Aquatic Adventures Kite Boarding & Fishing Reports Feb 19, 2011

In this week's Aquatic Adventures we go Kite boarding in Crandon Park, Key Biscayne. Some of the best kite boarders in South Florida put on a extreme show for us. Watch the video below...

For more info on Kite boarding visit here...   http://miamikiteboarding.com/

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Fishing Reports Feb 19, 2011

Knot Nancy Fishing Charters - Capt Dave Kostyo

North Miami, Florida

It's time to do some catching up with the fishing reports.  Let's get straight to it.

Ed Carr, James Omdahl, and Charlie Vital got in on the great tarpon action that is taking place out of the Haulover Inlet.  By the end of the 4 hour trip the score was anglers landed and released 4 of the 5 tarpon that we hooked up.

Ed, James, and Charlie were back the next morning for an offshore trip.  Light wind from the NNW/N @ 6 – 12 knots and north current were a good combination.  We caught and released 2 sailfish on the kite and added 5 dolphin (mahi-mahi) that swam by the boat.

William Tomlin and Gordon Hurd got in some tarpon fishing on a night when there was a shrimp run at Haulover.  The result was landing and releasing 4 of the 8 tarpon that  we hooked up.  They also caught a bluefish to add a bit of variety.

William and Gordon fished an offshore trip the next morning.  We had great conditions for flying the kite.  With south current, the fishing action was very slow.  We finally got a sailfish hookup.  The fish gave us all the jumps, leaps, and surges while dumping plenty of line off the reel.  We gave chase and were making good progress when the sail make its final two jumps.  That did the trick as it released itself as the leader wore through.

Bob Hobbs and Debbie Moon saw slow action offshore by catching 1 yellowtail snapper.  They more than made up for it during the tarpon portion of the trip.  Final count for the evening was 4 for 5 tarpon caught and released.

The next day Bob and Debbie tried offshore again.  We had no current and the action was extremely slow.  The highlight of the trip was finding a large school of pinfish being balled by yellow jacks and one huge shark.  Debbie hooked up one of the yellow jacks and had her hands full for a while before she got the upper hand and landed the fish.

Bob, Ken, and Ron Wegner combined to catch 3 bonito, 1 kingfish, 1 for 2 tarpon, and 1 bluefish during their afternoon/evening trip.

The 4 amigos caught 2 sailfish and 1 bonito on their trip.  Both sailfish were caught on flatline baits.  The one sailfish that came up on the kite bait simply crushed it and then swam off.

Debbie Currier caught a bluefish before getting one shot at a tarpon at Haulover.  The fish stayed on for its first jump, however, during its second jump the hook was thrown.

Jim and Terry Lonczak topped off their cruise vacation with a day of sailfishing.  The action started slow and then caught on fire.  We had singles, a double, and a triple.  At the end of the day, the final score was 5 for 7 sailfish caught and released.

Jerry Scala, Jay Bratschi, and Eric Pugh took advantage of the one shot that we had at tarpon during their evening trip.  We marked plenty of tarpon on the recorder at Government Cut, however, they we just not in a feeding mood.  We had a small window of good tide left to fish in the Bay.  The first bait out got devoured almost instantly and Jay did battle with his first tarpon.  The fish made several jumps, ran under the boat and jumped some more.  We cleared the line and Jay successfully released a beautiful 50 pound tarpon.

Bill and Paul Braslawsce saw some outstanding sailfish action during their half day trip.  It started with a double header.  Both fish were caught and released.  Then it was a double bonito.  Along came a single sailfish and the final fish of the morning was another single.  Of the 4 sailfish we caught and released, 2 of them came on the downrigger bait.  Just goes to show, give them a variety of methods to choose from.  You never know which bait the fish will eat.

Shawn Siman, Jocelyn Ring, and William Otterer fished on a day when we had what we considered perfect conditions for sailfish.  The wind was from the N/NNW @ 17 – 20 knots and we had north current.  Sounds like great conditions to see lots of tailing sailfish.  The sailfish forgot to read the book.  We saw action with 4 bonito and 1 kingfish.

Herb Conover, Colin Lefesty, and Bekky Herr had outstanding tarpon action at Government Cut and in the Bay.  It stated with a Spanish mackerel along the beach.  The during the dusk period we got the first tarpon.  We had ideal conditions for Bay fishing so we ran in and set up.  The action was fast and furious.  By the end of the evening we had caught and released 5 of 6 tarpon using live shrimp and 1 tarpon on the Berkley Powerbait Rattle Shrimp.  Bekky got the largest fish of the evening and Herb and Colin were wore out catching the other fish.

Jeff Berardelli and cameraman Kyle Hall had the pressure on me to shoot another of the Aquatic Adventures series shows for CBS4.  Pressure because we were on a limited time constraint that wasn't during the most ideal time for tarpon.  We left the dock at 3:00 pm and could only fish till 6:30 pm.  We started on the north side at Government Cut.  With no action and no fish rolling, we moved to the deep water of the main channel.  We saw lots of fish rolling and marked plenty on the recorder.  The fish were just not in a feeding mood.  I made a small move to an area where the tide sweeps around a corner.  That did the trick.  We hooked up on the 12 pound spinning outfit.  Jeff expertly fought the fish while Kyle got all the action including several great jumps.  We released that fish and moved back to the area.  The pressure was off.  Any other fish would be a bonus.  We hooked up again within a minute.  This time, the fish jumped and threw the hook before Jeff could even get the rod out of the rod holder.  A quick reset and the 12 pound spinner got hit again.  This time the fish didn't fight like a tarpon.  After several minutes we found out why.  We had caught a beautiful legal size gag grouper.  Since grouper season is closed, the fish was released.  On the final drift before heading in, we hooked up again.  This time to a large barracuda.  We got our tarpon and a variety of other fish.  I'll let everyone know when the show will air and also send out a link so you can go directly to the CBS4 website for those who are not local.

