South Florida Fish Report

JohnS · #1 05-18-2003, 08:15 PM

Went out Saturday, first time out in a while, and I guess the fishing wasn't so bad......

Seas were supposed to be 2 feet or less, they lied. It was a good 4 plus with some 6 plus rollers. Anyway, the schoolies (Dolphin) were just not hungry, due most likely to the loads of baitfish hanging around the spotty weed patches. I could see them, they just weren't hungry. If I had some live bait on board, that may have worked but, other then that, I tried most every trick in the book and guess those little guys just had full meals prior to me getting out there at 7:30am. Most all of the dolphin were hanging between 350 and 500 feet and about 2 miles south of Fowey.......

Catch of the day, caught in 600 feet of water, trolling a frozen hoo, running a green/yellow skirt, a 62lb yellow fin taking about 45 minutes to boat. Needless to say, I have a full freezer.... Guess he must have been hungry because I sure wasn't expecting something like that to hit a frozen hoo of all things! Some BIG fish!

Would have stayed out for some more but my boys started getting a little green by 1:00......... Guess they need to start spending more time with me on the water.....

Tight lines, big fish!

John

[ May 18, 2003, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: JohnS ]

other tom · #2 05-19-2003, 09:58 AM

Way to go on the YF ! thats an impressive catch on this side of the gulf stream...very jealous!

FELLOW-SHIP · #3 05-19-2003, 11:38 AM

Ha John
I have been going out of Miami just about every Saturday for the last year, ever since I got my boat finished. I put out at Crandon go to Government to pick up live bait and then usually go south fishing from Government to around 1 or 2 miles south of Fowey light. We have been pretty productive for the most part this year. This last month we have caught about 4 or 5 Sails a few Mutton a few A.J. lots of Kings one about 45 Lbs and a few Groupers. But it seems that the Guys fishing further south around Pacific to off Ocean Reef have been a lot more productive then me. This last week we only got one King and a lot of cut offs on the reef close to Fowey. I have been thinking about putting out at Homestead and fishing in front of Cesar’s to the Whistler in front of Ocean Reef. That would be a extra 20 Minuets one way on the trailoring plus trying to find live bait down there isn’t as easy. We will be headed down to the middle Keys come June the first for a week. I Guess I will make my decision after that about where to put out. Congratulations of that yellowfin I sure wish I would have found him myself.
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TUGBOAT · #4 05-19-2003, 04:04 PM

Great Catch on the Yellow !!
Hey JohnS. got the perfect solution for Your Son !
Run a frenzie Lure !! You can run most of them at 9-15 Then have plenty of time at Billy's point.
Ya don't have to waste time looking for Bait! HaHa.You can run bait behind them too.
A 58.6# dolphin caught this weekend(All Big fish caught Sat.) at the coconuts fishing Tourney(1st. Place).A few 40's & 30's.Sun. 3 dolphin were weighed in by 4:00 !Then They came in till the Bell.Only a Few Fish maybe a total of 30 Fish were weighed.A lot of smaller ones.A few anglers went up to 90+ miles with just a couple of Small ones !
FULL MOON !!!!!!!!!!!!
Fish Fed all NIGHT !!!!!!
I wanna see Ya on My gallery w/A SeaCraft too.
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Color 's
Dolphin (so Far)-Cowboy-
Mexican Flag,Blue-White,Black-Red,Blue-silver
WaHoo-Bullet
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JohnS · #5 05-19-2003, 06:06 PM

Tug,
Ya know, I was thinkin of you while I was out there. Was thinking I should get with you and try out a few of your special lures there. I will try and get together with you in the next couple of weeks. I am going off to Ft Myers this coming weekend so it will be the week after that.

If you have any of those Frenzie logos in the adhesive vinyl I will be more than happy to apply them to the new boat and even one on my truck to get you some free advertising!!!!!

John

TUGBOAT · #6 05-19-2003, 08:22 PM

Colors & sizes
Thanks [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Tug [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
Ya know the Boat runs Faster with 'em.

JohnS · #7 05-20-2003, 01:03 AM

I would not run all the way down to Homestead Bayfront to put in of you are coming from the north. I would put in at Black Point and then run out to Cesars. Black Point has a very long channel but you can usually cut out early, just don't cut out before channel marker 19 unless you are in a flats boat. Then, clear the channel a bit and as long as you can get on plane with about three feet of water, you will not have a problem. High tide is never an issue, low tide you have to be careful.

I ran out Cesars and then trolled north and was going to run the color change back south until my oldest son started looking a bit on the sick side so we ran back in through Stiltsville and then south through the bay. He was fine as long as we were running and I can run pretty quick in the bay.

When I need live bait, I always have to go to Fowey if I want anything decent. Just a fact of life around this way. When I don't feel like running all that way, well, then out comes the wallet. There is a decent bait shop that is on Old Cutler just south, about a half mile, from 87th avenue, which runs out to Black Point. They have the stuff you will need if you want to come south and don't want to run to Fowey. The only advantage Homestead Bayfront has on Black Point is, the channel is very short.....

John

JohnS · #8 06-02-2003, 06:13 PM

Ok Guys,
Took another trip out on Sunday, to start the month of June off the RIGHT way......

Not much to tell you about other than the Dolphin are WAY out. Finally found them, out 15 miles. Once I found them though, I couldn't get rid of them. We gave up after I couldn't fit any more in the fish box on the boat. Wound up counting when we got back to the dock, 27 total......

Going out again this coming weekend, weather permitting, I will let ya know......

John