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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
February 5, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
2/4/02
Well the fishing in Miami has begun to heat up. Whether it is sailfish or tarpon your after, you can’t go wrong. How does this sound – 5 tarpon out of 7 hookups for tarpon and then two days later 6 sailfish out of 8 hookups.
The tarpon fishing was good all last week with at least two fish per night, with the best night at five tarpon. The bigger fish, over 100 pounds have been on the beaches, but the evening we landed the five tarpon, they were all in the inlet. That evening we fished most of the night on the beaches, without a bite. We then moved into the inlet and still no bites. Something then happened and the tarpon just turned on like a light switch. The next hour or so was action packed with 7 hookups, landing and releasing 5 of those fish. Those tarpon were mostly between 50 to 70 pounds.
Offshore the sailfish have really started to show up in good numbers. The best day last week for sailfish was Sunday. The morning bite was slow, and then just like the tarpon, something clicked and the sailfish really started to chew. The afternoon bite has been hot and right around 1:30 we started off with triple-header. Two sailfish were on two flat lines and one sailfish on the kite. After complete but coordinated pandemonium, we or the sailfish settled down and we actually caught and released all three fish. Between 2:00pm and 4:00pm we had five more shots and caught and released three of those five. The total for the day was 6 sailfish out of 8. At one point we had the sailfish behind the boat eating the live chum we were throwing out. We had one sailfish so charge up, that he was really tearing into the live chum. As we threw out a pilchard with in hook in it, the line started sizzling off the reel. We figured this was the sailfish but minutes late we found out that a big ocean bonita beat the sailfish to the bait. Either way, it was total excitement. If the sound of sailfish within casting distance of your boat and watching them eating baits right off your transom doesn’t get you fired up, then fishing is not for you. So if it sailfish or big tarpon you’re after, give us a call and lets see if we can make it happen.
Tight Lines
Capt. Dean Panos
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