Flamingo report - big reds ! 18 November
Capt. Bob LeMay
November 18, 2013
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
I only had Friday and Saturday booked last week but the fishing was very good. On Friday I fished visiting anglers Gary Reimer from Utah and Harald Krug from Germany and the first thing we did make the long, 21 mile, run out to the coast. At first all we could do was a few small speckled trout on lures so we shifted to bait. Boy, what a difference....
Here's Harald's first snook ever....
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It measured right at 32" and was carefully released to fight another day
We continued working the coast as the tide came in, finding a fish here and a fish there -mostly small. When the tide started out things changed dramatically. The next few photos are from that afternoon - and all at one spot...
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How's this for your first ever redfish? At this point we were in them and not going anywhere....
Now it was Gary's turn...
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His second was taken on a small lure with only 10lb line...
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And here's Harald's last big fish...
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At the end of that first day each angler had caught and released a backcountry slam of snook, redfish, and speckled trout. They also were able to keep one smaller red for the table.....
The next day I was aboard local angler Dean Gosselin's gorgeous big Egret along with his guests from Michigan and I was hoping for another bout with those big reds. Of course the tide that day was an hour later so we hit a few spots then made a long run to a river near where we'd done so well the day before. I was surprised to find a few small to medium tarpon there just at the end of a tide that were bothering small groups of mullet. We quickly set up a single rig with a live bait and floated it back to where we'd seen the tarpon. A few minutes later Chuck Conlan was hooked up with a much bigger tarpon than I expected (looked to be nearly 100lbs). We only got a few jumps before the hook came loose but it was quite a bit of excitement (and not enough time for me to get my camera going....). After that it was time to go redfishing and the big fish were there - only quite a bit bigger than the day before.... Dean hooked one on a light spinning rod that really gave him a workout. When we got it to the boat it looked to be nearly 20lbs but shook the small hook at the last moment. I thought we'd missed our shot when the little girl on board grabbed the next bite and we were hooked up again.... I'll let the picture tell the story (the angler was the little girl on the right.... Manel Conlan with her Dad and little brother Riley...)
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this fish weighed 16lbs on the Boga Grip before being released in good condition (note the previous injury to the fish's tail - big reds lead a hard life....).
Our last fish that day was taken by young Keane Gosselin and it was headed for the table...
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I have no idea where these big reds came from or whether they'll be there tomorrow... that's fishing.
Tight Lines
Bob LeMay
(954) 435-5666
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