04-04-2002, 06:06 AM
You can tell it is Spring time by the kind (dolphin) of fish being caught and where (less than 400 feet). Also, the bait (herring, pilchards, and sardines) is showing up at the outside spots. On a half day trip in the morning on April 2nd, we caught 4 dolphin in the 8-15 pound class and never went deeper than 170 feet. We missed a couple of fish and had a down rigger bait chopped in half. Tarpon fishing the evening of April 3rd, required some searching to find the fish. Before dark, they were rolling along the south side of the main channel of Government Cut. A strong north wind made it necessary to use the engines to hold our position over the fish. We hooked a tarpon who used its strength and the tide to cut us off on a marker chain. On our next drift, we had a rod bend over but did not hook up. Then the fish became scarce. After five drifts on the north side, we hit pay dirt. A very strong willed 80# tarpon took us to the deep water of the main channel before we got some great boat side jumping shots and released the fish.<br><br>Captain Dave Kostyo<br>Knot Nancy Fishing Charters<br>305 620-5896 Charter<br>305 732-2628 Beeper<br>www.rnfl.com/knotnancy<br>nkostyo@bellsouth.net<br><br>