Good sailfish bite off Miami
Capt. Nick Gonzalez
May 13, 2012
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
We set up just south of Fowey. We were shallower than most other boats but i knew we weren't too tight on the reef and the conditions looked right. Lots of bait around... We missed one mystery fish then had two cut offs. We drifted into heavy weed and pulled the spread before resetting further south. We hooked a bonehead on the right short and while I was leadering the bonito a sail inhaled the right mid. He was stuck pretty well and the fight was on. We were still fishing the entire south side of the spread and the right long during our bonito/sail double header. Right after I released the bonehead we hooked into a second sail on the left long and we officially had a double. We got the first fish to the boat and popped him off. After a few more minutes we got the second fish to the boat. We were now 2/2.
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We ran south and reset following the same track on the GPS. It didn't take very long before we had another fish in the spread. We dropped and hooked into this one who wasn't very pleased. He greyhounded in a full circle around the boat and we got a clean release after an interesting fight (this fish was a bit bigger)We were now 3/3...
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We moved south and reset again because the previous fish decided to make us drag all the baits until they died. It didn't take long until a 4th fish came up and inspected the right short then destroyed the left mid where he missed the hook. We couldn't complain because after bumping out a bit further another sail found our spread. This time we dropped to him accordingly and hooked up. This fish cooperated a bit better and we got him to the boat pretty quickly.
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Final tally- 4/5 on sails and 2 bonito... (Not bad for a half day)
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Miami Fishing Forecast:
Sails should stay around through June. When the winds pick up, the bite turns on. Big blackfin are here in numbers- book an evening blackfin charter and you'll find yourself fighting the most delicious fish off Miami (also the strongest pound per pound). There are also some dolphin around that will stay through summer. Muttons and Amberjack are on the reefs/wrecks. Nighttime snapper fishing is picking up and the next full moon should have the muttons chewing.
Target Species:
sailfish, blackfin tuna, cobia, wahoo, dolphin, grouper, mutton snapper, yellowtail, sharks, and more
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