During these times of economic uncertainty, nothing can be more therapeutic than some time spent on the water. Over the last few weeks we've caught a wide variety of fish ranging from sailfish to yellowtail. The air is cooling and massive bait schools are on the move bringing with them a myriad of fishing opportunities. Now let's get down to the action.
Sailfish action continues to pick up with some boats getting four or five shots in a single day when the conditions are favorable with strong north currents and clean blue water pouring over the reefs. Along with sailfish, plenty of kingfish are showing up and gobbling up pilchards and herring. Kings can be caught either drifting or while anchored and live chumming. Chumming while anchored can be quite effective during the fall not only for kings but many mutton snapper and even sails will show up.
Recently, I had a chance to fish with a Jim and his buddies from Ft. Lauderdale who love to target bottom fish. On their first daytime trip they had non-stop action and they were ready to do it again. I warned them that it isn't always this hot and boy did I but my foot in my mouth. Last week we headed out again for the evening and again it was red hot. The first tail that came over the side was a nice flag pushing three pounds and they just kept coming after that. Along with the big yellowtails we caught a mix of smaller mangrove, lane, and mutton snapper which were released for the future.
Further offshore there is still a few dolphin or mahi-mahi being caught. Other boats have been targeting and catching some nice size swordfish by deep dropping during the day and drifting with surface baits at night. Soon many boats will also be heading offshore looking for wahoo here and over in the Bahamas.
Well, there you have it! You can sit at home watching the Wall Street ticker or go bend some rods. The fishing should continue to get stronger with each passing day. Soon we will start to see the first cold fronts pushing through and the water temperatures will drop bringing us more hot fishing. If you're ready to go fishing give me a call or cast me an email omuniz@bellsouth.net and you too can get in on the action.
Happy Columbus Day,
Capt. Orlando Muniz
NomadFishing.com
(786)266-0171
