06-11-2006, 08:42 PM
Dolphin fishing remains fairly consistent. The fish have been spread out over a wide range of depths from 125 feet on out. On Saturday, June 11th, there were some large fish caught in the 125 - 200 foot range as well as in the 8 - 9 mile range. Others who went as far out as 30 miles found structure to fish to but very few fish on the structure. Kingfish and blackfin tuna action is still good. Sailfish have made a dramatic slow down. With summer upon us, the bonito are making their showing as well as large barracuda.
The really bright spot is the fantastic tarpon action that is still taking place around this full moon cycle. They are feeding well both in the late afternoon and on after dark. Live crabs are being devoured readily by these hungry silver kings.
Friday (6/2) Tino and Anthony caught dolphin, barjacks, and rainbow runner on a half day trip. The birds put us on most of the dolphin action. We kept 5 fish for dinner and released the rest. Trolling the 1/4 ounce Kaplan jig got us the vast majority of action. We found an outstanding weed line at 18 miles out where we found only 3 of the dolphin, however, the bar jacks and rainbow runner were holding on one section of the line and gave us action on every pass.
Saturday (6/3) was the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Broward fishing event. We started by looking for dolphin. At 8 miles out we found a large plastic trash barrel in a decent weed line. It held barjacks and triggerfish that were very finicky to feed. A dolphin swam up and refused our live bait offering. Five minutes later it swam up again and this time it was hungry. Running further offshore only produced a nice boat ride. We came back in to the reef to catch anything from the bottom. At the third location where we anchored, we got the variety of bottom critters to eat and 6 different species of fish. It was a good time fishing with Nicholas, Trevor, Jason and Tony.
Friday (6/9) Joe Casey and his friends Jed, Dave, and Steve all from Jackson, Wyoming got to experience tarpon fishing at its best. Government Cut was loaded with hungry fish and everyone was getting in on the action. Joe started it off with a very nice 70 pound fish. From the dusk period on to well after dark, we got some sort of action on every drift until the tide changed. Everyone eventually caught and released a fish. The three fish that we didn't catch were all hooked up with one throwing the hook when it finally made its first jump, the second fish shed the hook after fighting it for several minutes, and the third fish found a rock pile and cut us off before we could catch up with it. The largest fish of the evening was an 80 pounder. When everything was over and done, we finished the evening at 4 for 7.
Saturday (6/10) morning was the most disappointing dolphin trip I've had so far this season. Neil, Chris, Trenton, and Wayne worked hard to get the fish up. Our reward for the morning was a very disappointing 1 dolphin and 1 bar jack.
Saturday (6/10) evening's tarpon trip with Tom, Richard, Peter, and Arnie was great. The second drift had Peter hooked up with his first tarpon. He did a great job of fighting and countering each of the tarpon's moves. The 55 pound fish broke the ice for him and prepared him for the next fish he wanted to catch using a 20 pound spinning outfit. The second fish of the evening was caught by Arnie. He is a seasoned tarpon angler and had no problem beating his 70 pound fish. The spinning outfits went out next and it took a few drifts before Peter was doing battle with a beautiful 80 pound fish that made numerous high flying leaps, thrashes, and head shaking half leaps. We got the pictures he wanted before releasing the fish. During all the fights, Tom and Richard were busy with taking lots of pictures and video to capture the battles on film. Final count for the evening was 3 for 3.
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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The really bright spot is the fantastic tarpon action that is still taking place around this full moon cycle. They are feeding well both in the late afternoon and on after dark. Live crabs are being devoured readily by these hungry silver kings.
Friday (6/2) Tino and Anthony caught dolphin, barjacks, and rainbow runner on a half day trip. The birds put us on most of the dolphin action. We kept 5 fish for dinner and released the rest. Trolling the 1/4 ounce Kaplan jig got us the vast majority of action. We found an outstanding weed line at 18 miles out where we found only 3 of the dolphin, however, the bar jacks and rainbow runner were holding on one section of the line and gave us action on every pass.
Saturday (6/3) was the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Broward fishing event. We started by looking for dolphin. At 8 miles out we found a large plastic trash barrel in a decent weed line. It held barjacks and triggerfish that were very finicky to feed. A dolphin swam up and refused our live bait offering. Five minutes later it swam up again and this time it was hungry. Running further offshore only produced a nice boat ride. We came back in to the reef to catch anything from the bottom. At the third location where we anchored, we got the variety of bottom critters to eat and 6 different species of fish. It was a good time fishing with Nicholas, Trevor, Jason and Tony.
Friday (6/9) Joe Casey and his friends Jed, Dave, and Steve all from Jackson, Wyoming got to experience tarpon fishing at its best. Government Cut was loaded with hungry fish and everyone was getting in on the action. Joe started it off with a very nice 70 pound fish. From the dusk period on to well after dark, we got some sort of action on every drift until the tide changed. Everyone eventually caught and released a fish. The three fish that we didn't catch were all hooked up with one throwing the hook when it finally made its first jump, the second fish shed the hook after fighting it for several minutes, and the third fish found a rock pile and cut us off before we could catch up with it. The largest fish of the evening was an 80 pounder. When everything was over and done, we finished the evening at 4 for 7.
Saturday (6/10) morning was the most disappointing dolphin trip I've had so far this season. Neil, Chris, Trenton, and Wayne worked hard to get the fish up. Our reward for the morning was a very disappointing 1 dolphin and 1 bar jack.
Saturday (6/10) evening's tarpon trip with Tom, Richard, Peter, and Arnie was great. The second drift had Peter hooked up with his first tarpon. He did a great job of fighting and countering each of the tarpon's moves. The 55 pound fish broke the ice for him and prepared him for the next fish he wanted to catch using a 20 pound spinning outfit. The second fish of the evening was caught by Arnie. He is a seasoned tarpon angler and had no problem beating his 70 pound fish. The spinning outfits went out next and it took a few drifts before Peter was doing battle with a beautiful 80 pound fish that made numerous high flying leaps, thrashes, and head shaking half leaps. We got the pictures he wanted before releasing the fish. During all the fights, Tom and Richard were busy with taking lots of pictures and video to capture the battles on film. Final count for the evening was 3 for 3.
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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