Flamingo sightfishing action and current fishing conditions
Capt. Alex Zapata
October 6, 2016
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
I'm sure that many of you have heard about the water quality issues, algae blooms and massive grass die off that we have had lately, in many areas throughout Florida bay. Several environmental groups and the Florida fishing community have been urging to stop the damaging discharges into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries and restoring the flow of clean freshwater from lake okechobee to Florida Bay which is key to the future and health of our Florida fisheries. Whether you are an avid fisherman or not, This should be a common concern to the general public as our water ways and drinking water sources are being badly polluted and threatened. We all hope that our politicians and government representatives start taking action and supporting better policies towards the conservation of our waterways.
While is true that some areas around flamingo have taken a big negative hit, our Mother Nature is still very generous and despite the adversity, has been providing very good action around some of these areas that have suffered from loss of grass and low oxygen waters. Please DO NOT get discouraged by some of the bad reports as the fishing is still very good in the park!!
The key has been to find areas with cleaner water, decent grass and bottom quality. There have been some nice schools of big redfish working these areas along with snook and great numbers of baby tarpon. We have been sightfishing for cruising and tailing reds in less than a foot of water, throwing flies, soft plastics and live shrimp at them.
The fishing in the west coast around the river mouths, creeks and shorelines has been extremely good with plenty of snook, reds, tarpon and trout. The bait migration is in full force in both coasts right now, drawing all kinds of action on all kinds of predators. It's important to remark that the fishing off the west coast of flamingo has seen very few issues if any due to the water problems that have primarily affected all the areas east of flamingo down to Islamorada and key largo.
Here is Gil and some big flamingo reds sightfished in inches of water
David catching had a great time catching several snooks and reds on the creeks west of flamingo.
Please join the fight and support the future of the Everglades by signing the now or neverglades declaration. Follow the link
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Give me a call and let's go have a pleasant day out on the water
Capt Alex
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
The fall mullet run is in full force creating a feeding frenzy in both coastal areas. The snook, tarpon, redfish, jacks and everything else have all been tight to the schools of bait. Find the bait, find the predators. The sightfishing action on the flats around flamingo will remain solid until the water temperatures start to drop and the fish start to get into their winter time patterns.
Target Species:
Redfish, snook, tarpon
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