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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
January 1, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
1/01/02
Happy New Year to all! Hope everyone survived New Years Eve, and recovered on New Years Day. I did what I love to do the most on New Years Day, and that is going fishing. I fished with one of my best customers, Jorge Acuna, and we had a blast.
Fishing during the holiday week was spotty. Some days you had a decent catch and other days you really had to work at it for just a few fish. We caught dolphin almost daily, but sailfishing was hit or miss. One day we would end up with three sailfish and the next day none. That is usually what happens when you have no current and no defined edge. Lack of cold fronts has also been an issue.
Today though was different. Finally we saw the conditions we have been waiting for. We had a strong North Current and a North wind. There was a nice blue edge in 130ft of water. Although we ended the day with only one out of two sailfish, we also caught bonitas, cudas, and dolphin. The day though was action packed. We had a yellowfin tuna on for about 15 minutes. Unfortunately the line parted and we didn’t get a good visual (size wise). We also had plenty of cutoffs from kingfish, and since we were specifically targeting sailfish, we didn’t’ t use any wire.
All in all, today seemed different though. The air temperature was down, we had North current and blue water and there were flyers (flying fish) were getting busted by predators. The ocean looked alive. With more cold fronts coming this week and the weeks to come, the offshore fishing is going to steadily improve. A pretty good front is due in a few days, and the action should pick up just in time for the weekend. If you’re interested in fishing, I have a few days open this week and weekend, so give me a shout and lets GO FISHING!
Tight Lines
Capt. Dean Panos
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