11-09-2006, 08:19 PM
November started off with some very windy weather that resulted in the canceling of one fishing trip. The weather has calmed down and with it, the fishing has improved dramatically.
Eileen Clark was treated to a fishing trip for her birthday by her sisters Nancy Berish and Carolyn Signor. Bait fishing was relatively easy and we headed offshore with pilchards, herring, and goggle eyes. The seas conditions were perfect for flying the heavy air kite with ESE/SSE winds of 12 - 19 knots. We started off the trees at the north end of Key Biscayne and worked our way north to the anchorage area. All of our action came in the 120 - 180 foot range. It started with Carolyn catching her first dolphin in 150', followed by Nancy catching her first dolphin off the kite in 120'. Both dolphin weighed in at 9 pounds. Next, Eileen got in on the action with releasing a small brown shark. Working the kite baits back out to 180', we saw action on the downrigger with another shark that was released. Then we had a sailfish on for one jump before it gave us our bait back. The bow flatline took off next, and Carolyn caught a very nice 25 pound kingfish. By this time we were north of the sea buoy and had picked up some north current. Another small shark inhaled one of our flatlines and it too got released. Nancy was watching the kite baits and saw the long one getting very nervous. I glanced out to it and saw the sailfish inhale the goggle eye and Nancy was now hooked up with her first sailfish. 15 minutes later, we got pictures and released the fish. The final fish of the days was caught by Eileen. It took the kingfish three tries to catch the herring on the short kite. Along the way, we had baits chopped in half, knocked off hooks, and mono leaders chopped off by toothy critters. It was good steady action throughout the trip.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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Eileen Clark was treated to a fishing trip for her birthday by her sisters Nancy Berish and Carolyn Signor. Bait fishing was relatively easy and we headed offshore with pilchards, herring, and goggle eyes. The seas conditions were perfect for flying the heavy air kite with ESE/SSE winds of 12 - 19 knots. We started off the trees at the north end of Key Biscayne and worked our way north to the anchorage area. All of our action came in the 120 - 180 foot range. It started with Carolyn catching her first dolphin in 150', followed by Nancy catching her first dolphin off the kite in 120'. Both dolphin weighed in at 9 pounds. Next, Eileen got in on the action with releasing a small brown shark. Working the kite baits back out to 180', we saw action on the downrigger with another shark that was released. Then we had a sailfish on for one jump before it gave us our bait back. The bow flatline took off next, and Carolyn caught a very nice 25 pound kingfish. By this time we were north of the sea buoy and had picked up some north current. Another small shark inhaled one of our flatlines and it too got released. Nancy was watching the kite baits and saw the long one getting very nervous. I glanced out to it and saw the sailfish inhale the goggle eye and Nancy was now hooked up with her first sailfish. 15 minutes later, we got pictures and released the fish. The final fish of the days was caught by Eileen. It took the kingfish three tries to catch the herring on the short kite. Along the way, we had baits chopped in half, knocked off hooks, and mono leaders chopped off by toothy critters. It was good steady action throughout the trip.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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