A Few Bugs and Plenty of Fish and Sun
Capt. Alan Sherman
July 8, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
For a guy that specializes in Light Tackle Fishing in North Biscayne Bay I am finding myself fishing in Flamingo more then anywhere and the reason is that with the hot summer conditions fishing in Flamingo is always somewhat more consistent then many other areas including North Biscayne Bay. Snook are spawning and at times can be so thick that it is almost too easy and then the redfish can be just as thick, mangrove snapper seem to be around every mangrove tree, cobias are on the rockpiles and wrecks, goliath groupers are around the same trees the snappers like and a few gag groupers as well. Then there are sea trout, ladyfish, jacks, tripletail, permit, tarpon, mackerel, bluefish and all the sharks you care to fight. During the summer you just can't get that action in North Biscayne Bay although the night fishing for snook, tarpon, jacks and snapper can be interesting. I like to give my clients the best opportunity at catching the most fish and Flamingo has been the place for that kind of action. Fishing in North Biscayne Bay has been good during the day when we have had overcast conditions that have cooled the water and kept the fish hungry but as soon as the sun gets up high and starts shining the fish shut down. Offshore lots of bonitos, scattered dolphins and some nice snappers have been available.
Capt. Rick Murphy has just launched a new Web Site called Insider Fishing.(www.insiderfishing.com)
It is a subscription site that once you are signed in you can go to the site and click on any of the 20 or so Charter Captains up and down the Florida Coast and get a daily detailed fishing report. Captain Jimbo Thomas of the charter boat Thomas Flyer is doing the Dade and Broward Offshore report and I am doing the Inshore Dade and Broward fishing report. When you decide to join please mention my name Capt. Alan Sherman so I get the referral. At this moment you can log on for free to check it out.
Recent Catches:
Darrel Owen and his buddy fished Flamingo and caught 8 small snook, snappers, plenty of six pound jacks, 1-23 lb. cobia out of 4 that we had shots at and a goliath grouper. The Cobia ate a Hook Up lure tipped with a Gulp shrimp.
Barry Kutun and his son and grandsons teamed up to catch over 50 sea trout to 3 pounds and mangrove snappers to 1.5 pounds during a stormy morning in North Biscayne Bay. A lot of the fish were caught on Hook Up lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp during a half day charter.
Jason and Tricia Sapp fished Flamingo and caught snook, sea trout, redfish, lost a tarpon, a gag grouper, jacks, ladyfish, bluefish, lots of sharks and a huge ray.
Took my son out looking for Dolphins on July 4th and ran 15 miles offshore to find nothing and then came in to 5 miles offshore and saw a splash and cast a Rattle Trap at the splash and Zach hooked up to a lrge dolphin that threw the plug on the second jump. There were smaller dolphins with that fish but they were not interested in what we were throwing their way. came in ona wreck and caught three out of many bonitos that came to the boat plus a nice mutton snappers and a lot of lane snappers.
Fished Vladimir and his sons Michael and Alex in North Biscayne Bay for a four hour trip and struggled with the 88 degree morning temperatures that quickly got into the low 90's by 11:30 when we came in. The guys managed to catch a half dozen trout and a dozen snappers.
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Flamingo will continue to produce great catches for the next 4 months. North Biscayne Bay will be good on the cooler mornings and late afternoons into the evenings. offshore on the calm days dolphins and bonitos plus some snappers and in South Biscayne Bay early and late and during overcast days bonefish and permit will be available.
Target Species:
Snook, Tarpon, Redfish, Cobia, Sharks, Snapper, Dolphins, Bonitos
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