01-22-2005, 01:17 AM
The wind has been up and the wind has been down, so there have been many days for only the strong of stomach. The fishing has been excellent offshore for sailfish and kingfish and inshore for tarpon. Bait has been plentiful in the Government Cut area and the shrimp have been making strong runs at night.
Sunday evening (1/16), Randy Wong was in from Maryland. His goal was to catch some tarpon. We started at Haulover Inlet and hooked up on our first and second drifts. We caught one and broke a line on the other. Then after being hit by several waves in the 8 - 10 foot class, we decided to try the Bay. We caught the last of the right tide and had one fish on and pulled the hook. Next, we fished the south side of Government Cut. The north side was impossible as it looked like the Bonsai Pipeline with continuous rollers crashing across the jetties. The south side produced one caught and released tarpon before it was time to call it an evening. Two for four was the final results.
Wednesday (1/19), we fished the Monument area and found dolphin and sailfish under frigate birds. Add to that a few kingfish along with a triggerfish and remora to round out the day. The wind started out at 22 knots from the NE and dropped off to 6 knots by afternoon. All the fish were caught on pilchards.
Wednesday evening (1/19) it was back to tarpon fishing. We ran the big circle again starting at Haulover where we started out going 1 for 2. When the wind died to the point of not being able to drift, it was time to head south to Government Cut. Once again on the south side we got a bite on the first drift. The drift then died and after hooking the bottom, it was time to give the Bay a try. The water temperature was a cold 68.8 and we got one strike from a 35 pound fish that we caught and released. Final results for the evening was a carbon copy 2 for 4 just like Sunday evening.
Thursday (1/20), my group of anglers from Connecticut were looking to catch a sailfish as well as enjoy their last day of warm weather in the Miami area before returning home. They wanted some action first before trying for sails. With that in mind, we started at the Cuban Hole and got excellent action on kingfish. We stopped after catching 7 kings in the 6 - 8 pound class. Moving south, we set up for sailfish and that's when the wind died. With 3 flatlines and 1 downrigger line, we drifted offshore from 100'. At 140', two lines got hit and we had a double header sailfish going. One ran offshore and the other ran south. Both fish were landed, photographed, and released. The next drift added the final kingfish to reach our limit.
We've done some updates on my website www.knotnancy.com Take a look at the video gallery page were there are three new movies on kingfish, dolphin, and tuna action. The videos are fairly large, so DSL and Cable will get them downloaded the quickest. If you're on a dial up modem, be prepared for a long down load.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 732-2628 Beeper
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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Sunday evening (1/16), Randy Wong was in from Maryland. His goal was to catch some tarpon. We started at Haulover Inlet and hooked up on our first and second drifts. We caught one and broke a line on the other. Then after being hit by several waves in the 8 - 10 foot class, we decided to try the Bay. We caught the last of the right tide and had one fish on and pulled the hook. Next, we fished the south side of Government Cut. The north side was impossible as it looked like the Bonsai Pipeline with continuous rollers crashing across the jetties. The south side produced one caught and released tarpon before it was time to call it an evening. Two for four was the final results.
Wednesday (1/19), we fished the Monument area and found dolphin and sailfish under frigate birds. Add to that a few kingfish along with a triggerfish and remora to round out the day. The wind started out at 22 knots from the NE and dropped off to 6 knots by afternoon. All the fish were caught on pilchards.
Wednesday evening (1/19) it was back to tarpon fishing. We ran the big circle again starting at Haulover where we started out going 1 for 2. When the wind died to the point of not being able to drift, it was time to head south to Government Cut. Once again on the south side we got a bite on the first drift. The drift then died and after hooking the bottom, it was time to give the Bay a try. The water temperature was a cold 68.8 and we got one strike from a 35 pound fish that we caught and released. Final results for the evening was a carbon copy 2 for 4 just like Sunday evening.
Thursday (1/20), my group of anglers from Connecticut were looking to catch a sailfish as well as enjoy their last day of warm weather in the Miami area before returning home. They wanted some action first before trying for sails. With that in mind, we started at the Cuban Hole and got excellent action on kingfish. We stopped after catching 7 kings in the 6 - 8 pound class. Moving south, we set up for sailfish and that's when the wind died. With 3 flatlines and 1 downrigger line, we drifted offshore from 100'. At 140', two lines got hit and we had a double header sailfish going. One ran offshore and the other ran south. Both fish were landed, photographed, and released. The next drift added the final kingfish to reach our limit.
We've done some updates on my website www.knotnancy.com Take a look at the video gallery page were there are three new movies on kingfish, dolphin, and tuna action. The videos are fairly large, so DSL and Cable will get them downloaded the quickest. If you're on a dial up modem, be prepared for a long down load.
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 732-2628 Beeper
305 965-9454 Cell
www.knotnancy.com
nkostyo@bellsouth.net
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