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Fishing Report for Northern Miami-Dade County
Capt. Dave Kostyo
December 9, 2004
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
During the past three days, we've covered the gamut with different types of trips. The species of fish has ranged from seatrout to swordfish. Here is a brief run down on each trip.
Sunday night (12/5) we took the plunge offshore to fish for swords. Douglas Russell, his two sons, and a family friend were in South Florida for a vacation. After catching a few bluerunners, we headed offshore in a sloppy choppy sea. While putting out the second bait, the first bait got hit and Douglas was quickly winding on a less than happy swordfish. Once the fish realized that something wasn't right, it proceeded to start dumping line off the 80W at an alarming rate. Doug went from the bow to the stern, back to mid-ship and then back to the stern. After 15 minutes and half a spool of line, the hook pulled and everyone was very disappointed. We reset the lines and made our first drift without any further action. About half way through the second drift, Doug called the trip as a very seasick other angler had hung in there for as long as he could and wasn't improving any.
Monday afternoon (12/6), Ted Philchuk took his 9 year old nephew, Sam on his first fishing trip. The seatrout and jack crevalle were being cooperative in the Bay and Sam now has the fishing bug.
Tuesday (12/7) was an afternoon/evening trip with Tom Mathias and Ange Sireno. Putting a kite bait next to a turtle got us an nice schoolie size dolphin. With no further action in the area, we headed south with the Sea Buoy as our goal. We never made it that far. Off 65th Street, we found a large weedline with birds working on it. With baits out slow trolling the weedline, I spotted several birds to our north working the surface very hard. In came the baits and a quick run to the area where we saw a sailfish chasing bait. The first bait thrown into the area got eaten by a bird. The second bait wasn't touched. We then spotted the sail to our south and slow trolled baits in that area with no results. I set up a drift with a couple of flatlines and a downrigger line. There wasn't enough wind to fly the kite. The downrigger line popped free and Ange was fighting his first sailfish. Twenty minutes later we took pictures and released the fish. The next hit came on the downrigger again and this time it was a kingfish. By now it was time to head inshore for some tarpon fishing. On the first drift after getting everything organized, the 20# Pflueger Contender G30 took off and the 45# tarpon gave Ange all he could handle. We took pictures and then released the fish. After a few more drifts, we called it a day and headed back to Spinnaker Marina to fillet the dolphin and king. It was a day of ones, however, we covered the major species that most anglers seek.
Knot Nancy has just been equipped with a new set of twin 2005 Yamaha 200hp HPDI engines from Bob Hewes Boats. She's ready for another great winter season of fishing in the South Florida area. The days are starting to fill in, so give me a call and schedule your trip. Lets get out and catch some fish.
Captain Dave
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