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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
May 20, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
5/20/02
Last week the fishing off of Miami was spectacular. Live baiting on the edge not only produced lots of fish, but a large amount of variety as well. Early in the day the kingfish were biting fairly good, and there was some decent sized ones as well. The sailfish are continuing to eat throughout the day and have been responding well to live chum. Two days last week, we were actually able to chum up a sailfish behind the boat, toss a live bait on a hook to him, hook up and land him. It is pretty exciting to see a sailfish so close, actually cast a bait to him and see him eat it. The dolphin have also been in the mix, with both dolphin offshore as well as on the edge. The afternoons have also been on fire with the blackfin tunas. On Wednesday of last week, we got the blackfins so fired up with live chumming; that at one point during the day, we had at least six blackfin at one time crashing the freebies we were chumming with.
Obviously the offshore action sounds great, but the tarpon fishing along the beaches has also been phenomenal. I fished 3 night trips as well, and went 2 – 3 one night, 5 for 9 another night and 4 for 5 on the third night. All those fish, with the exception of one, were over 100 pounds. The largest tarpon we caught last week was estimated at 140 pounds. We only have a few weeks left for the big tarpon on the beaches, so don’t miss out.
During the weekend, I fished with a charter for the Pompano Beach Rodeo. We placed just out of the money, and ended up 12th place out of over 250 boats. Tournaments are long days, but I had an excellent bunch of guys, that really helped out and knew how to handle fishing rods well. My charter did win 3rd place Family award. We caught lots of kings, blackfin tuna, dolphin and sailfish. It was an exciting time, and look forward to fishing it again next year.
As you can see from this report, the fishing remains excellent, so give me a call and let’s set up a trip.
Tight Lines and Good Fishing,
Capt. Dean Panos
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