Capt. Skip Dana - Broward County

February 9, 2012

What a strange winter it’s been so far.  Fishing along the reef has been pretty good overall, but without a steady dose of coldfronts like we’re used to it’s been hard to put any kind of pattern together...

The Wait Is Almost Over

February 7, 2012

 As busy as it has been, I wish the fishing was a little better.  It is not bad, but not red hot like it should.  We have managed to catch a sailfish on every single trip but one since the last report.  Our best day we caught 9 sailfish, but for the most part have been averaging 2 to 5 sailfish per trip

They are Coming!

January 17, 2012

Sailfish season has been a little late in arriving but as we are getting more and more cold fronts rolling in, the sailfish bite is picking up.  There are plenty of sailfish up north and these cold fronts are what pushes them south into our waters.

Thank You for a Great Year

January 1, 2012

Now to the fishing part.  It’s been a few weeks since my last report, but as usual the holidays weeks in December are extremely busy and I have been fishing every day.  I wish the fishing could have been a bit better, but we did have a lot of quality catches, including some big dolphin, swordfish on every trip, and sailfish on every trip but one. 

Captain Skip Dana Report Dec 22

December 22, 2011

Fishing over the past few weeks seems to have a common theme, big wind, it’s been blowing pretty much nonstop for about 2 months now. For those willing to brave the seas fishing has been pretty decent.

Outside the Box

December 8, 2011

The wind finally laid down after an extremely windy two weeks.  It laid down just in time for us.  Today I had a great customer and good friend, Roger, fishing with us.  Roger and I have caught practically every species that inhabits our area and have caught countless amounts of sailfish and swordfish as well as wahoo, dolphin, kings, tunas etc.  Today we were looking at breaking out of the routine and trying something different. 

Big Swordfish on the New Double D

November 20, 2011

Even though we are still plagued with green water and little or no current, the fishing still remains good, as long as you are willing to venture outside the box. Typical depths for fishing on the edge with kites targeting sailfish, mahi, kings etc. is usually from 100 to 200 feet in depth.  The only problem is that we have continued to have green water and little current in that zone.  We have been venturing a bit farther offshore and anywhere from 300 to 500 ft we have usually found a bit of a color change with some north current as well. 

Although it still has been a bit windy, we have had a few days where the weather cooperated and we went daytime swordfishing.  Both of our trips we caught swordfish

Capt. Skip Dana - Broward Report - Nov. 18

November 18, 2011

Fishing the past few weeks has been pretty hit and miss. We had to deal with a serious amount of fresh water from all the rain we had which made the water offshore look like chocolate milk and the cold fronts aren’t steady enough yet so we’re stuck in transition

Capt. Greg Bogdan - Palm Beach County Report - November 15, 2011

November 15, 2011

The mullet run is going on and the fishing is incredible for Palm Beach.

Tough Weather but Still Good Fishing

November 6, 2011

South Palm Beach Report - Oct. 22 - Capt Skip Dana

October 24, 2011

Water quality up and down the line over the weekend was mediocre at best.  The water cleaned up a bit from Delray up towards Boynton Inlet on Saturday.

Sword Bite Continues

October 17, 2011

Great Swordfish Bite, especially during the day, good sailfish bite on the edge and great wahoo fishing in the Bahamas

The Swordfish Bite is ON!

September 30, 2011

The day sword bite is definitely on!  Since my last report I have fished every single day with the exception of 2 days.  The vast majority of the trips have been swordfish trips, mostly daytime, some nighttime and also some combo trips.  I have also done a few trips on the edge. 

True Fish Catching Machine

September 12, 2011

Great daytime swordfish bite as well as as an early run of sailfish on the edge.

Broward Report - Capt. Skip Dana

September 9, 2011

Fishing the past couple weeks on the reef has still been all about the snappers. Big yellowtails and muttons along with some vermilions and mangroves...

Miami Fishing Report - Double D Charters

August 29, 2011

The new Double D has arrived but before we let go of the old Double D, she still had lots of luck in her and we did really good on our past few trips.  We did a few more trips on the edge and were lucky enough to catch a few more sailfish.  Although it is summer and not really sailfish season, we still managed to catch sailfish on all our trips but one.

We also did a few swordfish trips and we caught swords on all our trips (three trips in a row) and had one outstanding combo trip

Broward County Report - Capt Skip Dana 8/21/11

August 22, 2011

The fishing out of Hillsboro has been red hot for the past few weeks, either along the edge, or on a reef or wreck you couldn’t miss.

Dade County Report - Capt Bouncer Smith

August 22, 2011

I wish I had good news, but we just came off a lousy week of fishing. We blame the west wind. We did catch a huge Almaco jack. The bonito bit every morning, but not in the afternoon. David Raymond caught a 35 pound African pompano with us Saturday morning. Please bring back the east wind and the mahi and swordfish from a couple weeks ago!

