06-05-2002, 02:25 PM
Tuesday evening was a tarpon trip. Live crabs got all the action. First drift, a 70 pound tarpon gave Ernie all he could handle on a 20# spinning outfit. Second drift, Nick got the rod out of the rod holder about the time the tarpon made its first jump and threw the hook. We quickly put out another bait, and within 3 minutes, the same rod hooked up to a 90 pound fish. This one took us all over the south side at Government Cut and then into the main channel. After a 45 minute battle, the fish was released and we went home.<br><br>Wednesday morning was a dolphin trip. The day before, the fish were all over and in close. We filled the livewell with pilchards and herring and headed out. The first good looking conditions were found at about 12 miles out. We caught an few and missed a few (thrown hooks) in the schoolie size. We continued searching and got into more schoolie size fish 22 miles SE of Haulover. After lunch, we found more birds, followed a frigate bird for awhile, found several floating objects, and slow trolled on several weed lines that produced no other fish. Thus far this year, the dolphin season has been very erratic. We'll see what Thursday brings us.<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>