04-06-2002, 12:14 AM
With the livewell loaded with pilchards, sardines, and some herring, we headed out to 90' just north of the Twins. Light blue water, wind from the NW @ 10, and a south current were the conditions. The flat line baits and down rigger produced 2 kingfish and 2 bonito. As soon as I put the kite up, the wind died off to nothing and we put it away for the rest of the trip. A search offshore for dolphin turned out to be just that, a search. Back in to 90' just north of Government Cut and the action started again. A couple of cut offs by kingfish, a pulled hook, and another bonito. If I put a wire leader on the flat lines, we got no hits. Straight mono leaders got all the action. With about 10 minutes to go on the trip, we foul hooked a bonito. It was giving the angler fits on the 15# plug outfit we were using. As he was making his second trip around the boat, the rear flat line got hit and we were hooked up to a sailfish. Lee Brancaccio from Kendall Park, NJ watched in amazement as the fish made numerous jumps, tail walked in circles, and ran line off the reel at an alarming rate. The bonito finally succumbed to the pressure of the tackle and we started chasing the sailfish. As we got close, the sail decided to change directions several times, made a half dozen more jumps, and ran off about 100 yards of line. Some great camera work by the other anglers got the action shots. We released the sailfish and headed in talking about the great action we had today.<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>