Recovery time for the park!
Capt. Jim Hobales
January 28, 2010
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
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I am with Doug, Trevor and Kenny today and we are fishing at Flamingo. A cold front passed thru during the night and although it's not freezing like couple of weeks ago, it is cold. I worked around Snake Bite early thinking the low tide/cold would have the fish stacked up . I found some Redfish on the edge of the flats but they kept spooking out. I decided to run to Lake Ingraham and take my chances. There were some Redfish, Trout and Black Drum but the big freeze we had took its toll on the fishery. The Redfish are stacked up in the holes along with Sheephead and Black drum but not a Snook to be had. Once it warmed up I ran to the grass flats and we caught Trout after Trout for the last 1 1/2 hours.
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Today I'm fishing with Trevor and Kenny again, first stop was on some diving Pelicans which had nothing with them. I ran to Lake Ingraham again and set up in an area where the bigger Redfish congregate in the Mullet schools. We drifted until we saw some activity and then Power Poled down. I rigged up a 1 ounce weight so I could cast about 70 yards into the fish without spooking them. There were some big boils and the Mullet were thick, finally the rod doubles and its really pulling some drag. Kenny has his hands full, and I said this is a fish is big! He continued to fight the 25 lb Black Drum just amazed at the size. He finally got it to the boat where we took some photos and released it. It wasn't to long and we caught another which wasn't as big but still put up a good fight. They were interested in seeing more of the park so we ran around and fished a bunch of different areas. Kenny caught a couple small Bonnethead Sharks and then we got a few Mackerel bites. We ended up on the grass flats again to end the day, the Ladyfish Trout and Jacks.
The Tarpon bit real good off of Miami beach this evening, I spoke to a friend who had 2 tarpon on his first drift. This is the way to go for now, the bite off of Miami Beach is red hot and will be good for the next week or so thru the full moon. The morning bite has been good as well.
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Best bet, Tarpon!
Target Species:
Tarpon
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