Fishing Reports by Capt. Bouncer Smith

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - There have been some big challenges in our fishing this week. Last Wednesday we fished all 8 and 12 pound tackle in place of our normal 20 pound. We had some rough luck keeping the fish on the hook that day, but did get 1 of 5 sailfish, a 30 pound bl more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Spring fishing is still great. Last week we spent 3 days in Bimini catching yellowtail snappers, groupers, a big king, assorted jacks and a potential world record shark on fly, which was our primary goal. Friday evening tarpon fishing was good more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Fishing was red hot on Saturday. We got off to a bad start with birthday boy Peter Katz, his son and his son-in-law. It seemed that the fish were biting our live pilchards and herring, but they would not stay on the hook. Things turned around after t more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Sharks on Fly and a Lot More What a trip to Bimini. We ran to Bimini in the Bahamas on Monday morning to meet 6 anglers to fish with us on 2 boats through Wednesday. When we got there, they were out bone fishing with local guides. When they retur more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - 10 year old Matt Bertruch, from New York, fished with his dad and grandpa yesterday. They were red hot. We were live baiting with the kite in 90 to 200 feet of water. Matt caught a 20 pound barracuda to start things off. Shortly after that he got a 2 more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - It has been a good week for fishing and catching. The weather has been good and the fish hungry. We had a morning on Monday when it was king mackerel as fast as the lines went out. Some were up to 37 pounds. We also got a sailfish and some false alba more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - We have been fishing every minute of the day. 14 days ago we finished 2nd in the fun fish category of the Yamaha/Contender Miami Billfish Tournament. We caught and released 2 out of 3 swordfish a couple nights ago. 1 about 20 pounds and the other abo more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - “Gold Coast Grand Slam” season has arrived. This slam consist of a sailfish, a dolphin and a tarpon. Yesterday my charter party of 3, Don Dietrich, Mark Brecher and Rich Stovall and I headed out at noon to try to get a slam. At the end of 9 hours more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - “Gold Coast Grand Slam” season has arrived. This slam consist of a sailfish, a dolphin and a tarpon. Yesterday my charter party of 3, and I headed out at noon to try to get a slam. At the end of 9 hours of fishing we had 7 sailfish, 4 dolphin, 6 b more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami

Fishing Report for Miami, Florida - Fishing is hot. Quality is way up in the angling world. Here’s some examples of the fishing the last few days. 11 year old, Cody Lapnow caught and released 2 sailfish and a 25 pound african pompano on Friday. His 8 year old brother Taylor re more...
Capt. Bouncer Smith - Miami