West Palm Beach - Captain Greg Bogdan

August 22, 2011

The Wahoo bite has been going off in West Palm Beach for the past two weeks.  

Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami Report - August 10

August 10, 2011

Aug 10^th, 2011

Sorry for the delay between reports, but I have been tied up getting my current boat ready for sale and getting ready for the new boat which is due next week.  In the middle of that I have also been fishing a little bit. 

Bouncer Smith Report - Miami, FL

July 21, 2011

Our day trips have centered around good mahi fishing in 800 to 1000 feet of water. These fish have been from under sized schools to  good number of fish from 20 to 35 pounds. .

Captian Dean Panos - Miami Report - July 12

July 12, 2011

Things have been a little bit quiet since my last report.  I have been fishing but just not as much as I am used to.  We did a few dolphin trips in the Gulfstream and the dolphin fishing this year has been very poor especially for bigger fish. 

Captain Skip Dana - Broward Report - July 12

July 12, 2011

Fishing the past couple weeks has been all about snapper. Yellowtails, muttons, mangroves, lanes, some vermilons, and a monster true red snapper.

Capt Skip Dana - Broward Report - June 29

June 29, 2011

Fishing before this last full moon was red hot. Lots of nice kings a few late season tunas and some nice size dolphin and cobia. The snapper bite was on fire too particularly in the afternoon and early evening. Lots of muttons and yellowtail snapper, we had 3 afternoons in a row that both the Helen S and Fish City Pride had over 60 snappers and 20 off those

Captain Dean Panos - Miami Report - June 20

June 21, 2011

If you want action then there are several things you can try.  Fishing on the edge has been good, especially if you like bonitas.  There are a ton of them out there.  Besides the bonitas, which are great fun on light tackle, there have also been some

Captain Skip Dana - Broward Report - June 2

June 2, 2011

Fishing for the past week has been spectacular. Lot’s of kings, big kings, blackfin tuna, dolphin, yellowtail and mutton snappers, cobias, and african pompano.

Capt Bouncer Smith - Miami Report - June 2

June 2, 2011

Captain Greg Bogdan - West Palm - Quick Report June 2

June 2, 2011

Captain Dean Panos - Miami Report - May 23

May 24, 2011

The tunas are finally here.  I’ve been complaining about the lack of big blackfin tunas that usually arrive in April and May and finally in the last week the bigger blackfins are here.  Our best afternoon we caught 4 big blackfins and have been consistently catching a few each trip.  Average size is around 30 pounds and I have heard of some 35 pounders caught this week. 

Captain Dean Panos Report - Miami - May 12, 2011

May 12, 2011

The fishing in the end of April surprisingly slowed down a bit, but luckily it picked right back up in May.  There are still plenty of sailfish around.  We have been averaging 3 to 4 sailfish per day.  Most of these sails are the full grown spring sailfish and are around 50 to 70 pounds. 

Captain Skip Dana Report - Broward - May 2, 2011

May 3, 2011

Bouncer Smith Report - Dade County - May 1, 2011

May 3, 2011

May has opened as we all hope it will. We had four big mutton snapper, five nice kings, three mahi, a bonito and two sails today in just six hours. Trout action is great in the bay. I just hope those tarpon start biting again instead of driving us crazy by rolling all around the boat, but not biting.

Capt Dean Panos - April 8, 2011

April 8, 2011

Sorry for the bit of delay between reports, but I have been fishing everyday and trying to get caught up.  The sailfish action continues to be great.  We did have two days were the bite for sails was non existent but we did manage to catch quite a few dolphin, some decent kings and some small blackfin tunas on those days.  The sailfish action was slow those days because we had practically no current and the water was pretty green.  The good news is that we now have good current again and some decent looking water.  Our best day since my last report was 12 out of 18 sails and that was on a half day trip.  We have been averaging 4 to 6 sails a day and are now starting to see more dolphin and steady action on the kingfish.  We are also seeing blackfin tunas on practically a daily basis, but the tunas have definitely been on the small side.  We should see the bigger tunas very soon and am excited to get the bigger blackfins in our area.

Miami Report - 3/31/11 Captain Bouncer Smith

March 31, 2011

Palm Beach Report - Captain Greg Bodgen 3/31/11

March 31, 2011

March 24th Captain Skip Dana Report - Broward

March 24, 2011

Captain Dean Panos Report - Miami

March 21, 2011

March 20^th, 2011

Record Setting Sailfish Bite!

