Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 11/06/03 It has been windy and rough for almost a week, and although you can sailfish in that all day, windy weather can be problematic for swordfishing, especially with winds out of the N – NE at 20 mph. Last night the wind l more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 10/26/03 We fished the first annual Miami Swordfish Tournament this past weekend. This was a two night tournament that started Friday night. There were close to 30 boats fishing this tournament. We fished Friday night despite seas of 8 to 10 fo more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 10/18/03 We are starting to see a change in the seasons. It may only be subtle, but you can feel the difference in temperatures. Cold fronts are on their way. Although they are not making it all the way through to South Florida, their impact is more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 10/05/03 Some day trips and some night trips have been the story for the past few weeks. The day trips have been producing kingfish on every trip and sailfish on every trip but one. Most of the kings have been from Government Cut and north, betw more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 09/21/03 Well, we have finally been doing some day trips. Surprisingly, the day fishing has been pretty good. To start off, there have been acre size schools of sardines along the surf and in the open water. One throw of the cast net is all you more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - NOTE: The Miami Swordfish Tournament is Oct 24th and 25th. I was chartered for this tournament for over 3 months, but my clients just informed me that they need to cancel due to work related issues. Thusly, I now have an opening for this tournam more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 09/21/03 Well, we have finally been doing some day trips. Surprisingly, the day fishing has been pretty good. To start off, there have been acre size schools of sardines along the surf and in the open water. One throw of the more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 09/10/03 The past two weeks, I have been fairly busy with swordfish trips. I have been doing 3 –5 trips per week, and am happy to report that we caught swordfish on every trip but one. We fished practically every condition from blustery East win more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/25/03 August proved to be a decent month for swordfish. With the exception of only a few day trips for dolphin, we have been swordfishing quite a bit. We caught swordfish on every trip but one this entire month. Even the trip that we didn’t g more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 08/10/03 Continuing from my last report, as expected and hoped for, the swordfish bite turned on with the new moon. Although the sword bite was a bit slow for most in July, it has already picked up greatly for August. I had swordfish charters fo more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami