Breezy and wet!
Capt. Jim Hobales
October 31, 2011
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
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I am part of a corporate trip today out of Haulover Marina. I have Mary Ann and Tavin on board, we left around PM and had to be back at 4 PM. I decided to stay close and fished up in Dumbfoundling Bay, I had a live well full of pilchards to chum with. I made a pass thru the bay and saw a bunch of Jacks chasing bait so I tossed out a handful of freebies. It didn't take long and we had the Jacks exploding, Tevin was first up catching a 2 pounder. The Tarpon were rolling but it was mid afternoon and weren't interested. I was chumming a dock and had a big boil come up, I pitched a bait and handed the rod to Mary Ann. The bait got smashed as the fish ran thru to pilings, Mary Ann held on for a while but eventually broke off. We continued the chumming and caught a bunch of Jacks to 5 lbs.. I had 2 people that never actually fished before and they were very happy with the day.
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I was asked to be the honorary guest captain for the day on the Bay tournament, I had to be in charge of the rules reading them and making any rules decision. Friday captains meeting was much fun with great food, the FNGLA runs the tournament and provides scholarships for college students.
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I am fishing with my wife Lourdes, son James and his friend Jesus in Whitewater Bay. We ran around on a day that had a 90% chance of rain and it got breezy. I hadn't been to Flamingo since August and took a chance and hit my winter spots. My wife works' for Biscayne rod, She and Eddy's wife Sandra had a little bet going. The first few spots were fishless and then I said lets go were taking a ride. The tide was dead low outside of Shark River and still very high in Whitewater Bay. I rigged some swim baits and "Twitch n Raps" and went casting at points we had a pretty interesting day. We caught 30 Snook and 5 Redfish plus other species as well.
The bait and Ladyfish that are chasing them are thick and in turn I think the other fish are close. We did have a big Tarpon hit a "Twitch n Rap" in the middle of a ladyfish school.plus a few Redfish, and Jacks as well. I stopped on a spot trying to get some Trout just to say we got a slam. I told my wife to wind up her bait, as she did it got hit hard. It was pouring rain and I saw the big flash underneath, this was definitely the fish of the day. In all the confusion my wife went down but held on, she got up and the big fish ran around the front of the boat. The fish just kept pulling drag and ran parallel down the shoreline and got into the trees and cut her off. It was a great way to end the day because today was one of those days Whitewater Bay got its name, it was white and couldn't see a thing
The ride back from Shark River was in all 90% of heavy down pours forecasted.
The weighs-ins / BBQ were in the rain but food and cold beers were good.
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