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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
April 13, 2004
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Lets get straight to the day by day results.
Saturday (4/10) afternoon/evening had its highs and lows. During the offshore portion we caught bait without any difficulty and ran out to 210' where there was blue water and lots of weed. Slow trolling baits produced no action. I ran offshore to 1000' in search of dolphin with once again no action. Back in to the 180' range and we finally got a nice 10# kingfish. Then a sailfish crashed the scene and gave us 2 great jumps and a powerful run before giving us our hook back. Now in 152', a 12# flatline outfit took off at an alarming rate. Darrell was hooked up solid to an unknown fish that was definitely trying to get out of the area. Darkness set in and Darrell was still hanging in and doing a terrific job of battling the fish. It finally came into view for the first time and we all saw that it was a sizeable cobia. It ran straight down and was worked back to the boat only to have it run straight down again. This happened several times with each run a bit shorter. Finally it stayed near the boat and with Hank holding the spotlight, I sank the gaff and put the 36# cobia in the boat. After all the hand shakes and back slapping, we headed in to tarpon fish. On the first drift we hooked up to a screamer of a tarpon that threw the hook on its second jump. This now had me at 0 for 4 in two evenings of fishing and had me talking to myself. A few more drifts with no strikes and it was time to head in.
Sunday (4/11) evening, Michael Oshry, Art Greenfeder, and 13 year old Spencer Greenfeder were out for an evening of Government Cut tarpon fishing. On the first drift on the south side, Art was closest to the rod went the bite came. The fish put up a hard battle and made some breath taking jumps close to the boat. At one point, it slapped the surface with its tail and soaked all of us before running off. When I released the tarpon, it slapped the surface again and Spencer got a second soaking from the fish. Next, it was Spencer's turn. He picked on the big (110#) tarpon of the evening. It was a see saw battle for the first 15 minutes. Then Spencer's angling abilities paid off and the tarpon slowly gave in. At one point well into the battle, the fish made a surge at the surface and 30 seconds later it took off on a run as if didn't even know that it was hooked. The tarpon capped off the run with a tremendous jump that took it 6' into the air. In the end, Spencer won and Dad did the honors of releasing the mighty warrior. On the final drift of the evening, Michael got his chance to do battle. And what a battle it was. It took the cooperation of everyone doing their part to whip this fish. The first run almost spooled Michael's reel before the fish made an abrupt about face and charged back toward us. Some good rod handling and quick boat maneuvering out did the tarpon and Michael released his fish also. Three for three was how we finished the evening and lets not forget the large ladyfish that filled in on one of the drifts.
Monday (4/12) evening we got things started on the third drift with a 60# tarpon caught on a live shrimp. Then after dark, another 60# tarpon ate a live crab. With the tide being right for Bay fishing, we moved inside and got our reward in the first 3 minutes of putting out the baits. The action was consistent till the tide slowed down to a trickle. In between bites on live shrimp, Jim was casting a D.O.A. Shrimp on a 10# spinning outfit. His persistence paid off toward the end of the evening when he hooked a feisty 20# tarpon. It stayed on for 3 jumps and several surges before the hook pulled as the fish moved across the stern of the boat. The live baiting portion of the trip in the Bay netted 2 for 5. Adding it all up, we ended the evening going 4 for 8 and got back to Spinnaker Marina just as the ran storms started coming through.
There is still time to get in on the tarpon action, so give me call and lets book a trip to do battle with the mighty Silver King.
Captain Dave
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