Flamingo Fishing Reports

Fishing report, Everglades backcountry - Flamingo - It's been over a month since my last report. In the interim we've had lots of bad weather, this winter's a bit on the tough side with cold front after cold front. I've done more than a few trips, both day and night, with nothing great to report. T more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Flamingo First Timers - Do you remember your first fish?... I can... I can still see the school of Bluegill at the canals edge. My dad tied a small hook directly to the monofilament line on my Zebco Kmart special. He showed me how to form a ball with bread to disguise the h more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

2/15/09 Florida Bay-Strip Strip Strip - The end of this week has ended with some great weather and good fishing to top it off. We fly fished for snook and reds being successful with both species. Some of the fish we came across were being skittish but with a stealthy approach in the skinn more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo

A real winter - 020509 I am with John Roberts and his friend Marino today. we got on the water abot 1 pm in search for Tarpon and any other fish that would eat. It is cold and windy so we stayed inside the cut jigging with live shrimp. We caught 2 types of Snappe more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Winter Time at Its Best - Whitewater bay and points north in inside have been producing tarpon, snook, goliath, and trout. Get a full tank and prepare to run-depending on the wind and tides. This area is usually fished best with lures. You tend to cover more water. Jigs a more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Frozen Flamingo Bite - Bye, bye cold fronts and Hello Springtime! ... Or at least that is what every inshore Fisherman in South Florida is hoping. While the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, Mr. Weatherman is professing the opposite... For once, I hope he is r more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

Cold Water Requires A Different Approach to Fishing Flamingo - It's been a while since my last fishing update partly because of being on the water and also due to being too busy with other things like getting ready for the Florida Sportsman Magazines Fishing Show that took place last Saturday and Sunday at the more...
Capt. Alan Sherman - Flamingo

Flamingo... A Magical Place - I have fished with some important people and certainly some very well known people. Yet, I have never been so honored to share a day with anyone more than the day I shared with author and environmentalist, Peter Matthiessen. Typically, the underlying more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo

Tarpon are here - 012798 I'm fishing with Jason and Chris today at Flamingo, it was nice first thing but didn't take long for the wind to pick up. The Power Pole (shallow water anchor) is one of the greatest inventions ever and I along with plenty of others become de more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Going deep in Flamingo - When water temperatures drop, timing quickly becomes the most important component to success in the Park. The cold will push fish into deeper water where they depend on the tide to flush food their way. Keeping this in mind, you can pinpoint ambush more...
Capt. Benny Blanco - Flamingo