March 14, 2011

Captain Skip Dana Report - Broward County

March 3, 2011

Captain Bouncer Smith Report - Miami

March 3, 2011

Good fishing from Capt. Dean Panos

February 28, 2011

Palm Beach report from Greg Bogdan

February 22, 2011

Calm Weather Report

February 14, 2011

Captain Bouncer Smith Sailfish Report

February 3, 2011

Captain Skip Dana Zone 2 Report

January 25, 2011

There has been a very large school of Sardines right out front of Hillsboro Inlet as well for the past week or so. This is uncommon for our area, but they have been very plentiful. Let's hope they stick around for a while. They tend to bite best after first light.

The Sailfish are around, but not in the numbers that we saw earlier in the month. There have been some kings around and plenty of Spanish mackerel on the beach just north of Boca Inlet. They are feeding on the schools of ballyhoo, which are thick on the patch reefs right now. Grab a couple light weight rods and some jigs, spoons or some live shrimp and the kids will have a blast catching them.

Catchem Up!

Capt Skip

Capt. Dean Panos

January 24, 2011

It has been an incredible 2 weeks of fishing from my last report.  I fished every single day but one and caught sailfish on every single trip.  The first week the sailfishing was simply incredible.  That week we had trips every day and for the most part had just one angler on board for almost every trip.  When the fishing is hot and you only have one angler on board, it can be a lot of fun and challenging for me when we get multiples on (more than one sailfish on at one time).  That was surely the case that week.  We had so many quads (4 sailfish on at one time) with just one guy and for the most part we caught every fish out of almost every quad we hooked.  We would first hook one sail and the angler would grab the rod, and then seconds would go by and we would get 2 or 3 more sails on.  I would get tight on one and then stick it in the rod holder, my mate, if I had one that day, would get tight and stick another one in the rod holder and the fourth one we would do the same.  As the fish are jumping all over the ocean, we would do our best to keep the lines separated and as the angler caught one fish, we would then give him the second rod and go from there.  It is utter pandemonium and about as much fun as you can have.  During one trip with one guy on board we hooked a quad and had another 6 fish swimming around the boat looking to get something to eat.  We could have easily pitched more baits to them but that really would have been chaotic.

Captain Dean Panos Report Sailfish

January 13, 2011

HOT BITE DELRAY 3 PM REPORT

January 12, 2011

Hillsboro Inlet Sailfish and a Whale!

January 11, 2011

The fishing out front of Hillsboro Inlet on Sunday, January 9^th was a lot of fun.  The conditions were not perfect, but there were definitely a decent number of Sailfish around.  We had 10 Sailfish bites fishing from 8am to 2pm and managed to catch 6 of them.  I had my 5 year old son Ryley on the boat with me and he helped reel in three of them, which was one of the best parts of the day for me.  We also caught a small kingfish around 5 to 6 pounds.  The majority of the Sailfish bites came in 100 to 150 feet of water while kite fishing.

Capt. Skip Dana Report Broward County Hillsboro Inlet

January 7, 2011

The bottom fishing has slowed down a bit over the past week but there are still some fish around to be caught.  The most productive fishing in our area has been just north of Hillsboro Inlet, inside 70 feet of water.  We have been catching a few Mutton Snappers, Porgies, a couple of Cobia and some Yellowtail.

 Further offshore, the Sailfish action has been pretty decent.  The evening bait fishing has been exceptionally good for Goggle Eyes over the past few days.  The most productive depths have been between 200 and 300 feet of water between Pompano Pier and Boca Inlet.  A weak cold front will be pushing through South Florida over the weekend.  Fishing should continue to improve once the front pushes through.  Tight lines!

Captain Bouncer Smith Haulover Inlet Government Cut

January 7, 2011

The shark fishing off Miami has been very productive over the past week or so.  Last Sunday we caught 2 Nurse sharks, a 200 pound Hammerhead and a 300 pound Bull shark all in 120 feet of water.  The current has been running fairly hard to the north over the past week, which tends to push the sharks in to shallower water on the reef.  We are catching the sharks on bonitos and kingfish in the 7 to 10 pound range with #15 wire and a couple of 12/0 hooks.  Yesterday, we caught our biggest shark this week, a 400 pound bull shark also.

While the tarpon fishing has been slow over the past couple weeks, it has really turned on and gotten red hot in the last couple of days between Haulover Inlet and Government Cut.  Last night, we went 3 for 6 using live shrimp.  For most of the week there has also been a nice size school of kingfish moving back and forth between Haulover Inlet and Fowey Light.  Sailfishing has been relatively slow over the past week.  Baitfishing has been good for Thredfins on the outgoing tide but much tougher on the incoming tide due to very clean water.  Tight lines!  Capt. Bouncer.

Capt. Dean Panos Report

January 4, 2011