Fishing Reports by Capt. Ralph Mayans

Spring Sailfish and Cobia - Springtime is here and fishing for sailfish is in full throttle. These are beautiful fish and always a welcome and reliable catch while live baiting of Miami Beach. Most of our half-day charter fishing trips are finding cooperative kingfish on the more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Lots of Fishing Options - This is a great time of year to go fishing - there are always lots of options. Spring time is almost here and it feels like it's been here for over a month. Mahi-mahi are still being found offshore, with wahoos and a few blackfins mixed in. The more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Sailfishing off Miami Beach - Sailfish has picked up considerably this week here off Miami Beach we've had multiple hookups on live bait. Fishing the reef between 120 and 200 feet of water has also been productive for kingfish, and nice mahi-mahi up to 30 pounds. When you're li more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Mahi-mahi Madness - Mahi-mahi fishing remains red-hot. During the last few weeks, we've been having catches of 30, 40 and up to 50 pound dolphin, with a lot of 10 pounders in the mix. Anger Tony Batten visiting us from Clearwater, Florida had an awesome day with his f more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Cold Front Heats Up Fishing - Winter time fishing is at full swing off Haulover in Miami Beach with nice catches being made of large mahi-mahi and nice blackfin tunas. As for sailfish, a recent strong north current has produced steady action along with frequent multiple hook-ups more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Fishing off Haulover on Fire - Fishing has been on fire this week out of Haulover. Yesterday, we had another awesome catch of kingfish, mahi-mahi and blackfin tuna. Fishing the reef in 120 feet of water, the kingfish have been eating drone spoons and strips on sea witches - pink more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Kingfish on the Reef, Mahi & Wahoo Offshore - Geoff Smith, visiting South Florida from Germany, had a great day fishing aboard the charter boat Sea Cross with Capt. Ralph and first mate Sheldon. The party was fishing on one of the local reefs, in about 120' of water when they caught several kin more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Fall is Here and Fishing is Heating Up! - The fall bait migration is here and in full swing. With the bait come packs of predators looking for an easy meal. Amazingly, the abundance of bait has even captured the attention of mahi-mahi that are showing up on the reef as shallow as 40 feet. more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Kingfish and Bonitos on the Reef, Mahi Offshore - Fishing has been steady with kingfish and Bonita's eating strips and drone spoons trolled on the reef. While deep dropping pinfish on wrecks has been productive hooking up with amberjacks and where using chicken rigs with fresh chunk baits and pickin more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet

Kingfish and Bonitos Provide Steady Action Offshore - Fishing has been great on most half-day charter trips out of Haulover Inlet. There has been a good kingfish bite on the north Miami-Dade county reefs. Our clients have been catching kingfish mostly in the 10-20 lbs. range with an occasional smoker more...
Capt. Ralph Mayans - Haulover Inlet