Fishing Reports by Capt. Dean Panos

Happy Holidays and Great Fishing - I hope everyone is having a great holiday season and enjoying time with friends and family. I would also like to take this opportunity and thank all my clients, friends and sponsors for another great year for Double D Charters. We had so many great more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Cold Fronts get Sailfish Biting - In the past few weeks, I have done some sailfish trips, a few daytime sword trips and one night sword trip. I also had the bottom of the boat repainted for the season and have also been getting ready to fish the Sailfish Kickoff. I am fishing this more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Sailfish are Here - Nov 15th, 2008 In the past 15 days we have done 10 trips of all different types. We have done some daytime swordfishing, one evening swordfish trip and a few sailfish trips. I am happy to say that we have caught all of the targeted species for more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Lets GO! - Oct 31st, 2008 As soon as cold fronts start to reach South Florida, the fishing improves almost instantly. For the past few months we have mostly been day time swordfishing and that has gone great. As we get more cold fronts, we will start fi more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Sails, Swords, Mako and Wahoo - This is typically a slow time of year for the charter boats and the ailing economy is making things just a bit worse. Luckily I was able to get in 4 trips last week and also made it to the Bahamas for a few days the week prior. This week we have an more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

AMAZING Daytime Swordfish Report - Report Date: September 19, 2008 Back in January of last year, I got an e-mail from a guy in Cincinnati that was planning a fishing trip for him and his buddies for next year. Their goal was to catch a swordfish. Every year they plan a trip and tar more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Time To Go Fishing - We have had some close calls with hurricanes this past month, but luckily all 4 hurricanes have avoided us. I wish the best and a speedy recovering for our fellow friends in Texas and Louisiana. The good news is that the hurricanes have avoided Sou more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Sword Bite Has Started - The daytime sword bite has started. For the past few weeks, we have had a few daytime sword trips and with the exception of yesterday, we have caught swordfish on every trip. Our largest fish this past month has been just less than 300 pounds, and more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Great Start for August - Aug 8th, 2008 This has been a great start for August. On the edge, from 200 to 100 foot of water, there have been a lot of kingfish and bonitas, as well as a few sailfish. The kings have been average in size from 6 to 15 pounds with some 20 and more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami

Great Dolphin Fishing - If you enjoy dolphin fishing in the Gulfstream, then you need to get out there now. The dolphin fishing for the last two weeks has been about as good as it can get, I was lucky enough to have charters almost every day this past week and we caught more...
Capt. Dean Panos - Miami