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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
February 25, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
This past week has gone by like a whirlwind. Between fishing and the Bass Pro Shop Spring Classic, my days and nights have been long and lots of fun.
Inshore, the tarpon continue to be plentiful at Haulover Inlet. Live shrimp is the ticket and we've been averaging 4 strikes a trip. Guy Rock from Wilton Manors and his friend Marty Stoyer from Auburn, Pennslyvania had their hands full with a double header tarpon of 100#'s and 70#'s. There was a lot of running around the boat before we landed and released both fish. Marty, who is a professional bass angler, caught his first tarpon and was amazed at how hard they pull and how high they jump. That evening, we finished with 3 for 4.
The next day, I did a really great job of avoiding the fish. We broke a line on the downrigger, had a hook turn in a bait, and finally landed a large bonito. That evening, I made up for the slow days fishing. Jim Lefevre from Stuart, Florida added to his 20# total in the MET Fishing Tournamemt by going 3 for 4.
Back offshore the following day, we made up for the previous slow day by catching 2 for 2 sailfish, 2 bonito, and 1 dolphin. Three days at the Bass Pro Shop Spring Classic was a lot of fun and I got to talk with loads of wonderful people, as well as, giving 3 half hour seminars on tarpon fishing at Haulover Inlet, Government Cut, and Biscayne Bay.
That brings us to Monday evening. Long time friends Jorge Rodriguez, Danny Batista, and Robert Fernandez all from Miami had visions of tarpon dancing in their heads. The three amigos were soon to learn that sometimes, the tarpon get their revenge. Jorge got to get eyeball to eyeball with his tarpon as it made a 6 foot high jump at boatside and proceeded to give him back his hook. Next, Robert got the rod out of the holder in time for his tarpon to make a jump and shake the hook. Everyone was rooting for Danny to be the one to hook up solid. It was not to be!! Good run, first jump, and thrown hook. Then we caught and released a ladyfish. Jorge was keeping his fingers and toes crossed as it was his turn again. We got the tremendous strike and it appeared that we were finally going to get the solid hook up. That is until the tarpon made a helicopter style jump and you can guess what happened next. THROWN HOOK!!!! This evening the tarpon won. But wait till tomorrow night. I'll keep you posted.
Captain Dave
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