Miscellaneous Fish...
 Besides
the fish I have specifically mentioned, there are numerous other fish that can
be caught in South Florida waters. Starting with snapper and groupers, these fish
can be targeted while we are fishing many of the artificial reefs and wrecks found
in South Florida. Again, live bait works well.
We usually will drop a large live bait like a goggle eye or a smaller live
bait like a pilchard or herring towards the bottom on a wreck. We may be anchored
or drifting over this structure. Tackle is pretty hefty with 80 pound tackle being
the norm and 50 pound tackle being on the lighter side.
The reason for the heavier tackle is to get these fish away from the wreck
quickly before they have time to cut you off on the sharp structure of the wreck
or ledge. Besides snappers and grouper, big bruiser amberjacks stay on top of
the wreck and are most eager to eat your live bait.
We also catch wahoo at various times of the year. Most wahoo are incidental
catches caught while live baiting on the reef. Some of these wahoos can be big.
Our biggest wahoo while live baiting has been 61 pounds. Wahoo can also be found
below schools of dolphin while fishing in the Gulfstream. Not to far from South
Florida, we also target wahoo in the Bahamas while high speed trolling.
 Cobia
are also fish that we catch on a regular basis and many are incidental catches
while live baiting on the reef. Cobia are also associated with turtles and whales.
If we happen to see a turtle while fishing we almost always toss a live bait towards
the turtle. If a cobia is nearby, they will readily eat our bait. Boats with towers
also target cobia while sight casting to stingrays in shallower water. Cobia will
often be found near or behind a stingray and usually eat crustaceans that the
stingray may displace with his fins.
Marlin, both blues and whites are also caught with some regularity each year.
Nothing can quite beat the thrill of watch a big blue marlin greyhounding with
Miami in the background.
As always, there are many other fish that we catch and you just never know
what is going to bite your bait while fishing in South Florida.
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