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South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami
Capt. Jim Hobales
December 13, 2007
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
120107
I am with Mitch from Biscayne Rods today, the finest rods on the market! I promised him a bunch of fish, I also told him we would fish an area that I fish all to myself. It didn't take long when we saw a couple Snook busting up baits, but we got no bites. We moved around a little and finally got into the Redfish, we ended up with about 10 or so. The Snook weren't far behind, even though this wasn't the bite I expected. We ended up with 6 Snook but the tides were not in our favor, that's why the bite was slow. We hit a few more spot and called it a day.
120907
I am fishing with Mitch again today but with a spin; he is taking me out on his boat. He says I need a break from work and he would like to pole me around! The morning started out watching a monster Snook racing across the flat busting a mullet school. As we were watching that a big Tarpon rolled in front of me. I placed my Twitch n Rap in front of his path, twitched it and let it sit right in front of the 80 pound fish. The next thing Mitch hear's is my drag screaming and 80 lbs of jumping Tarpon. The Tarpon jumped twice and then threw the lure. We watched the Snook go back to work but they turned off after a while, we did manage to put a Jack and a Trout in the boat while casting at rolling Tarpon.
Today's tides were really low, maybe lowest of the year so we really had to be careful not to get stuck. