Miami Florida Fishing Reports

Beat The Heat By Fishing Deep by Dave Kostyo (8/17/2009)
Surface water temperatures in the ocean have been between 88 - 91 degrees. In Biscayne Bay it's been even higher. With the temperatures this high, it calls for a change in technique to have a reasonable chance at a successful trip.

Swordfishing Off Miami With Angler From Germany by Jim Barlett (8/12/2009)
A German angler gets one fish closer to his goal!

Lobster Season Opened and Cubera Snapper Fishing Is First up! by Jim Barlett (8/09/2009)
The Cubera Snapper is the largest of all the snapper species, that prefer to dine on the finest... Lobster!

Miami Fishing On The Edge Is Still Best Bet by Dean Panos (8/05/2009)
Fishing on the edge has still been the best bet. Even though we are entering August and the water is plenty warm, there are still a lot of fish around.

Peacock Bass Fishing The Blue Lagoon Near Miami Airport by John Miller (8/03/2009)
Went South to the lakes near the Miami Airport for the first trip this year caught Peacock Bass and a Snook

Fishing For Cuberas With Crawfish In Miami! by Jim Barlett (8/02/2009)
Crawfish and Cuberas, a wicked combination!

Best Bet Off Miami, FL - Kingfish & Bonito by Dave Kostyo (7/26/2009)
The rod bending action for kingfish and bonito in the 110 - 150 foot range has and continues to be off the scale. Many times during a trip we are getting hit as the baits are being deployed and this happens numerous times during each trip.

Kings and boneheads by Bruce Burnette (7/24/2009)
The kings and boneheads are absolutley solid fishing livebait 110-140ft.

Hot Summer Fishing In Miami by Bouncer Smith (7/23/2009)
Hello July 2009. Well almost. On June 29th our tough fishing spell went into trip two. This was the end of a short tough fishing run. We had a couple young men from here in town and after several good tarpon trips in a row the tarpon took the evening off.

South Florida Summer Duldrums! by Alan Sherman (7/22/2009)
Early mornings inshore, all day offshore and Flamingo Summertime fishing!

Hot July Action by Orlando Muniz (7/22/2009)
Westerly breezes earlier this month pushed the dolphin or mahi way offshore. Things will probably change soon as winds have switched around. Look for snapper fishing to remain strong for a while.

Daytime Swords or Fishing on the Edge by Dean Panos (7/19/2009)
The good news is that we have been concentrating on either daytime swordfish or fishing on the edge and both have been very good.

Hot Kingfish bite by Bruce Burnette (7/17/2009)
The kingfish and bonitos biting off the hook!

Cubera Recon Trip! by Jim Barlett (7/16/2009)
Our main goal was finding Cubera Snapper!

Hot Kingfish and Bonito Action Off Miami Beach by Dave Kostyo (7/09/2009)
Since my last report, we've done our fair share of fishing along with Knot Nancy going into Whitewater for new electronics and many new upgrades. In general, we are now into our summer fishing mode. The unusual thing about this summer so far is the numbers of days that we've had south, southwest, and west wind.

Summertime dolphin by Bruce Burnette (7/09/2009)
Dolphin and kingfish biting 8-15 miles offshore early.

100# Boy vs. Donkey Kong by Jim Barlett (7/06/2009)
Young Solon tackles his biggest fish ever!

June Offshore Fishing Report by Bouncer Smith (7/04/2009)
What a great month June has been. June 5th we had Brian and his guest out fishing and caught so many kings and bonito that I lost count. We also caught a sailfish, a mutton snapper and a blackfin tuna.

Great Fishing Inshore, Offshore & Flamingo in South Florida by Alan Sherman (6/29/2009)
Summer conditions have sparked great fishing for snook, tarpon, trout, kingfish, tuna, dolphins and will continue right into September.

You did what? by Jim Barlett (6/25/2009)
You had to be there to believe it! I still don't!

Weather's Hot, Fishing's Hot by J Lopez (6/22/2009)
Summer Mahi continues to be good. 5th Place win in the Homestead Kiwanis Dolphin Days Tournament.

Dolphin fishing Begins by Quinton Dieterle (6/18/2009)
This week off Miami we officially began Dolphin Fishing Season. We started the long runs off shore and are finding Dolphin.

Good Start to June! by Orlando Muniz (6/17/2009)
Fishing has been very good so far this June. Schools of dolphin or mahi mahi have moved in and providing steady action. All of the snapper species are on the reefs and keeping rods bent.

Grocery Fishing! by Jim Barlett (6/16/2009)
The fun crew heads out for some fun and some edibles!

Dolphin, Tarpon, and Boat Upgrades by Dave Kostyo (6/14/2009)
Ron Walker has caught a lot of tarpon, but never one that was at least 100 pounds or better. There have been plenty of fish that fit that category and that was our goal this evening.

Hot and Heavy Dolphin Action Off Miami, FL by Dave Kostyo (6/10/2009)
Good dolphin fishing has finally arrived off the Miami area. There are large numbers of fish in the schools and they can be found through a wide range of depths and distances offshore.

Crazy Sailfish, Tuna and Kingfish by Quinton Dieterle (6/07/2009)
The action off Miami could not be better for Kingfish and Sailfish. We have been catching our limit on Kings everyday and starting to catch Dolphin

Great Fishing In Miami Offshore by Bouncer Smith (6/04/2009)
It seems I am getting worse. I can't believe it has been over 40 days since my last report. Sorry about that.

Rainy Season and Lots of Fish in South Florida by Alan Sherman (6/03/2009)
Rains have got the fisghing going and this pattern should hold for the next few months!

Nice fish, crappy weather! by Jim Barlett (6/01/2009)
The weather was inconsistent but the fishing was good!

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