Consistent Good Fishing Continues
Capt. Dave Kostyo
July 27, 2008
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Here's a quick update on what's been happening aboard Knot Nancy. Dolphin action has been outstanding. The reef area has been producing steady action with kingfish and bonito. Throw in a mutton or AJ if you fish the wrecks and it makes for a very good one two combo of offshore and reef action.
Neil Schlesinger treated his friend James Ponsford from Paradise, Australia to a half day of fishing. The wind kicked up so calm seas were not in order. Our first drift had us putting two kingfish in the fish box. One on the downrigger and the other on the bottom rod. The flatline gave us a remora that was released. The second drift added another kingfish from the downrigger and a dolphin and bonito from the flatlines. By this time, the motion of the ocean had one of the anglers feeling very bad, so the decision was made to call it a morning and get him back to more stable ground.
Barry Rosenberg and his son Eric wanted some fishing action during the late afternoon. Enter the bonito. Starting south of the Cuban Hole, it didn't take long for the bottom rod to bend into action. Eric had his hands full as the bonito didn't want any part of being reeled in. Meanwhile, his Dad was hooked up with his bonito that ate a downrigger bait. Both fish finally gave in to the pressure that the father and son team put on them. Before it got dark, we had action with more bonito and a chopped in half bait by a toothy critter.
Steven Grover and his 7 year old son, Josh along with Seth Lehrman and his 7 year old son, Josh wanted to catch some dolphin. We started much later than normal, however, it didn't make any difference in the long run. Our first order of business was to catch some live herring to add to the live pilchards. Both boys got to get in on the fun of bait fishing outside of Haulover and we quickly had all the bait we needed. While running out looking for signs of fish, I spotted a floater that held no bait and no fish. Continuing our run out, we came up to a very good weedline. As we slow trolled our baits down the line, we saw a school of dolphin holding under another floater mixed in with the grass. The fun started and the fish were hungry. Along with help from their Dad's, each boy caught dolphin till they asked to fish for something else. When we had all the fish we wanted, the school was still with us and continued to swim around our boat while we cleaned up and drank lots of water and sports drinks. We ran back in to 170 feet and put out the downrigger outfit and the bottom rod. Within a minute of setting the bottom rod, it got hit and we caught a very large bonito that had both Steven and Seth sharing the rod. The weather started to build up and we decided to call it a half day and run back to TNT Marine Center where everyone got to see lots of jacks and tarpon eating the scraps as I cleaned the dolphin.
Today's trip was a dolphin hunt with Tito Quinto, his 11 year old daughter, Lauren, and his sister Bessy. We headed offshore with a livewell full of pilchards and herring. At 8.5 miles miles out from Haulover, we found several frigate birds and some terns working a heavy weed area. Slow trolling didn't take very long to locate some dolphin and Lauren caught her first two dolphin. Tito caught another one and then the motion of the ocean had two of the anglers feeling real bad. They hung in there for just a little while and then it was decided to run back in to find calmer water inside the Bay back in the canals leading to TNT Marine Center. We slow trolled a couple of pilchards in the canals and were rewarded with a visit from a tarpon that ate and hooked up solid. Tito did a great job of fighting and bringing the fish along side for a few photos taken by Lauren. Some of the home owners along the canal got to see the show the tarpon put on as it make more than a few jumps both away from and close to the boat.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters, Inc.
305 620-5896 Charter
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
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