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South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami
Capt. Jim Hobales
October 22, 2007
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
101907
I am fishing with Ray, Jay and Paul today at Flamingo, I put in on the back-country side because there has been pretty consistent ant bite back there. The wind and rain storms out in the gulf helped me make my decision, but it paid off with huge numbers of Snook. There was a big rain cloud working our way with a water spout heading directly at us, first thing! Once the bad weather moved past the fishing turned on. We had some Tarpon rolling but they were not really thick today. I rigged up some weedless light jigs with a 3" Gulp Minnows to be cast underneath the Mangroves for Snook, it didn't take long and Ray was hooked up with Snook after Snook. Ray was in the "Zone" as people say and I know it started to get old for Paul and Jay but eventually everyone would get in on the act. Ray had easily caught 15 Snook before anyone else caught a fish, to top it off he then caught a 29" Redfish. These guys are really good friends and cheered him on every time he hooked up. Jay decided to get in on the deal and started to catch his fair share of Snook. Paul being a first time angler was giving it a good try but couldn't figure out the hook set theory. We pulled up to point with plenty of current and the Snook were hitting on every cast. Ray got hit really hard and the fish is pulling like a freight train, I told him put some pressure on it it's a Goliath Grouper (Jewfish). This was a really good battle and Ray enjoyed it, he got the fish boat side and I grabbed it with my Boga grip. It was a 20 lb Jewfish, a very nice catch on light tackle! The guys ended catching several more Jewfish, Snappers and a Ladyfish which we turned into Shark bait. It didn't take long and a Shark found it, but ended up cutting us off. I think the total on the Snook was 25-30 and seemed like it was non stop a lot of the time. We were back at the dock by 2 o'clock, not to bad of a day!
102007
Matt called me a couple days ago and said he would like to catch fish quantity more than quality.
I told him he was in luck I was on a good pattern and could do what he asked. The days prior were Snook filled, but today some thing was wrong. They weren't biting yet! Matt worked hard and the Tarpon were rolling all around us, but just out of casting range. Matt finally had a Tarpon hit and jump off, that got his his blood pumping. The bite was definitely slow but we managed 3 hook ups. I decided time to try something else and moved on to a place with some moving water(Snook like moving water).
It didn't take long and Matt had a couple small Snook and then a big hit which cut him off. I rigged up another Gulp Pogy because it looks like the baits that are moving thru right now. Matt cast right back into the spot and got another big hit, I thought it was a Jewfish the way it was fighting. The fish finally came to the surface and it was a 28" Snook and had Matt's other bait in its mouth, that fish was hungry. A couple photo's and we released him. We moved on and just hit a bunch of spots trying to catch a few fish on each one. That we did! Matt did get to feel the pull of a Jewfish as a matter of fact, on one spot he caught 8 of them plus Snook and big Mangrove Snappers. The next spot produced as well with about 10 Snook a couple more big Snappers that were 14-16"s. These Snappers pull like a big Snook so there a blast! The next spot is the money spot, I told Matt I am going to hurt you here buddy. The spot is loaded with big Snappers, Jewfish, Snook and Jacks and he caught them all including a 3 lb Mangrove Snapper and a 10 lb Jewfish. I think he caught 20 fish out of that area, the bite really got good this afternoon. I told him one more spot before we leave, he had to be somewhere at PM and it was PM. I hope his wife didn't get to mad.
The next spot was a good as the others a couple keepers size Snook and some more big Snappers, we got hit on every cast it was an awesome day but we were beat and Matt really had to go. Matt said you met your objective today of quantity, what was really nice about it is he also got quality!
If this sounds like fun give me a call at 305 333 8149
Capt. Jimbo
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