Sorry for the lack of reports for the last couple of months but i was out of town fishing some tournaments out of the country. I am back now for a while and fishing is as good as it gets here in Miami. The last reef trip I fished was last week and the yellowtails, bonitos and kingfish were biting good. We typically anchor in about 100′ of water and drift cut bait on light tackle back into the schools. We usually add a couple of live baits either flat lined or on a kite to give us a shot at sails, kings and bonitos while we are bottom fishing. The best fishing has actually been offshore for dolphin, commonly referred to as mahi or dorado. Every August and September we usually get at least a small run of nice sized schoolies and a few gaffers. This year they have shown up in good numbers. Capt Jason just called on his way in today with about 20 mahi up to about 20 lbs. A couple of days ago i ran one of the Miss Britt boats and Capt. Jason ran the other. Both of our charters had great fishing. Between the two boats we caught almost 50 mahis up to 30 lbs along with some nice tripletails. The last bright spot has been the swordfishing. We have caught nice swords on the last couple of trips up to almost 300 lbs. Most of this action has been at night but we have had a few bites during the day also.
I hope you can find time to get in one more trip before the cold fronts start coming and most of these fish fade away. Whether it is with us on one of the Miss Britt boats or with someone else, i hope you can get out there and enjoy some of the great fishing the fall has to offer.
Tight lines—Ray Rosher
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