Gold Coast Slam

To say that the fishing in Miami has been anything less then very good would be an understatement. I only had one trip this month where it was a little slow but we still managed to catch fish. Other than that trip we have been on fire. Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. I fished with Jesus Rodriguez, and his two friends. These guys fished with me last year and had a bang up day. This year they wanted to do something different. They wanted to do a half day offshore and a half day inshore for tarpon. Now if you have read my reports before you know this is my favorite type of trip and you will soon see why. Just a couple of minutes after setting up we would have our first fish of the day a double header of mahi. For the next 3 hours we would add 5 sails and a kingfish to that tally. I asked the guys if they wanted to continue to catch sailfish because it seemed we were almost catching one on every drift. They made the decision to head inshore. Once we settled into our first drift it would not take long for our first tarpon to appear. And appear they did we would end up adding a double header of tarpon and finished the night 3/4 on tarpon. Randy ended up getting his first "Gold Coast Slam" and to be very honest he ended up missing his second slam by one fish. That has been the way the fishing has gone. We have seen several different species on just one trip. One day the kingfish will be on fire and we will add a few to the mix of sailfish. The next day we will find mahi-mahi on the edge. And this action is only going to get better as the year goes on. The most consistent species have been the tarpon. I still have my streak in tact as we have caught tarpon on every single one of our trips. I hate to write this because the tarpon will hear me and stop cooperating. I think our worst night of tarpon fishing we were 3/4. On our best night we were 5/7. And the tarpon fishing will only continue to improve as the year goes on. The kingfish have been great. On some days they come thru your spread and devour everything you have out. In addition to the kings the mahi have started to show up in good numbers and that should also continue as the year goes on. So there you have it a quick update from the last couple of trips I have done. If you want to get in on the action give me a call and we can set something up. Till next Time Best of Luck… Capt Gil Gutierrez, Lucky Fishing Charters