05-09-2004, 02:23 PM
The good news is that the dolphin are here and they are in close. The bad news is that the wind is still kicking and you need a strong stomach to handle the sea conditions. Throw in some blackfin tuna, kingfish, and sailfish and you have offshore spring time fishing in Miami.
Today (5/8), Frank Jones treated his friend Leann Moore to an offshore trip for her birthday. Up to this time, Leann had only fished from shore and she was excited about her first offshore fishing trip. The wind has been blowing for what seems like almost forever, and today was no exception. We headed out Government Cut with the wind from the E/ESE @ 18 - 20 MPH. Working the area off the Hotels on Key Biscayne gave us steady action on dolphin in the 3 - 15 pound class. All our strikes were in the 190-300 foot zone with the exception of a cero mackerel (105') and every drift produced some type of action. Today the flatlines out performed the kite about 2 to 1. Leann caught the biggest (15#'s) and second biggest (10#'s) dolphin, both on the flatlines. Frank took all the strikes on the kite and landed 2 of 3 dolphin and a 5# cero mackerel. Toss in a few more dolphin caught on the flatlines and there were enough fillets for several meals. Like all fishing trips, the half day trip seemed to end all to soon and they are both looking forward to their next trip. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leann!!
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 732-2628 Beeper
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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Today (5/8), Frank Jones treated his friend Leann Moore to an offshore trip for her birthday. Up to this time, Leann had only fished from shore and she was excited about her first offshore fishing trip. The wind has been blowing for what seems like almost forever, and today was no exception. We headed out Government Cut with the wind from the E/ESE @ 18 - 20 MPH. Working the area off the Hotels on Key Biscayne gave us steady action on dolphin in the 3 - 15 pound class. All our strikes were in the 190-300 foot zone with the exception of a cero mackerel (105') and every drift produced some type of action. Today the flatlines out performed the kite about 2 to 1. Leann caught the biggest (15#'s) and second biggest (10#'s) dolphin, both on the flatlines. Frank took all the strikes on the kite and landed 2 of 3 dolphin and a 5# cero mackerel. Toss in a few more dolphin caught on the flatlines and there were enough fillets for several meals. Like all fishing trips, the half day trip seemed to end all to soon and they are both looking forward to their next trip. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leann!!
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 732-2628 Beeper
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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