolphin. Both fish were between 15 and 20 pounds. With goggle eyes on the kite and pilchards on the flatlines, the next drift rewarded us with a sailfish on the flatline. After that drift we caught a few more dolphin and a sailfish off of the kite bait. We now had 2 sailfish and 4 dolphin. Yet another drift, and another 20 pound dolphin. On our last drift and we watch the front kite bait disappear, and soon after line was streaming off the reel. This fish never jumped, so we ruled out sailfish or dolphin, but line was disappearing fast. Since there was no wire leader, we thought maybe a big tuna. As we inched line back on and finally got the fish next to the boat, it was a 35 pound wahoo that was caught in the hinge of the mouth. With no wire leader, that was the perfect place to hook him. That ended the day with 2 out 2 sailfish, 7 big dolphin up to 25 pounds, and a 35 pound wahoo.
The next day, the wind was at 15 knots out of the SE. The same edge had pushed in slightly to about 250 ft depth. Within 5 seconds of our first drift we landed a 10 pound dolphin. Moving in on the color change we caught a sailfish off of the short kite bait. On our second drift, the long kite bait yielded another sailfish. By 9:15 we had two sailfish and 2 dolphin. This was a half day trip and on our last drift we hooked a large sailfish that had a lot of spirit. The sailfish stayed down deep most for most of the fight. The angler had claimed that he wanted his arms so tired, that he would have trouble typing on his computer at work. I think we accomplished the mission. That last sailfish took 40 minutes to land, but we did get him, and after a few nice pictures boatside we released out third sailfish of the day. We ended up with 5 dolphin, three sailfish and a large bonita.
A lot of us blue water anglers have been eagerly awaiting winter and watching as the cold fronts come inching towards the South. This weekend was just a preview of what is coming - BLUE WATER – Sailfish, dolphin, wahoo, kingfish, just to name a few.
Capt. Dean Panos
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