Bite Is Still On
Capt. Gil Gutierrez
May 10, 2010
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
The bite in Miami has been great. The fishing continues to be very strong with great catches of sailfish, snapper, kings, tarpon and some tuna. Let's get right to it.
Let me start by saying that the mahi have not really shown up in good numbers just yet. We have caught one here and there and you hear of someone catching some but not in the numbers I like to hear. This situation can only improve from where it is right now.
Now lets talk about all that is IS happening in Miami. You would think that it was December with some of the sailfish numbers that we are experiencing. We have had some days of going 5 for 7 in just 3 ˝ hours of fishing. That is excluding any other fish we might have caught during that action. I had a repeat customer out with me a couple of days ago. It was just he and I. At one point we had the bottom rod get slammed while a sailfish came tail walking by the boat only to see the far bait get slammed by who knows what and cut our line. Let's just say that he was tired by the end of the day. But that is how good the sailfish have been biting they have been consistent and plentiful. Right now I don't see this slowing down as long as we continue to have some current.
In addition to the sails the kingfish bite has been as good as I have seen it in a while. This weekend I fished a meat tournament (tuna, mahi, kingfish, wahoo). I saw one king that weighed 57 pounds and several kings between 40 and 50. We won't even mention the 20-30 pounders that seemed almost unimpressive in comparison. The kings have been eating almost any and every kind of bait imaginable from the kite to flat lines to the mid depth rod. They have definitely kept us on our toes the past couple of weeks as they have been stacked up from Miami to the Palm Beach.
The blackfin tuna are starting to trickle in while the biggest one we caught pulled the scale down to the 27 pound mark. Mixed in with the larger blackfin are of course smaller blackfin and false albacore. These fish are lots of fun on light tackle and put up a tremendous fight.
The bottom bite has been very good for me. We have been catching mutton snapper into the 12-13 pound mark. For those of you who have been wondering the grouper season is now open so we will no longer have to put back some of those beautiful groupers we have caught the past couple of months. I always like to send my customers home with a bag of fish to remember me by.
The tarpon have been biting very consistently. We caught tarpon on all of our 1-9 trips except one. And to be honest we only fished for 1 hour that day due to the good offshore bite we had going on. The tarpon will be here till the end of June then we will be forced to fish the tides in the bay to catch them so get on them now while we can. Most of the fish are on the larger side with many of the fish ranging into the 100 plus range. The fish have been anywhere from the beaches to the bay depending on the tide. But don't concern yourself with that let me take care of it and put you on some quality tarpon. Most people think that you have to race far offshore to catch big fish but this is untrue. Some of the biggest fish in the ocean, tarpon, are in only 10-20 feet of water. Well that is it for now so if you are tired of all the talk about oil spills and the world's troubles give me a call and let's go pull on some fish.
Best of Luck…
Capt Gil Gutierrez, Lucky Fishing Charters
P.S For those of you wondering about how the oil spill is affecting our area it is not. The beaches remain clean and the waters warm and beautiful. Hopefully we will be able to dodge this bullet but until now it has not had any impact on us. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call me. Thanks Again!
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