07-12-2005, 09:10 PM
Lets get caught up, so it's straight to the daily reports.
The first report is a bit old as it was before the blustery weather of Hurricane Dennis came through this weekend.
Monday (7/4) Bill Quain, Joel, Ben, and Jackie were looking to catch some dolphin. The birds put us on the first action at 14.5 miles out from Haulover. We found several fish that were over the 20" minimum length and several that were under. The next group of fish were at 16 miles and all except for 2 were undersize. We kept searching further offshore and once again the birds put us on fish at 18 miles out. By this time, the current had pushed us north of Haulover Inlet. Once again, lots of fish and almost everyone was a throw back. Next, we found a fishy looking board with nothing on it. A large plastic barrel also produced nothing. A call from Mike on the Silver King had us running further to the NE as they were into fish at 22 miles out. Once again, the fish were mostly throw backs. We were having a ball catching and releasing them and soon they became very uncooperative. The fish were feeding under pods of grass, however, they ignored our live bait, cut bait, and jig offerings. There were three boats (Knot Nancy, Silver King, and Barely Rigged) trying everything to get them to feed with only a fish occasionally taking a bait. We kept leap frogging one another and followed the fish as they moved north. With about 15 minutes to go in the charter, my group was ready to pack it in. I told then we still had time to find a decent fish and had them change their baits. We saw the school of dolphin shower and both Bill and Joel threw out their fresh lively pilchard. First Bill said he was hooked up, and then Joel echoed the same. A large, very unhappy dolphin broke the surface and took off before making several more jumps. It soon became very apparent that they were both hooked to the same fish. One was using 12# line and the other 20#, so we were fighting it on 32# line. Not an IGFA line class, nor would it count in a tournament, however, when you're fun fishing, you'll take them any way you can. The tag team made quick work of getting the fish boat side and everyone gave out a big yell when I put the fish in the boat. It weighed in at 26 pounds and ended the morning with a big bang. It just goes to show that you never know when it could happen, so keep the faith.
Monday (7/11) evening, Cy Mager and his brother-in-law Jerry wanted some tarpon action. Prior to Hurricane Dennis, there was still decent tarpon action if you could get an evening with a little wind and no storms. This evening, you couldn't have asked for better weather. We started on the south side of Government Cut and after about 5 drifts with no action, it was time to try the north side. On the third drift, the action started. The fish dumped about 3/4's of the spool before we began to gain line back. First it ran offshore, then it reversed its field and ran toward the beach. Next it ran toward the jetties and turned offshore again. Jerry was winding like crazy trying to keep up with the fish. It settled down briefly before heading for the deep water of the main channel. We crossed the edge just as a large freighter went past us heading out bound. The fish surfaced and we got a brief shot at the leader before it dove deep again. It headed south across the channel and then went slack. After about 20 minutes of intense fighting, the hook pulled. Two drifts later, Jerry was hooked up again. The fish pulled the reverse field tactic again and Jerry thought he had lost the fish. The line came tight and it was headed to the beach. It spent a lot of time almost at the shoreline before heading out again. By now, Jerry had the fish under control and we soon released the spunky 50# fish.
I've got several dolphin trips scheduled for this Thursday through Saturday, so look for another dolphin report from the Haulover area shortly thereafter.
See you out there.
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 first report is a bit old as it was before the blustery weather of Hurricane Dennis came through this weekend.
Monday (7/4) Bill Quain, Joel, Ben, and Jackie were looking to catch some dolphin. The birds put us on the first action at 14.5 miles out from Haulover. We found several fish that were over the 20" minimum length and several that were under. The next group of fish were at 16 miles and all except for 2 were undersize. We kept searching further offshore and once again the birds put us on fish at 18 miles out. By this time, the current had pushed us north of Haulover Inlet. Once again, lots of fish and almost everyone was a throw back. Next, we found a fishy looking board with nothing on it. A large plastic barrel also produced nothing. A call from Mike on the Silver King had us running further to the NE as they were into fish at 22 miles out. Once again, the fish were mostly throw backs. We were having a ball catching and releasing them and soon they became very uncooperative. The fish were feeding under pods of grass, however, they ignored our live bait, cut bait, and jig offerings. There were three boats (Knot Nancy, Silver King, and Barely Rigged) trying everything to get them to feed with only a fish occasionally taking a bait. We kept leap frogging one another and followed the fish as they moved north. With about 15 minutes to go in the charter, my group was ready to pack it in. I told then we still had time to find a decent fish and had them change their baits. We saw the school of dolphin shower and both Bill and Joel threw out their fresh lively pilchard. First Bill said he was hooked up, and then Joel echoed the same. A large, very unhappy dolphin broke the surface and took off before making several more jumps. It soon became very apparent that they were both hooked to the same fish. One was using 12# line and the other 20#, so we were fighting it on 32# line. Not an IGFA line class, nor would it count in a tournament, however, when you're fun fishing, you'll take them any way you can. The tag team made quick work of getting the fish boat side and everyone gave out a big yell when I put the fish in the boat. It weighed in at 26 pounds and ended the morning with a big bang. It just goes to show that you never know when it could happen, so keep the faith.
Monday (7/11) evening, Cy Mager and his brother-in-law Jerry wanted some tarpon action. Prior to Hurricane Dennis, there was still decent tarpon action if you could get an evening with a little wind and no storms. This evening, you couldn't have asked for better weather. We started on the south side of Government Cut and after about 5 drifts with no action, it was time to try the north side. On the third drift, the action started. The fish dumped about 3/4's of the spool before we began to gain line back. First it ran offshore, then it reversed its field and ran toward the beach. Next it ran toward the jetties and turned offshore again. Jerry was winding like crazy trying to keep up with the fish. It settled down briefly before heading for the deep water of the main channel. We crossed the edge just as a large freighter went past us heading out bound. The fish surfaced and we got a brief shot at the leader before it dove deep again. It headed south across the channel and then went slack. After about 20 minutes of intense fighting, the hook pulled. Two drifts later, Jerry was hooked up again. The fish pulled the reverse field tactic again and Jerry thought he had lost the fish. The line came tight and it was headed to the beach. It spent a lot of time almost at the shoreline before heading out again. By now, Jerry had the fish under control and we soon released the spunky 50# fish.
I've got several dolphin trips scheduled for this Thursday through Saturday, so look for another dolphin report from the Haulover area shortly thereafter.
See you out there.
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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