That brings me up to date.  As you can see we've had many outstanding trips and a few that were a bit on the slow side.  That's just fishing for everyone.  Mother Nature keeps us humble by making us work very hard on some days to get some results.

In general, the action offshore has been good for sailfish.  Inshore, the shrimp have been running on this full moon phase and the tarpon fishing has been outstanding.

Captain Dave Kostyo

Knot Nancy Fishing Charters, Inc

305-965-9454

www.knotnancy.com

nkostyo@bellsouth.net

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SeaSqaured Charters - Middle Keys

Amy Kasper and Dan Pseno fled the Chicago winter to spend some time in Key West. They drove to Marathon to fish with SeaSquared and a pair of our regulars joined them - Frank Tansley from Beachwood NJ and Jim Sollecito from Syracuse and Marathon.

Conditions were a tab bit on the bumpy side, but the beautiful thing about fishing in Marathon is there's always someplace to go for good catching. I took this group to the Seven Mile Bridge and they proceded to put the hurt on the mangrove snapper.

They had no trouble catching their limit of nice size mangroves in the 15- to 16-inch class and probably threw back an easy 100 more keeper size fish. Dan and Amy took their fillets back to Key West to enjoy and the rest of the fish was feasted upon at Castaway Restaurant in Marathon.

Dan emailed us saying , "Amy and I had a blast fishing!! Chris did a great job!! Hanging out with everyone was a good time."

Call 305.743.5305 to book your charter today!

Capt. Chris & Christy Johnson, SeaSquared Charters, Marathon Florida Keys, 305.743.5305. Please visit SeaSquared-Charters.com MarathonFamilyFishing.com FloridaKeysSharkAdventures.com FloridaKeysSunsetCruise.com HookedOnMarathon.com

SeaSquared Charters
http://www.SeaSquaredCharters.com
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Capt Alan Sherman - Miami

The Miami Boat Show comes to Miami Beach this week so make sure to set a day or two aside so you have plenty of time to check it out. While you are there stop by the Yamaha Outboard engine booth or the Maverick Booth and say hi. That's where I will be spending all of my time while I am at the Boat Show. When you are at the Yamaha Booth let me show you the Yamaha SHO outboard engines that they will have on display. I have one on my 22' Pathfinder Bay boat and this is one special engine. Light, Four Stroke, Quick Out of the Hole, all the power you need to get you where you are going at the speed you want to travel, great fuel economy (3.3 - 3.8 mpg with three to four adults on board plus a live well full of bait and all of the tackle I carry with me which is a lot plus best of all Yamaha's dependability!)While you are at the Boat Show check out the new Columbia Sportswear that will be displayed throughout the Show and all of the great Rapala products.

Fishing has been pretty good out of Miami and this past week I was able to fish in North Biscayne Bay during the day and in North Biscayne Bay at night as well as in South Biscayne Bay over the patch reefs.

My week started with me fishing Ulga M and her fishing buddy Larry President of the National Wildlife Federation in North Biscayne Bay. We were out to have some fun and catch a few fish as well. Casting Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp Ulga and Larry caught sea trout, small barracudas, snappers and bluefish till they had their fill. The next day I was back on the water with Ron D looking to get out to the Patch reefs off of Key Biscayne. The wind and tide was not in our favor when we hit the water but the pilchards were and in just a few casts of my ten foot Lee Fisher net I had all the bait we would need for the day. We hits a few finger channels catching a few groupers, mutton snappers, bluerunners and mangrove snappers before the tide switched and gave an opportunity to move offshore and try a few patches. The first Patch was all we needed and for the next two hours Ron had a fish tied to his line about every second he was fishing. We had two rods in the water at a time and as quick as a bait hit the water a mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, gag grouper or cero mackerel would eat the bait. Poor Ron kept massaging his hands and arms after each fish. For the next two nights I would fish two guys from a group of four that were from Canada looking for tarpon action. Recently the best action for tarpon has been during the late afternoons and into the evening in and around Government Cut. On night 1 we would hook five tarpon in the 25 to 40 pound range getting one to the leader and having the others throw the hook. The guys caught mangrove snappers, ladyfish and loads of sea trout using live shrimp. The guys were smiling from ear to ear. Night 2 was ushered in with a cold front and a misty rain and cold wind and the tarpon did not like it. We saw a few roiling and popping shrimp but only managed a few hits and a release of a ladyfish and a few snappers. That's tarpon fishing!

Well that's it for now!

Give me a call at 786-436-2064 or drop me an e-mail and lets get out on the Patch reefs and catch some fish.

Check out my new web site and to read about the weekly catches and to see your pictures.

www.getemsportfishing.com
shermana@bellsouth.net

Check out my report in the Miami Herald's Sports section under Fishing Updates each Thursday, the Florida Sportsman Magazines South Florida Internet Fishing Report (www.floridaspotsman.com), my monthly Action Spotter Fishing Report for the South Region in the Florida Sportsman Magazine each month.

I have recently changed outboard engines on my 22' Pathfinder XL Tournament Edition Bay Boat. I had an opportunity to put one of the first Yamaha SHO 250 Four Stroke outboards on my boat and the difference has been just amazing. This engine has 25 more horsepower but carries 77 less pounds allowing me better hole shot while giving great cruising fuel efficiency. What more can a boater ask for?

I have been wearing a lot of Columbia Sports Wear on my fishing charters and the new Blood & Guts shirts are amazing. I have had mackerel, cobia and snook just splatter me with blood and one good washing and the shirts are as good as new. Check out their web site at www.columbia.com

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Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
786-436-2064

www.getemsportfishing.com