Dania Pier Fishing Reports 2010 "ONLY REPORTS"

[Baitfish]

Fished Saturday 6-1 and Sunday from 7-12. Caught runners, cuda and one snook (cutoff) on Saturday. Sunday was a lot slower and one mangrove saved the day. Bait is still as thick as it has been for the whole month.
I got to see several interesting things. One was a 6' manta ray, very cool. Another was a 4-5'ish foot tarpon hooked on medium spinning tackle, amazing how fast they can spool the reel. The guy next to me caught a Bluespotted Coronetfish, colorful and really odd looking. The strangest sight was some bonehead catching pilchards as fast as he could catch them, dropping them on the deck until he had 30 or so then stuffing them into a Publix bag and then going back for more. When he left, he had two bulging bags of tasty, sunripened pilchards. Is there some exotic recipie I haven't heard about?
Since I'm still learning about snook, I have a question. Do they school up under the pier? I've always seen them single or in pairs, but today I saw 20 - 30 very large fish under the pier about 1/2 way to the Tee.

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

There are far more Snook than you can see around Dania.

[Rock Bottom]

Hello,

Had a quick question. The fish that are usually under the pier or close by the T that are reddish/brownish hue with white noticable spots and black on the face by the eye with vampire like teeth (two that stick out of mouth) .. are they mangroves?

Wasnt too sure last time I saw them, thanks for the info.

I asked someone on the pier and they said mutton snapper but muttons have always seem way lighter in color to me, and it was missin the black spot by the tail.

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

Mangroves. Not Muttons.

[Rock Bottom]

Thanks Zebco, hopefully I'll get one 10 inches next time since I never seem to catch the elusive 12" triggerfish lol.

[Baitfish]

There are far more Snook than you can see around Dania.

I don't doubt it, but will they school or are they solitary?

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

Every day is a new adventure.

[bluemack]

fished today from 0630-0830h. blue runners on squid, blue runners on pilchards, blue runners on xrap, blue runners on sabiki...all the blue runners you want.

[fixed80]

fished today from 0630-0830h. blue runners on squid, blue runners on pilchards, blue runners on xrap, blue runners on sabiki...all the blue runners you want.

appreciate your report bluerunnermack.

[jimsfishn13]

Has the been pier been crowded with blue runner folks?

not really too bad only a handful of what you usually see. i fished wed and thurs and they stayed out of the way catchem up bro the snook action was fierce botth days.

[bluemack]

fished yesterday from 0730h-1200h, clear water, nice calm seas, caught a couple of blue runners and 2 spanish macks. the macks stayed much of the day on the south side of the "T". i was tossing a crappie jig / 8#test line on a cheap 4' or5' shakespeare rod, then this huge tarpon like 5-6 feet slowly tracked my jig and swallowed it then it run away towards the beaches. it was pulling my line so fast and hard,at first i wanted to fight this thing but the sensible part of me kicked in and i pulled my pliers and cut the line. That night im still thinking, what if i landed that tarpon on an 8#test line,boatless,on a cheap shakespeare rod, even on a crappie jig. i know the odds are against me but isnt that how records are made? defying the odds, making the impossible possible? i could have let that tarpon strip all the line that i have,at least i know he beat me...so next time it happens to you dont chicken out like i did, its better to go home with a nice fishing story to tell knowing you gave it all than going home with your mind full of "what ifs?"

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

I had a group come out yesterday evening. I gave them a refund 5 minutes later. All of their rods had line tied to the tip. None of them could reach the water.
Funny stuff on piers sometimes.

Yesterday,... Runners, Macks, Ceros and smaller Spanish. Lots of small size mangroves and a few keeper Muttons. When I got there yesterday, nobody was inshore at the time. All fishing around the T. Gazillions of bait on each side, Snook solid in them. And no people. I'd have rather fished than work.

[bluemack]

5-6ft tarpon vs cheapie rod and reel hmmmmmmmmm.......good thing you cut the line, atleast your reel still works.

to my amazement, the little thing still works

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

Lot of Runners. And a few SNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOKSNOOK
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No need to head north for them.

[bolo]

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No need to head north for them.

My family of twenty are coming from China. They want to try fishing since they see pictures of my catches. Zebco, what is the best rig for them to catch Blue Runners? People said a popping cork and others said gog sabikis. What do you suggest?

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

My family of twenty are coming from China. They want to try fishing since they see pictures of my catches. Zebco, what is the best rig for them to catch Blue Runners? People said a popping cork and others said gog sabikis. What do you suggest?

Easiest way for them,.. chicken rigs and squid.

Otherwise, the norm,.. live bait, little jigs and such. If I try to catch them for for real to unload at the market, I just throw my 5/8 Croc and blast them 1 at a time.

[jbuck501]

Fished from about 3pm till 7pm. As many small blue runners as you could possibly want. Bait was thick up and down the pier. We met Tyler (Get the net). We only caught blue runners. I had 2 snook mouth my pilchard and spit it out. Get the net will post a pic of a nice snook he caught for sure.
I saw a couple of nice mangroves come up close to the tee, a couple of macks and of course the blue runners.

[ricky9]

was out there yesterday. sick storm that passed over and gave for a nice view.

fished for 2 hours i guess. total - 3 needlefish and a small mangrove ( have not been able to hook a mack in the longest!, got to shake it off )

bite looked to be good until the wind died down and mosquitos came to feast

[cudaking305]

was out there from morning till lost countless macks to evry reason you can think of but did catch a small cero and the usual bait everywhere and the blue runners were not as thick as last year but you were able to catch alot of them i think i caught 30 of them whatever rly hot day to be out at dania pier!!

Tight Lines

[joshfishboy1819]

was out there from morning till lost countless macks to evry reason you can think of but did catch a small cero and the usual bait everywhere and the blue runners were not as thick as last year but you were able to catch alot of them i think i caught 30 of them whatever rly hot day to be out at dania pier!!

Tight Lines

yo whats up man got to tell u something, use periods it looks like its just one bug sentence.

[MitchellOrdonez]

Went around 2:30pm, bait is thick at the tee and the bluerunners are aggresive, macks were around so were snooks. A few snappers under the piling and some muttons.

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

yo whats up man got to tell u something, use periods it looks like its just one bug sentence.

Might want to start with your own grammar.

[StyngRay]

Sorry to change the topic, look what I found...


(Dania Pier circa 1966)

[malibuminix]

The pier looked better then it is now.And i guess it was much cleaner to.