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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
August 24, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
The weather has finally settled in to its normal summer time pattern. Warm and sunny days, calm seas, and dodging afternoon thunderstorms has become a daily event.
Fishing in general has taken on the usual pattern for late August. One day you do OK, the next is a struggle, and the third is a great day. Fishing early in the day and late in the afternoon is the best way to beat the heat and improve your chances of making a good catch.
Between Government Cut and Haulover Inlet, there has been some kingfish activity in depths from 100' out to 270'. The key is to cover ground and fish your baits deep. If you just want some rod bending action, then catching barracuda has been most reliable. They will range in weight from about 5 pounds to over 20 and give a great account of themselves when you use light (6-12) line. For those who are looking for dolphin, the good news is that they are still out there and there are some larger ones coming through. With this heat, they can get a bit finicky with their feeding during the heat of the day.
On Thursday (8/21), we took advantage of the good barracuda fishing and had a ball catching fish to 25 pounds. While we were catching larger baits for the barracuda, we also got into a bunch of small AJ's that we were catching on 6 pound line and jigs.
Today (8/24), we started the day with bait fishing lessons and then ran out to 130' off Government Cut. Green water and no current soon had us slow trolling our baits to cover some ground. We had a herring chopped in half, but did not hook up. With the great weather and calm seas, we ran offshore in search of dolphin. Some dynamite weed lines failed to produce for us. We ran out as far as 14 miles and the weed lines became heavy scattered grass. Turning back towards shore, our plans were to head in to do some dropping on some wrecks. At 10 miles out, we found another outstanding weed line that was filled with boards and trash. We just couldn't resist the temptation and had to give it a try. Slow trolling pilchards along this line gave us our reward and we spent the remainder of the trip catching 15 dolphin in the 4 - 10 pound range. Most of the fish were feeding on the very finicky side and required a lot of work on the part of my 3 anglers to get them to feed. We watched a large bull swim around us for 25 minutes and refuse everything we offered it. We finally got the 2 cows swimming with it to eat and added them to our fish box. The bull finally lost interest and swam away. Once again persistence paid off and rewarded us with a good catch.
Captain Dave
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