    
Capt. Ralph
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2000 - 6:53 pm: | |
Subject: South Florida Report - 11/11/2000
It has been a great late summer season. We found largerschoolie dolphin all year, more than in years past. Maybe this is due to the fact that we have been going farther out than most people. With gas prices staying very high, most anglers and captains are happy to stay closer to shore.
There are plenty of fish in close though they seem to be on the smaller side. Also most charters have raised their prices to reflect the higher gas prices. Our prices have not changed so keep this in mind when booking your next trip.
Yesterday we had a great day. We caught several nice dolphin in 250 to to 440 feet of water (the edge of the Gulfstream). There were large patches of sargassum (weed) from 200 to 350 and most boats stayed there. After catching some dolphin, I was planning to do some bottom fishing but all the reports on the VHF (radio) were mediocre at best.
I decided to go farther offshore in what proved to be a great call. We saw only one boat out. In about 700 feet we found floating boards (though no weed). Near the other boat we picked up a few more dolphin and 1 wahoo, but decided to leave after spotting some frigates and other birds about a mile away.
A large school of skipjack tuna busting bait on the surface proved to be responsible for the birds' activity. My anglers had a bast catching
quite a few on Billy Baits' Mini Turbo Slammers, and kept two for each angler.
It took about an hour to clean fish at the dock. Our final tally was 23 dolphin, 5 to 12 pounds, 8 skipjacks 10 to 15 #, 1 wahoo, 2 large tripletails,
and 14 almico jacks. Very nice day indeed.
Sailfish and kingfish muttons, and grouper are on the reef when there is some current, but their numbers are still increasing and are not really
thick yet. Another cold front past by last night and the 4 species mentioned above will continue to increase. For the rest of the month, though, if
you want numbers, and its a nice day, dolphin and tuna will be your best bet.
Call us and we'll take you where they are biting. Please don't forget to release some for tomorrow's anglers.
Capt. Ralph...
Gon' Catchin' Charters
www.GonCatchin.com
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