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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
July 4, 2002
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
7/4/02
Almost a month from my last report, so here goes.
Dolphin fishing has been on the tough side, and usually requires running way out into the Gulfstream. There has been a lack of debris, so most of the dolphin found have been under birds. The birds have been moving fairly fast, and have been difficult to get in front of. If you do though, you usually get a few dolphin. Size has been on the small size from little peanuts to 5 pound schoolies, although as expected, there have been dolphin up to 50 pounds caught this past month. Quite a few wahoo have also been caught offshore. I also have heard of a few blue marlin as well as a few white marlin offshore.
Fishing on the reef has been productive for bonitas and sailfish. Kingfish have almost all disappeared, but the sailfish are still here. We have been catching at least one or two sailfish on every trip that we fished the reef.
Bahamas fishing is red hot, with mutton snapper being the glamour fish. This last full moon, although I fished Miami, the boats that went over, did very well with the muttons. Yellowtail fishing has been very good, and so has jigging for red grouper. Cobia are also around, and the kingfishing in Bimini is also very good.
Now comes my favorite – Swordfishing!
We went swordfishing last night and caught two swordfish and a shark. The two swordfish were not behemoths, but on was a keeper (70 pounds), and the other one was smaller (50 pounds). We released both fish. What is amazing though, is that even a 50-pound swordfish can pull quite a bit of drag off of an 80 or 50 Wide International reel. I did hear of one 300 pound swordfish being caught last night. The angler had the fish on for over 3 hours.
So if it sounds like you need action, it’s hard to beat Bimini for the reef fish, Miami at night for the swordfish, and Miami daytime for dolphin or sailfish.
Give me a call, and lets set up a trip.
Happy and Safe 4th of July.
Tight Lines and Good Fishing,
Capt. Dean Panos
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