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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
April 30, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Rain Rain Go Away. It is only human nature that when it hasn't rained for a while, we want it to. Then when it finally does rain, we want it to stop. The tarpon charter I had scheduled for this evening has been postponed till tomorrow evening. The tarpon action has been GREAT, both @ Government Cut and in the Bay. At Government, they are definitely showing a better preference for crabs over shrimp, although it is still worth putting a shrimp out. In the Bay, shrimp is the way to go.
On Sunday (4/27), the wind was from the west most of the day. From about 88 Street north to straight out from Haulover Inlet, there were a fair amount of kingfish. The only problem was that they were on the small side and keeping a hook in them was difficult. Both fish that we caught were snagged in the body. The other 8 strikes we had either chopped baits in half, knocked them off the hook, or pulled quite a bit of drag before the hook pulled. The strikes were in the 90-130 foot range and came on pilchards and sardines. In the afternoon, we found some hungry dolphin in 300' and caught 5.
Monday evening (4/28) we watched as several other boats hooked and fought tarpon. It was going to be just a matter of time before one found our bait. After it got dark, we hooked up and Tim Gipe fought and released a 70# fish. Then after 9 pm, we jumped a fish. The next drift, Richard Bezold had his hands full with a 90# fish that he also released. They both wanted to learn some basics about tarpon fishing in the Bay. We anchored up at the first spot and within 10 minutes we had a fish on that gave us two great jumps before throwing the hook. I dropped Richard off and while Tim and I were returning to Spinnaker Marina, we stopped at another spot where Tim got the opportunity to sight and cast to the fish. It ate his live shrimp offering and he also got 2 jumps from the fish before it threw the hook.
As we go in to May, the dolphin should become more and more plentiful. Tarpon fishing will continue on in to June. With calmer weather just around the corner, sea conditions for swordfishing will become much more comfortable. I've got some open dates, so get your group together, give me a call, and whether its dolphin, tarpon, or swords, lets go catch some.
Captain Dave
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