Miami Fishing Report - Typical Summer Pattern Not So Typical

[Captain Gil Gutierrez]

Typical Summer Pattern Not So Typical

The fishing in August for South Florida is usually hot and slow. But if you have been out on the water lately the fishing has been good to very good. A sailfish bite in the summer?

We had our shots and so have a few of the other charter captains in the area; this is a nice departure of the typical summer bite. The reef fishing has been productive enough to almost not want to make you run offshore and pick through the small dolphin we have been encountering.

I fished on Monday 08/08/05 with Mike and Mike from Rochester, New York. These guys were a lot of fun and they had the right attitude when it came to summertime fishing in August. They told me they wanted to just “bend some rods”. By the end of the day they would tally a bonito, 0/1 sailfish, barracuda, kingfish, 2 mahi, red grouper, and a 28# blackfin tuna. Not bad for just wanting to “bend some rods”. As is true of a summertime bite we got all of our hits in the morning and then later on in the day. One tip I would like to share with you is to fish you baits deep in the water column. We caught the red grouper and the kingfish on the bottom rod. In addition to those fish we had other hits we were not able to capitalize on. If this is the type of fishing we are having in August I can only wait till we get to our colder months where the fishing can really heat up in Miami. If you would like to get in on some of the action give me a call. I would also like to let you know that I have taken a slight rate increase due to higher fuel cost. That being said I still charge only $550 for a full day of fishing, everything included.

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Best of Luck…

Capt. Gil Gutierrez

[Shark Tagger]

Sailfish seem to be in our waters eh? Nice report. Thanks