Fishing Reports by Capt. Ralph Mayans

Miami Springtime Means Blackfin Tuna - Springtime is right around the corner and the blackfin tuna are on schedule. As the days lengthen and the sun warms the waters off the coast of Miami, we eagerly await the arrival of blackfin tuna. These sleek and powerful fish are known for their more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Wintertime Fishing in Miami - Wintertime fishing is here and it's starting to heat up with spring right around the corner. All indications are pointing to a phenomenal season. Sailfish, wahoo and kingfish are starting to pour through our area. A lot of these fish are being caugh more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Miami Offshore Fishing for Pelagics - Ryan gave me a call earlier in the week. He was in Miami for a business meeting and wanted to have a little fun offshore. He tells me he's never caught any pelagic fish before. Luckily for him we were able to produce a few nice fish – a couple of b more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Birds on the Reef - Aaron gave me a call Sunday in the afternoon, he wanted to do something special for his friend Renee. It was his birthday, and he didn't want no ordinary fishing charter, he wanted the Sea Cross and he was not disappointed. Running out of Haulover a more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Fishing in Miami to the Max - Max and his family gave us a call this week to do a little deep-sea fishing. It was a little slow in the morning but we had a great time and fun was had by all. We ended up with a trophy kingfish, a barracuda and some bonitos. We also released sever more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Wall to Wall Wahoo - It's been blazing hot wahoo fishing here in Miami Beach. We've had a few late cold fronts come through and it's really been heating up the wahoo bite. We are catching wahoo, literally, almost every trip. It's pretty awesome to see the fish here in ab more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Fabulous Fishing in Miami - What a fabulous day we had on Saturday. The SeaCross handled the seas magnificently. Our 55 custom Hatteras battlewagon we went out on a half day fishing trip with a full crew on board. Everything was catered - breakfast and lunch. We headed out an more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Wahoo Mania - It's been wahoo mania here on Miami Beach. Literally, almost every half day trip this week we have been catching multiple wahoo with nice mahi-mahi, blackfin tunas also mixed in. Locating birds or floating debris has been the key. Trolling planers more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Winter Fishing in Florida - During the winter months, the fishing really starts heating up here off Miami Beach. Big mahi-mahi, wahoo, especially sailfish and kingfish really start pounding the bait coming down the reef. The season is here, bait fish have arrived and so have more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Iowa Boys Love Fishing off Miami - This week we hosted a family from Iowa visiting Miami for the Thanksgiving holiday. The weather was post card perfect and the seas were calm as we headed out of Haulover Inlet to the fishing grounds. In our wake was a spread of 6 lines, on the long more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet