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Miami and Key Biscayne – offshore
Capt. Quinton Dieterle
September 3, 2001
Key Biscayne - Saltwater Fishing Report
Full Moon Dilemma
With a full moon most of the week and a shortage of bait in the area, you had to make the tough decision each morning whether to catch live bait or go strait out. If you elected to go strait out you have to hope the fish you find will eat chunks or trolled Bally hoo. If they don’t you could be in real trouble the rest of the day. On the Cutting Edge we have to cover all the bases, so we spent the extra time catching live bait and did miss the morning bite several days. But, we did get lucky in the afternoons. With the full moon, the fish feed at night and first thing in the morning and then again in the late afternoon. Sometimes we do get the live bait quickly and get lucky enough to get the fish before they shut down, but with the full moon they are usually finished eating before 9 am.
With large patches still moving through the area, anglers up and down the coast are catching a good numbers of fish. The fish are deep under the grass and can be excited by throwing live bait to the edge of the patch. The fish with the full moon are not as aggressive as if they were moving north and south. They are just drifting with the grass. Some times you may not see the fish but they are deep, just keep your bait on the surface and usually the Dolphin will rise up and bite.
Other than dolphin there have been lots of Sailfish seen offshore in the area of Key Biscayne and north off Miami Beach. The fish out deep are migrating to the north and are balling sardines. If this interests you the best way to catch these sails is to approach the diving hawks and try to spot the sails in the water; you will generally see the sail of the fish or the whole fish circling the sardines. As soon as you see the fish try to spot cast a live sardine or pilchard into the ball, the sailfish will almost always bite. Be ready with more than one rod, many times you will see as least 2 or 3 fish in a pod.
On the edge the sails are moving south and biting baits suspended from the kites or flat lines fished with live bait. The best area has been off the Ultra Freeze and in 130 ft. and deeper. A few Black fin Tuna have been caught this past week and lots of bonito will keep you busy.
If you’re a diver the water has been clear most of the week. The windy weekend could cloud the water, so diving on an outgoing tide may be impossible, try to time you dive for the high incoming tide. WATCH FOR SHARKS.
Tight lines
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