Miami Fishing Reports

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Where in the hell are they. That's what anglers are asking each other these days regarding the whereabouts of the dolphin. They still are playing hide and seek. Here one day, gone the next, but there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. My latest more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 5/6/02 The fishing off of Miami continues to be good. Early last week, the blackfin tuna bite was consistent, especially in the afternoons with a few fish caught every day. Sailfish have also been active and been eating mostly smaller baits like more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This weekend we finally saw a push of dolphin into our area. Recently, the dolphin action has been slow. Many captains were wondering if we were going to have a decent dolphin season at all this year. I fished on Friday and found a weedline approxima more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/29/02 Fishing this past week has been pretty good, with good numbers of blackfin tuna and sailfish being caught daily. The best bite has been in the late afternoon, and for those staying out late, the bite has been very productive. Last week more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/17/02 We went out yesterday for an evening fishing trip and ended up the evening with 3 out 5 fish. Normally you would say that catching three out of five tarpon was a good evening but we caught 3 out 5 Swordfish! Although it was still blowing more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/12/02 Windy weather has been the norm for this past week, and has kept most of the boats in port. We went out yesterday (Thursday), and although it was a bit windy, it was definitely fishable. The conditions were light North current with a blue more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - Anglers enjoyed terrific offshore fishing off the Miami area this week. Conditions were a little on the rough side Saturday and Sunday, but non the less, results were good. We fished the 2002 Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament and were able t more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - 4/1/02 What a change in current does to the fishing. As the week progressed the current died off and with it the fishing slowed down. On Friday the current was almost at a standstill and the fishing was slow. Come Saturday, the current picked more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light - Double D Charters 3/25/02 This past week we saw ripping North current, up to 4 knots, trickle down to almost zero by Sunday. Fortunately the blue water stayed and so did the fish. The main species were sailfish and kingfish. The good thing abo more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Miami, Florida - Offshore - This past week we saw a screaming current to the north of Key Biscayne with fairly good cathces of sailfish. Dolphin were hitting early in the morning. The fish were moving south very fast and some schools were hungry while the others wouldn't hit a more...
Capt. Mark Houghtaling - Miami