North current and east wind equal good fishing
Today we finally had good fish catching conditions. East wind and north current resulted in Ron catching 4 sailfish, 2 sharks and a mahi. Those targeting mahi did real good in 500 feet of water. To...
View ArticleWinter Tarpon Arrive
Tuesday evening Don and Sandy joined us for an evening tarpon trip. They caught 5 tarpon to 85 pounds on 20 lb tackle. They added 2 tarpon on 8 lb tackle. For spice we added a ladyfish and a...
View ArticleA Super Afternoon
We fished the bay this afternoon. Using small pilchards on light spin rods we caught and released a load of fish and laughs. We caught 25 bluefish, 6 trout, 3 ladyfish, 20 jacks, 12 grouper, a couple...
View ArticleA Nice Start for December
Today we kite fished off Government Cut. The water was clean green. We raised 3 sailfish in 260 feet of water and 1 in 120 feet. The 2 we caught were on the deep line. We caught 2 kingfish about 20...
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Action Day and Night
Today we caught a sailfish, 5 mahi, 2 bonito and a dozen sharks. With 3 knot north current and 15 to 20 knot NE winds we expected more sailfish. Tonight USA Olympic wrestler Steve joined Dan and John...
View ArticleGreat conditions, but slow action
Not all days can be great. We had super sailfish and mahi conditions yhr last couple of days, but slow results. Tuesday we caught a few mahi to 16 pounds and a couple of bonito and sharks. Then we went...
View ArticleSunset Tarpon
We are lucky to have a terrific winter tarpon fishery off Miami Florida from November through June. We are so spoiled that our catch tonight of 3 tarpon up to 100 pounds was a slow night for us. Our...
View ArticleSaturday Action
It was a little rough today with a SE current into the wind. We fished a kite and a bottom rod working from bottom structure to bottom structure. At times we were able to fish a flatline as well. We...
View ArticleGrouper Trolling
Sunday fishing was very slow when we got out at 1 PM. After a couple hours nothing, we went trolling for groupers. We caught 3 grouper trolling Xrap 30s in 20 feet of water. Unfortunately they were all...
View ArticleAfternoon Fun
Yesterday we picked up an afternoon trip. We caught plenty of herring and small runners at Bug Light. Then we kite fished in 150 to 190 feet of water. We caught a 15 lb mahi, 18 lb kingfish and a silky...
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Noah Back to Fishing
Noah spent quite a while as a guest of Joe Dimaggio Childrens Hospital. But last night he was a guest of “Fish to Make a Difference” and Bouncer’s Dusky 33. He and his brother caught several sea trout...
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A Great Variety
Today we started out kite fishing. This produced 4 sailfish, 2 mahi, 3 bonito and 15 silky sharks in 200 to 350 feet of water. Then we went wreck fishing. That methods produced a kingfish, a nice...
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Super Sunday Catch
Sunday we fished with Mike and Jake for 8 hours between 1 and 9 PM. First we found a floating banana tree about 7 miles offshore. Trolling a Xrap 30 we caught 1 wahoo and lost another just out of gaff...
View ArticleGrouper Slam Day
Today we caught a 23.7 inch black grouper, 6 gag grouper to 23.8 inches and finally a 28 inch red grouper. Most groupers have to be 24 inches. We also caught several bluefish and jacks. Grouper season...
View ArticleSlow Day Fast Night
Today we struggled with over 30 knot winds and dieting fish. We caught a 200 lb bull shark, 10 lb silky shark, a barracuda, a black grouper that was 1/8 inch under size and a lizard fish. This took 8...
View ArticleFast Fish Growth
In July 2010 we tagged a undersized mahi. In February 2011 it was recaptured in Exuma Sound. In 200 days it grew from about 2 pounds to 20 pounds. Well it happened again. On June 1st 2011 we tagged a...
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20 year Dream
Wednesday morning we had a family who had never fished beyond a farm pond. In 4 hours they caught a 60 pound sailfish, 2 groupers and 2 cutlass fish. In the afternoon we had a man who had tried to...
View ArticleThe Big Grouper Hunt
Friday we were on the big grouper hunt. Using live pinfish on numerous wrecks we caught 8 amberjack to 35 lbs, a 9 lb mutton snapper, 20 lb kingfish, 7 lb yellow jack, a shark and finally at the last...
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Goliath Grouper
We went for sharks this morning. We missed a sailfish and then we hooked a monster. It ate a 3 lb ladyfish baited on a Penn 50 International with 80 lb Prospec line. After 30 minutes a 250-300 pound...
View ArticleLast Trip 2012
We finished the year with Mark Hoffman from NY,NY. He caught 3 sailfish and a kingfish in 90 to 100 feet of water. We fished live herring on the kite. Happy New Year to all.
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