I hate to sound like a broken record but not much has changed in the way of catching fish. Sailfishing is still leading the way. We have not had one trip since X-mas where we didn’t catch atleast on sail while we were targeting them. That my friends is good holsum fun. We have been working the edge generally around 100 to 120 feet for the sails. I have even found some fish pushed up shallow chasing Bally Hoo and Houndfish inshore. We call this showering. If you are in the zone when this takes place you might be able to sight fish the sails. Regardless of pitching baits or slow trolling we are getting the shots daily. Some days allow us double digit sail fish landings. We are catching all of our sail fish on light tackle. 20lb. spinning gear is our standard while live baiting. When the toothy critters make a showing we fish wire rigs and catch Kings and Cero’s. Wahoo have been a little quiet. Don’t worry though Wahoo are right around the corner and I just placed a new order of MD Lures just to stay ahead of the game. www.mdlures.com
On the bottom we have been finding the usual suspects. Blacks, Gags and red grouper have been good. Live baits and dead have produced equally. We have found some nice yellow tail snapper while we are anchored down fishing the bottom. The water has been dirty on the reef and the snapper have been easier to deal with thru these conditions. Chum balling for the tails has been best and it helps stir things up on the bottom scene. Mutton snapper have been feeding in with the yellow tails. Bally Hoo plugs fished on the bottom have been the best for the Muttons. These large snapper are great eating fish and will pull line good. Amber Jack are showing up every day better and better. All of the deep spots we fish are showing stacks of schooling Jacks. Live blue runners or grunts work fine here. Sharks have joined in the madness out deep. Find the Jacks and the sharks are there with there knives and forks. Tuna’s are also starting to show up. We have found a few Black fin tuna around these spots too. We drag feathers around for the tuna and possible Mahi. Mahi are slow. Check out our photo page to see the latest catches and happy anglers. Lets go fishing! E-mail us or contact me at 1-305-522-2638.
Thanks,
Capt. George Clark Jr.
