Get out early!
Capt. Jim Hobales
August 23, 2009
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
081509
I am Flamingo with Tony and his son Danny today, we got out early because out the heat and a tropical wave that was approaching. We started out casting at some small rolling Tarpon in the back country we hooked and jumped a bunch but only landed 1. The Tarpon were feeding and putting on a show as the wave got closer, plus we had a few Snook bites throw in. The bad weather moved north on both side of us and the wind picked up to 30 - 40 mph. I stayed in protected areas but the bite slowed as wave moved over us. Danny caught a really big 22" Trout and some Jacks and Ladyfish but the bite almost shut down. I kept the Jacks and went to a Goliath Grouper spot, they got crushed but even the were a little sluggish. We had been dodging the bad weather al day but it finally found us and it was bad. We ran from Shark River to the dock without being able to see in front of us.
082009
I am at Flamingo with James Bruno and his buddy Andy today, we are fishing the Florida Bay side. We got on to some rolling Tarpon early and the mullet we getting beat up so I figure we were in a pretty good spot. I had them casting a couple of different types of lures but the fish showed no interest. I wanted mullet but couldn't get a shot at them and only doing a half day trip I didn't want to waste time. We kept fishing and got some bites the best being a 8 foot Lemon Shark that and hooked and fought for 20 minutes on 12 lb tackle. Andy lives in upstate N.Y. and had never hooked a big Shark before he was impressed. They caught Trout, Jacks and had some other opportunities but very slow today in the area I fished.
082209
I am in Everglades City today with my buddy Mitch doing some pre fishing for a tournament next month. I have been fishing tournaments there all summer and just want to stay on a pattern. We started out throwing top waters, twitch n raps, and paddles tails. We caught a bunch of Snook and just got on the trolling motor, it was low tide and we started looking for Redfish laying on the Oyster bars. We found plenty and they were beating up the mullet schools along with Snook, Tarpon and Sharks. The bite was early and then it got hot with no wind. We caught a few nice Goliath Groupers and got into some Tarpon and then called it a day at 1 PM.
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Get out early or late afternoon the rains cool us off.
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