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Miami - Haulover to Fowey Light
Capt. Dean Panos
January 13, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Double D Charters
1/13/02
Kingfish have taken over the reefs. The kingfish bite out of Miami has been excellent for the past week. It has not been a problem catching your limit of kingfish in just a few hours. Every charter we had these past few days, we limited out on kings by 10:30 am. Most of the kingfish have been 8 – 10 pounds, but we did catch a few at or above 20 pounds.
The water early in the week was grim, with greenish water with little current. Starting yesterday, the current from the North picked up and the water started looking better. The water looked better down below Fowey Light. Even with the green water, their have still been sailfish caught, granted not in huge numbers. As the conditions started improving so did the sailfish bite. Almost everyone who fished in the right areas had at least one, if not multiple shots at sailfish. Given the right conditions, the sailfish will turn on immensely. We have had a few double headers already this year and one triple (3 sailfish on at one time). This type of action will continue well into April.
Swordfish still dominate the nighttime offshore scene. We had one swordfish trip last week and we landed 2 swordfish that night, with the biggest one just under 100 pounds. Both swordfish struck the tip rod, and the first fish; we actually thought we had lost. The tip rod started bouncing, and then drag started pouring off the reel. Then the line went slack. Even as the angler reeled in the line, there was no sign of the swordfish being hooked. As he continued reeling in, about 50 ft from the boat, a hundred pound swordfish exploded and took off to the surface. This fish turned out to be a jumper, as he jumped clear out of the water at least three times. After 40 minutes we landed our first swordfish for the night. About two hours later, we got another bite on the tip rod, and after a short fight, we released our second swordfish of the night. It was an exciting night with a good bunch of guys.
Although we haven’t done any tarpon trips this year, the action from the other boats is promising. There have been tarpon caught both off of Haulover Inlet and Government Cut. As is normal this time of year, the tarpon have been caught drifting live shrimp along the beaches and through the inlets.
If offshore fishing gets your blood going, give us a shout and let’s set up that trip!
Tight Lines and Good Fishing,
Capt. Dean Panos
Double D Charters
(954)805-8231
P.S. I will be speaking at the Miami Sportfishing Club this Thursday (01/16/03) at 7:30pm on sailfishing. Give me a call if your interested.
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