The next day after the big storm Trevor and Martin were back on the L&H to see what the sea had to offer. It was a much nicer day with calm seas and blue skies and best of all the fish were really biting! We had alot of bait left from the day before, got some more in the castnet and were at the wreck for an early start. When the first bait hit the water it got eaten immediately and for the next hour we got bites as fast as the baits went out. In no time we had our limit of kingfish and a bunch of bonitas. From there I steered the L&H offshore and as soon as we hit the gulfstream, Greg and Wes began to spot Frigate birds with hungry mahi underneath! It was the best dolphin fishing we have seen this year and in an hour and a half we landed almost twenty fish with a few of them in the twenty pound class. Now it was time to shift gears and try for amberjacks, which were like everything else that day, biting like crazy. After what seemed like only a matter of minutes we had our limit so it was time to head for home. We stopped on a shallow reef near Fowie Light and the boys caught a half dozen barracudas and a few nice yellowtails. When I got the L&H back up on plane and headed for the marina I saw one of my favorite sights. It was a big sailfish swimming over the white sand in only twelve feet of water! I have seen this countless times while fishing with Captain Paul Ross on his charter boat Relentless in Islamorada, but it is far less common to see it off Miami! Everyone watched the beautiful fish cruise the shallows and when Wes threw the bait in front of it we were on instantly! We got the release in seconds off the bow and headed for the marina grinning from ear to ear. It was an amazing few hours of fishing and after dealing with such a nasty storm the day before, the beautiful weather was like icing on the cake.
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