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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
September 14, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Every year prior to starting my wade fishing trips in Marco, I spend several days fishing the area and finding the new holes, ledges and bars that will hold fish. Some years, the changes are very subtle. Others years the changes can be quite drastic. This year was one of those drastic years. The area where last year you could reach a sand bar during low tide by wading out several hunderd yards to it is now totally above sea level for a distance of about 1 mile. To the outside of this new strip of land, a new sand bar is forming. An area that held a very productive hole is still there, however, with the formation of the new strip the water flow to the hole is completely cut off from the open Gulf. East of the hole was an island that went under water at high tide. It has now washed away and is only exposed for an hour on each side of the low tide. All these changes are what makes this area a great and challenging place to fish.
On Saturday (9/13) I spent the morning exploring the new area. I found some great places for fish to hold in and areas where they flood in to with the rising tide. For the snook enthusiast, there were lots of them roaming up and down the beach. If you want to catch them with jigs or plastics, you'll have to fish early and late or hope for an overcast stormy sky. If the sun is shining bright, then they get very picky. The way to overcome this is by using fly tackle. Also roaming the area were a fair number of jack crevalle. Using a 4# spinning outfit will give you a great challenge, especially when the larger ones grab your offering. The pompano are there and willing to take a jig. The sum of my morning's fishing was 1 pompano, 8 jack crevalle, and getting frustrated by at least a dozen picky snook that wouldn't eat.
On Sunday (9/14) the morning started with 1 ladyfish and then progressed to site casting to a 5# jack crevalle followed by catching and releasing 8 smaller jacks in the deeper water of a channel. When the tide changed and started coming in, the snook flooded into an area as if like clock work and once again were picky in the bright sunlight. There is still more area to explore. I'll be doing that between now and the end of September.
Although the numbers of fish caught were no where near like they will be later in the month and through October, the signs are encouraging for a very good year. The place is loaded with mullet. The small pilchards and herring are flowing through in massive clouds. The large schools of ladyfish and jack crevalle will soon follow and have a field day feeding. The snook and pompano will continue to roam the area and increase in numbers. The new grass areas will help attract some nice size sea trout and spanish mackerel will invade the deeper channels.
Now is the time to schedule your trip, so give me a call and lets go get in on the action.
Captain Dave
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