March 15th Fishing Update

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[font "Arial"][size 2]Lets get right to the day by day action starting with Wednesday, March 12th.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]After having a really great day on Tuesday, the conditions changed drastically for the worse on Wednesday. Beautiful sunny weather and calm seas, but no current at all. We accomplished bait in record time and worked from 65 - 200 feet from Key Biscayne to the Sea Buoy. The results was a bonito and a dolphin. The bonito was kept for bait and the dolphin made a good meal for Bill Borkan. When we docked the boat at his house, he tossed out a live pilchard and got rewarded almost immediately with a tarpon. Another bait and another tarpon. We both laughed and said we should have stayed at the dock on this day.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Thursday, March 14th had us out kingfishing. The action started fast and furious and then quit. One fish in the box and two misses. Next it was a dolphin. Then lots of fishing and no catching. Finally we got some more kingfish action and added another to the fish box. When we found current, we got action. When the current died, so did the action.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Thursday evening tarpon fishing at Government Cut started fast. On our first drift, Elaine Davis from Gulf Breeze, Florida caught her first tarpon. The 40 pound fish showed lots of spunk and stamina while putting on a great show for the camera. Next, Tom Schaefer from Miami caught a kingfish and got two good jumps from a tarpon before it threw the hook. The tarpon ate the shrimp while Tom was putting it out. We took the scenic Bay tour back to Spinnaker Marina and along the way stopped at one of my Bay spots to give Tom another chance at a tarpon. The tarpon cooperated, unfortunately Tom got heavy handed with thumb pressure and broke the fish off. He's already planning another trip so he can make amends.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Friday morning, Tony and Diane from Chicago, Illinois took their first saltwater fishing trip. The pilchards were out on the beach and Tony got the hang of using the sabiki rig very quickly. Loaded with bait, we headed offshore and found plenty of current along with good clean blue water. It wasn't long before we got attacked by skipjack tuna. Every line we had out hooked up. Lines were crossed and it was panic city. We ended up landing one fish and rerigging the other rods. The next attack was a school of bonito. This time they swam in different directions and before it was over, both Tony and Diane had worked up quite a sweat. A dolphin was next and that is how the morning ended.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Friday evening it was back to Government Cut. We fished aboard the Niki-D owned by Greg Capra from Sunny Isles, FL. Our first bit of action was a small kingfish. The beach has been loaded with very small kings. Most are less than 24". We made a move after several non productive drifts and found the fish. Two drifts, two (55 & 70 pounds) tarpon landed and released and Greg said it was time to head for home.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]That brings us to Saturday, March 15th. We fished the SFFC Bill Smith Memorial Kingfish Tournament. Rainy, windy, nasty weather greeted all the boats first thing in the morning. The rain slowly cleared and the seas subsided. We fished north of Haulover Inlet with no action, so we ran south. Off Government Cut, there was a good north current and we finally broke the ice with our first king. We added a second later in the day. None of our fish were very large. The big fish of the tournament was a shade over 25 pounds. Congratulations to all the winners.[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Captain Dave Kostyo[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Knot Nancy Fishing Charters[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 620-5896 Charter[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]305 732-2628 Beeper[/size][/font] [font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2][url "http://www.knotnancy.com"]www.knotnancy.com[/url][/size][/#0000ff][/font] [font "Arial"][#0000ff][size 2][url "mailto:nkostyo@bellsouth.net"]nkostyo@bellsouth.net[/url][/size][/#0000ff][/font]
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