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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
February 11, 2004
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Miami Boat Show Week has my schedule full to capacity. On Thursday (2/12) and Friday (2/13), I'll be with Eagle Claw Hooks. On Saturday (2/14) and Sunday (2/15) it will be Whitewater Boats. Stop by to say hello and we'll talk some fishing. Besides being at the Show, I'll be fishing in the evenings for tarpon. Now lets get some fishing reports.
Sunday evening (2/8) had us rescheduling our tarpon trip due to some very windy weather.
Monday evening (2/9) we left Spinnaker Marina with our normal supply of live shrimp. Our destination was Haulover Inlet and our target was tarpon. A light wind from the ESE gave us a perfect drift. The action started on the first drift and remained steady for most of the evening. The final total was 3 for 5 tarpon in the 40 - 60 pound class caught on Pflueger Trion 66 reels with 12# line and 1 jack crevalle that measured 28 1/2 inches long.
Tuesday (2/10) we started the day with a mid day half day trip. We left the dock at 11 AM, ran to Government Cut and loaded up on pilchards and some herring, and then set up at the Monument Buoy. Beautiful blue water with a strong north current had us knowing that it would just be a matter of time before the action would start. By the time we drifted north to the hotels, we caught and released our first sailfish. Off the trees to the north of the hotels, a lone dolphin spent what seemed like minutes chasing down our bait and finally grabbing it. As I was cutting the leader after putting the dolphin in the fish box, the downrigger rod that I had popped loose when the dolphin swam up to the boat, took off with our second sailfish. It too was released and it was time to head to Spinnaker.
Tuesday (2/10) evening it was back out to Haulover Inlet. Once again the first drift produced a tarpon on the 12# Pflueger Trion 66 outfit. As it got dark, we hooked up again. While chasing the fish, we saw that a major shrimp run was taking place. Tarpon were busting all around us. And so it went all evening. It never took very long to get a strike after putting out the baits. Everyone in the area was hooking up and having a blast catching tarpon. Some larger fish also showed up with our largest being 80 pounds. No one wanted to go in, including myself. We all were like kids in a candy factory. The decision was made to do one more drift and then go in regardless of the outcome. The tarpon did not disappoint us and we got several boat side jumping shots of the 70 pound fish before releasing it. The final results for the evening was 5 for 7 beautiful, jumping, gyrating, hard pulling Silver Kings.
If you'd like to get in on this exciting tarpon action, give me a call to schedule a trip and lets go catch 'em.
Captain Dave
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