mullet run continues
Capt. Jim Hobales
November 10, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
110308
Tonight I am fishing N. Biscayne Bay with Scott, Shawn and Ron. We started out catching some perfect 6 inch mullet and were off looking for SnooK and Tarpon. It didn't take to long and we found a huge area of mullet being trashed by Tarpon only 1 problem they would not hit our mullet. Ron had a follow up on his Twitch n Rap but the Tarpon turned off at the boat. We fished a couple docks but the Snook were looking at us like we were crazy for trying. We ended up on a couple bridges and the baits we getting killed but again not ours I changed up a couple thing and we finally got hit, twice! the key here was the fish were eating smaller baits than we had. We sat there for 2 hours and kept hoping for a solid hookup but it never came. We watched them bust right next to our baits this was frustrating!
110808
Today I am with Jorge, he is the president of the Miami Sport Fishing Club and Mitch from Biscayne rods. My trip for today got canceled so I called these guys late the night before. It'sgetting to be the time of year I like to fish Whitewater Bay and it helps me figure out what's going on when I get a couple good anglers on the boat. The bite wasn't great, but Mitch had a great day. It started early for him jumping a Tarpon and then getting a Snook not long after that. We cast for Snook most of the morning while watching 100 lb.Tarpon free jump all around us. We caught about every thing that swims this day but a Redfish. The tide was weak so we headed out to the open Gulf of Mexico, the tide is always stronger there. As we got into the Gulf we noticed some diving birds, Mitch threw an X-Rap and hooked a big Mackerel. For the 20 minutes we caught Jacks and Mac's until I finally said let's go get a Cobia! We ran to a marker and I hooked up immediately with a nice Pompano, Mitch was not going to be outdone today. He hooked up and his fish was pulling some drag and it finally showed itself, it was a big Cobia! It took a while breaking my custom gaff luckily half of it stayed in the fish, we landed a solid 40 lb Cobia. We were off to the next marker and Jorge was dying at this point, every time we stopped Mitch was hooked up and it as getting old. We pulled up to the next marker, I told Jorge go ahead it all yours as we sat back and watched. Jorge got no bites so we decided to make a few cast just in case, well Mitch did it to him again. Mitch fought this fish for 10 minutes or so and it had a little less fight than the first one and then the fish came to the surface. It was a nice Goliath Grouper about 25 lbs. The weather changed as Mitch fought this fish so we headed back inshore. It was about 430 and we were still 25 miles from the dock. When we got closer to Flamingo the sun was already setting and we spotted a bunch of Tarpon cruising a flat in less than a foot of water, I said if we stop well never get out of here! Well of course we stopped! It was cool but the fish were working off the flat and we were in their path, this made them nervous. We made some good cast but only to made them move a little quicker, it was still really cool! We made our was back to the dock and just like when we got here it was dark. I don't do a lot of these 12 hour days any more but man is it a full day of catching!
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Looks breezy for a couple days but we are still in the middle of the mullet run.
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