The tarpon are continuing to play hide and seek after dark. When we first arrive at Government Cut each day before dark, they are there in large numbers. If we can find a hungry one, then we get a shot. Once it gets dark, then the search begins. On Sunday (3/17) evening, we caught a red grouper and three ladyfish while waiting for the tarpon to feed. Finally at about 9:30pm, we got our reward and after an intense 10 minute fight that took us into the main channel, we released a 60# tarpon.
Today (3/18) we put our first baits in the water at about 1:00 pm. The water was blue and a current flowing strongly to the north quickly had us north of the Sea Buoy. In 135’ we got our first sailfish hook up and landed and released the fish. We paid the price for using mono leaders as we got cut off about a half dozen times by kingfish. A move back to the south and once again north of the sea buoy in 155’, we hooked another sail that put on a tremendous display of jumping before it too was released.
To sum it up, tarpon fishing is slow and sailfishing is HOT!!
Captain Dave Kostyo
Knot Nancy Fishing Charters
305 620-5896 Charter
305 732-2628 Beeper
www.rnfl.com/knotnancy
nkostyo@bellsouth.net