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Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore
Capt. Quinton Dieterle
June 10, 2001
Key Biscayne - Saltwater Fishing Report
Action Off and On
BUT ON MORE
The past week has been on and off with some days the action as good as it can get and other days the action about as slow as it can get. I spent most of last week fishing off the coast of Bimini in the Bahamas and the fishing was fantastic. We caught a 50-pound Dolphin on the way over under some tuna birds and what I think was a school of Yellow Fin Tuna. It was strange the way the fish appeared from under the flock of birds when I know prior catching up to the birds I saw a Yellow Fin crash a school of Flying Fish. The bottom line was the fish showed up and was a big fish. In Bimini the bottom fishing was good for Yellow Tail and Deep Dropping for Yellow eyes. The big schools of Dolphin that were off the coast of Bimini disappeared but we were there to bottom fish so it did not bother us. South off Cat Cay there was some Giant Blue Fin Tuna moving through, in the few days we fished that area there were 3 caught.
Off Miami the Dolphin are still being caught on most of our trips but some days we have to look very hard to find them. Saturday was the slowest day of the week with many boats at our dock only catching a few fish. Sunday the action picked up with an area of grass and bait moving through the thousand-foot range, eight miles out. The fish were substantially bigger than the prior week. The good news is the fish are hungry and eating chunks of bait, that makes it a lot easier than spending all morning hunting live bait. Another interesting phenomena has occurred the last few days out of Miami, that is the appearance of Yellow Fin Tuna. The fish are motoring to the South and we have not had any luck yet getting them to bite. Capt. Bric Peeples on the “Superstition” did fool an Eighty-pounder on his way to Bimini last week. He said the fish ate a Cedar plug trolled at 8 knots and 200 ft. behind his boat. If you see the Tuna schools Cedar Plugs are probably going to be your best bet. With the Cedar Plugs you can keep up with the quickly moving schools. Another nice catch was on the “Cutting Edge” today with Capt. Neil Orange running the Boat for me and Gregg Yaffa mating, they caught a 38 pound Dolphin under a plastic Bag. Capt. John Dudas also caught a nice Dolphin today, a 50 pound fish that had been cast to many times during a busy Sunday fell for a Secret lure
Only the crew on the L & H know. The fishing should remain steady with lots of good fishing in the future. Contact me on the Cutting Edge if you would like to get the Kids out fishing. With the calm sea conditions this is a good time to get the kids out.
Tight Lines
Capt. Quinton
Lets go fishing: 305-361-9740
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