Hot Blackfin Tuna Bite off of Miami
Capt. Alan Sherman
October 4, 2010
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
As I write these fishing reports schools of finger mullet, black mullet and silver mullet continue to migrate south along the South Florida Coast. Add the giant school of pilchards that have small goggle eye jacks, threadfin herring and Spanish sardines to that school that has been moving in and out of the Bay through Haulover Inlet and we have the ingredients for an all out blitz in our Fall fishing. For about a month now these baitfish have been around our area attracting species like snook, tarpon, jacks, ladyfish, snappers, barracudas, sea trout and sharks. We have seen or caught these fish on most of my recent Bay charters.
Offshore schools of mullet have been seen as far as two miles offshore. Schools of flying fish and ballyhoo have also been in our area attracting dolphins, bonitos and a lot of small to medium sized blackfin tuna.
Yesterday fishing a 4 hr. half day charter where we launched my Pathfinder Bay boat at Pelican Harbor and ran to Haulover Inlet and filled both wells with hundreds of pilchards. We took those pilchards offshore into 450 feet of water and started chumming. In no time we had dozens of blackfin tunas crashing on the surface. After two and half hours we had landed 9 tunas to 10 pounds plus an arctic bonito and a false albacore both in the 12 pound class on light tackle. The fish ate live pilchards and Rapala Twitchin Raps. We then ran back into the Bay where we caught two nice sized mangrove snappers and released a 40 pound tarpon that ate a live pilchard fished under a Cajun Thunder float. We had other hits in that spot of which one was a snook and the others were from tarpon before we headed back to the dock.
Today I fished Scott and a friend. We started at the same location, caught our bait and headed offshore to the same area as the day before. Once the live chum was out we had tunas crashing the surface. Both fishermen scored before the fish went down and we never got another strike in the ocean. One tuna was a nice 10 pounder that ate a Rapala X Rap and the other about 5 pounds that ate a pilchard. We headed back into the Bay and tried for the tarpon. We saw a tarpon swim by the boat plus a nice bull shark but neither fish was interested in our baits but did land a nice sea trout. Difference in today compared to yesterday was that on Friday it was overcast the whole morning and on Saturday it was flat calm with a bright sun.
This is the time of the year that I wish I could fish all of my clients because there are so many fish available. Once temperatures fall a little more the Spanish mackerel, bluefish, large jacks and kingfish will be here and t6hen it gets real fun.
My next trip will find me in Flamingo where the redfish have been biting along with a few snook, tarpon, tripletail and sea trout.
The rods we used were made by Key Largo Rods. The reels were all Daiwa Advantages. The line was made by a company called FINS. The bait was caught with a West Coast 3/8 inch 10 foot net and the boat was powered by a new Yamaha SHO 250 four stroke outboard engine.
Well that catches us up for now!
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Capt. Alan Sherman
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Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
Miami Fishing Forecast:
I expect the fishing to be pretty consistent for the next three or four months with lots of SEA TROUT, JACK CREVALLES, LADYFISH, SPANISH MACKEREL, BLUEFISH, GROUPER, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON and some POMPANO in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH, MACKEREL, SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in SOUTH BISCAYNE BAY lots of action from a wide variety of fish like the SNAPPERS, GROUPERS, JACKS, BLUEFISH, MACKERELS, POMPANO, LADYFISH, PORGIES, GRUNTS, SNOOK and BLUERUNNERS keeping anglers busy catching and releasing fish most of the day. FLAMINGO in EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK will have a huge amount of wildlife like the WHITE PELICANS, ROSEATTE SPOONBILLS, SKIMMER BIRDS,GULLS, OSPREYS, EAGLES, TERNS, EGRETS, HERONS, ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES, BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS, MANATTEES, SHARKS and TURTLES and of course the wide variety of fish that migrate into FLORIDA BAY and the GULF waters during the cooler months of the year. SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SEA TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD, TRIIPLETAIL, BLACK DRUM, SNAPPER, GOLIATH AND GAG GROUPER, POMOPANO, COBIA, MACKEREL, BLUEFISH and I'm sure I am leaving a few other fish species out will be available to all anglers at one time or another throughout the rest of our FALL FISHING SEASON.
Target Species:
Tarpon, Snook, Sharks, Mackerel, Kingfish, Dolphins, Sailfish, Tuna, Redfish, Cobia
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