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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
December 22, 2000
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
As we were running the boat through the Biscayne Bay yesterday, one thought came to mind, are we nuts, it was down right COLD! My customers and myself looked like we were fishing up in the Northeast. Everyone had long pants, two to three layer of clothes, jackets, hats, and some even had gloves. Zipping at 50 mph in Biscayne Bay in 50-degree weather is Cold. But in the back of everyone's mind was that this could be a banner day. Already having two dozen goggle eyes in the livewell, we loaded up on pilchards and herring and ran south to the Monument Buoy. The water looked good, a nice deep blue edge, a NW wind, but only a trickle of North current. Our first drift we got two nice dolphin, and we headed farther north were there seemed to be a bit more current. Instantly upon setting out the kite baits and the flatlines, we had a double header with sailfish. During this time of year, doubles, triples and quads are very possible. When you get a sailfish on, leave the other baits out and try to get at least a double. The second fish hit the second kite bait, probably a full three minutes after the first fish. If we would have pulled in the other lines, we would have never caught that second fish.
We heard on the VHF radio, of a bit more North current up by the Miami Sea Buoy. We set up in the anchorage area and got two more double and a single. All in all we ended up 5 for 7 on sailfish, with dolphin, bonita, and a grouper to boot. The guys on the boat are repeat customers and all are good anglers. It was fun to see everyone running around with sailfish on. At one point we had a double header on, one on a flatline which hit first and one on the kite bait. The flatline fish went north, and the kite fish went south. The flatline fish never jumped, so we didn't know what it was. We decided to go after the flatline fish, since number one it was on a spinning reel with line disappearing fast , and since it never jumped, we didn't know what it was. It could be a real good fish. After at least 45 minutes we saw the fish. During the fight I was convinced it was a big tuna. It ran fast and went straight down. Instead of a tuna it was a grand daddy sailfish. This fish went every bit of 80 pounds. It was a rewarding catch. The next fish we caught was on 12 lb. Test which made it fun to catch. We called it a day at 4:00 p.m. and the charter is looking forward to their next trip in January. The malls have Holiday Sales but good old Mother Nature has some Holiday Sails of her own. Don't miss out on the sailfish fun, call and lets go fishing!
From Double D Charters, we wish everyone Happy Holidays and a safe Holiday season. We are looking forward to next year and to some more exciting fishing tales.
Tight Lines and Good Fishing
Capt. Dean Panos
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