04-18-2002, 01:49 AM
The wind continues to blow from the east @ 10-20. Tarpon fishing on Monday evening required a lot of searching. On the south side at Government Cut, we caught and released a 6# jack crevalle. We moved to the north side and found tarpon rolling on the surface. They continue to eat live shrimp with the occasional one caught on a live crab. Before dark we hooked up one that made 3 jumps and a good run before the hook pulled. Our next strike after dark was a solid hook up and we released a 100# fish. The very next drift found us hooked up again with the fish throwing the hook on its first jump.<br><br>Tuesday was an offshore day. Green water with little to no current was out to 500'. We spent most of our day in the 550-800 foot range between the sea buoy and 71 street. Scattered weed and frigate birds put us on some very finicky feeding dolphin. They were eating good as we watching them chasing flying fish. We caught them on live pilchards, trolled ballyhoo, and dolphin seniors. Mixed in with them were some oceanic bonito (Arctic's). We caught two in the 8-10 pound class.<br><br>Captain Dave Kostyo<br>Knot Nancy Fishing Charters<br>305 620-5896 Charter<br>305 732-2628 Beeper<br>www.rnfl.com/knotnancy<br>nkostyo@bellsouth.net<br><br>