End of Summer Bite
Capt. Gil Gutierrez
September 14, 2015
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Well its official, summer is over and the fall fishing season is upon us. With that said let's take a look back at some of my past trips since my last report. The mahi-mahi were on fire the past couple of weeks and we got in on our share of the action.
There were days where it only took one log, weed patch or bird to signal what would be non-stop action. You could literally find one weed patch and come close to catching limits of mahi. I urged my customers to take only what they could consume in a couple of diners and we then went on to catch something else. The dolphin fishing should continue to be pretty steady for the time being. We did have one trip where we ran close to 60 miles and never saw so much as a single dolphin. But other than that one trip we were able to catch plenty of mahi-mahi on all of our other trips.
But even on the one trip where we never saw a mahi we still ended up catching other fish we just had to change our tactics. One of the things that I have been doing this summer is yellowtail fishing. These tasty fish have provided us with a lot of action and some good eats at the end of the day. Now, I don't spend the whole day catching yellowtails but I do spend an hour or two and then move on to something else. And that really has been my approach this whole summer, catch a couple of fish and move on to the next species. This approach has really led me to some good days out on the water where we ended up with 6 or 7 species of fish in one trip.
As the summer ends and we start to move in to the fall other things will begin to occur. Soon we should see some sort of fall mullet run. These large migrations of mullet make for some great fishing. The mullet will be chased up and down the east coast by hungry sharks, jacks, snook and tarpon. If you are able to locate a school the action can be nonstop. Kingfish are also starting to trickle back into the area after a brief hiatus. Nothing really huge so far but there are some 10-20# fish around. And in addition to all that, sailfish season is right around the corner! A couple of cold fronts and some north wind and the sailfish will be chewing. So as you can tell I'm excited about the upcoming months and the fishing prospects that it will bring. So if you want to get in on the action give me a call and let's go catch something. On a serious note please keep our fireman, military guys and girls, and police in our prayers. They are facing an ever more challenging time then we can imagine.
Until next time, best of luck…
Capt. Gil Gutierrez,
Lucky Fishing Charter
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