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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
September 10, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
It is time to get caught up with the fishing reports, so lets get right to them.
Tuesday (9/9) started with catching bait out of Haulover Inlet. Two throws with the castnet and a few extra with the sabiki rigs and we were off to the fishing grounds. First stop was in the 90-130' range just south of the Inlet. One bonito and one chopped bait behind the gills and we started offshore in search of dolphin. From 300' on out, we found several good lines and worked them with no results. Finally, in 1000' off Government Cut, we found the right raft of grass and the fun began. The dolphin were in the 4-8 pound class and were feeding very aggressively. Final count was 11 fish kept and 7 dolphin released. Moving back inshore, we set up on the blue/green edge in 230' about a 1/4 mile south of the sea buoy. A good NE breeze made it very easy to launch the kite from Bill Borkan's boat Bill Time. A large pilchard did the trick and within 10 minutes, we were fighting a sailfish. It put on one whale of a show with its jumps, leaps, and quick direction changes. We got the leader several times before it settled down enough for us to released it unharmed to fight again another day.
Wednesday (9/10) began as a carbon copy of Tuesday. The added bonus was the herring that we didn't have yesterday. The current today was going south and the water was green out to 300'. It then turned blue, however, at 500' it turned green again all the way out to 1200'. There was plenty of productive looking weed lines, but the dolphin were missing. Back in to just outside of the Cuban Hole and more south current had us hooking up a double bonito. Just north of the sea buoy, 3 of our baits got chopped off behind the gills. At the north end of the anchorage area, we started in 70' and worked our way out. We lost a mystery fish, caught and released a barracuda, then a bonito, and finally another double bonito landing one and pulling the hook on the other. Definitely a much slower day than Tuesday.
As soon as the current turns around and starts heading north again, the fishing action should pick up on the reef. I have some openings next week, so give me a call and lets go fishing.
Captain Dave
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