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Fishing Report for Miami, Florida
Capt. Bouncer Smith
October 14, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Night moves. That would best describe the past weekend. As is common this time
of year, business has been slow. Couple that with some travel and we did next to no
fishing the last couple weeks. That changed this weekend starting with Thursday
evening. We went snook fishing at Government Cut and the action was very good
on live herring. We finished the evening with 8 snook up to 40 inches. That’s about
18 to 20 pounds this time of year. Snook can only be harvested between 26 and 34
inches with all others released.
We heard reports of red hot swordfish action this week and finally got out to try
them last night. The most common rigs used for swordfish include a live bait
bridled to a 9/0 to 12/0 hook with another hook either 18 to 24 inches up the leader
or on a trailer below the bait. With these rigs, a high percentage of the fish that
strike are caught. Within IGFA these rigs are not allowed. All that being said, and
not knowing what kind of rigs were used, there were very reliable reports that a
boat off Miami Beach caught 10 that is TEN swordfish Thursday night. Another
boat caught 9 on Friday night. That is mind blowing action for the greatest of game
fish. We fished IGFA legal single hooked baits Sunday night and had 1 swordfish
on for 2 minutes before pulling the hook. Then we fought a shark for 20 minutes
before he bit through the leader. Missed another swordfish. Checked that bait and it
got eaten while letting it back down. This developed into a double header hookup of
swords. We finally caught and released one about 60 to 70 pounds and lost the other
to a pulled hook. With all the anglers working in the morning we call it an early
night and headed home shortly thereafter. Those swords will certainly get the blood
flowing. I can’t wait till our next trip for them. We have room for you next week on
Bouncer’s Dusky 33, so let’s go catch ‘em.
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