That would mean crashing or losing the kite. Why? You wouldn't want to fly a low-wind kite in windy conditions, or vice versa. Different colors are good you retain the option of yelling out "Blue! Red! Yellow!" if a slow crew member can't figure out where a bite is coming from.Ĭarry a selection of kites. There are different styles of kites designed for different wind velocities. Two fishing kites are employed at any one time. Let's explore the basics from what I saw that weekend and on subsequent trips with other South Florida captains. This is a lot more complicated than throwing baits in the water, however. Kite fishing, a great crew who could handle the kites, a timely cold front that caused a big push of sailfish right into us, and "bust your butt" tournament conditions created the fastest action on sailfish that I will likely ever see. When it was over, I had sailfish dancing behind my eyelids each night, flipping and cartwheeling, splashing in whitewater.
We had kites that crashed behind whitecaps, but they were quickly retrieved and replaced. I spent two days watching these kite-fishing pros winter fishing in a howling northwest wind, and they constantly had triple-hookups on sailfish. It happened in Palm Beach in early February several years ago when his crew released 47 of 59 sailfish they ultimately caught during that three-day event. That was driven home when I was aboard Miss Britt with Miami's Captain Ray Rosher during one of the many tournaments he's won. In the hands of an expert, kite fishing is amazingly effective. And complicated, but with a little practice, quite rewarding. "Go fly a kite" used to be a somewhat derogatory term, but in South Florida, it's very serious business in offshore fishing - very serious. Mate releases fishing kite and feeds out line from an electric kite reel.
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