Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

A Bit Erratic - Fishing has been a bit on the erratic side. There has been a consistent wind out of the West and Northwest which has pushed dirty green water on the edge. There has also been a lack of strong North current which is a major key to good sailfishing. more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

It's About To Start - The fishing in Miami has slowed down a bit in the last week or so. We have been averaging anywhere from one to four sailfish per day. The good news is that we have caught at least one sailfish in every one of our trips for the past two months or so more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Great Action - I have done a variety of trips in the last few weeks, with most of them being sailfish trips. This is a great time of year for sailfishing in Miami and I am ecstatic to say that we have caught at least 2 sailfish on every single trip we had and for more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Weather is Warm Again and the Fishing is HOT - There has been a lot of cold weather in the United States, and the cold weather even found its way down to South Florida. We had at least a week and a half of what felt like the Arctic North for us Florida boys. Usually our cold fronts drop the temp more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Happy New Year - I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope everyone much success in this new year. I would also like to thank my many customers, both new and repeats for making this another great year for Double D. I know that this was a hard year for man more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

December Sailfish Are Here - We are settled in to some pretty good fishing in Miami. The sailfish are biting and even when the conditions are not right we are still averaging 2 to 3 sailfish per day. Our best day last week we caught 8 out of 13 sailfish. Catching 8 sailfish i more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Fish the "Edge" - Fishing on the edge has been good. There have been sailfish, dolphin, kingfish and a few boats have also caught a few wahoo. There have also been some cobia around, but not in the numbers that we will see in the next few months. The good news is t more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Sailfish Season Starting Out Strong! - It's been two weeks since my last report. The first week consisted of extremely windy weather which kept us at the dock for a week. During that time we rebuilt all our sailfish gear, made plenty of leaders and got ready for a great sailfish season. more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Sails Already - Sailfish are already appearing off of South Florida. It doesn't take long but soon after our first cold front of the year, sailfish have already made their way into the waters of South Florida. As is typical this time of year, the best bite was far more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Variety - The past two weeks have been non-stop fishing. We have been doing a variety of trips from fishing the edge, fishing the wrecks, day time and night time swordfishing as well as dolphin fishing in the Gulfstream. We have had some great trips with lot more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami