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Sailfish, Kingfish, Dolphin Off Miami, Florida - KnotNancy - 11-23-2004
For the past three days, we've fished the Triumph Reef to Fowey Light area between 90 - 200 feet. The dolphin and kingfish action was very good. Sailfish action was fair. Almost all the fish were caught using the kite with pilchards, herring, and goggle eyes.
Friday (11/19) we found plenty of north current south of Fowey Light. The dolphin were cooperating and we kept three and released three. Because we were sailfishing, we paid the price on kingfish for using straight mono leaders. We did manage to put one in the box and had about 6 cutoffs. Despite the good looking conditions, the sailfish managed to avoid us.
Saturday (11/20) we once again found very good conditions south of Fowey. The current was screaming to the north and the water was blue. We got 2 shots at sailfish on the kite. We hooked both fish and released one. The hook pulled on the second sail after about 5 minutes. That was a real disappointment. Then we had a looker that showed itself for a moment and decided it didn't want any of our baits. Add to that 2 more dolphin and another king in the box plus another half dozen king cut offs.
Sunday (11/21) the current was just trickling to the north. Our first sailfish came at just after 9 AM. While fighting the fish, we watched another grab a kite bait and rip it off the bridle. The sail was released after an intense fight that took us around the boat several times. Then the kingfish invaded us. Once again we put one in the box and got cutoff by at least a half dozen more. Later in the morning, we started talking about getting a triple header. It wasn't long before we got our wish in 118 feet of water. The only trouble was that it was a triple header of 8 pound dolphin. All 3 went into the box. About an hour later, I saw of bunch of flying fish get spooked and we got another triple header of dolphin in 118 feet of water. Three more 8 pound fish were added to the fish box. A short will later, two more dolphin and this time we released them.
That's how our three days of fishing the Ft. Lauderdale Billfish Tournament went. We had great weather and a lot of fun. Overall, fishing was quite slow on Friday, picked up a bit on Saturday, and with the short day on Sunday it was fair. The highlight of the tournament had to be the first ever Fly Fish Division. Three teams worked very hard to try and be the first to catch a sail on fly. On Sunday morning Billy Pate and his team got the job done. Congratulations to all the winners. The Billfish Tournament season has started and we're looking forward to the next one.
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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