Miami, Florida - Offshore

I have listened to the complaining for the past month.......where’s the warm weather?.......when’s it going to warm up?........this is the coldest winter I can remember! Last week we got our warm weather and with it we ended up with ho-hum fishing. This past week we saw average Sailfishing, but little else. You would have thought that with warmer weather and winds out of the southeast and south that Dolphin fishing would have been terrific, but it never materialized. In fact, if it wasn’t for the action from the Sailfish, we never would have had any decent fishing at all! An occasional report of a few Dolphin and Kingfish being caught was all that I heard. Calm seas brought plenty of fisherman but very few fish. As of this writing,(Feb 3) we are expecting a cold front that should have been here on Saturday. Regardless of when it should be here, we need a blast of cold air from the north to resume our classic winter fishing we have been having. Look for excellent Sailfishing when we get some cooler weather and sporadic runs of Dolphin and Kingfish. I fished the patches this past week and they were very slow. It was flat calm when we fished them which is not great for fishing the patches. Great fishing can be expected in the next few weeks so be patient. In the meantime, I would check out the Miami International Boat Show this coming week. It starts this week for the general public on Friday February 16th. I will be performing seminars on live bait offshore fishing on Sunday February 18th at the Diawa booth which is located upstairs. I will be available to answer questions and talk fishing from noon till five on Sunday. Note: Captain Mark fished on the following day of this report when a cold front rolled through south Florida. As expected the Sailfishing came alive. His crew caught nine out of ten Sailfish, the Miss Britt, with Captain Ray Rosher released seven fish, the Sonny Boy with Captain Frank Godwin released seven fish, and the Zigger released nine fish. An unbelievable day of Sailfishing!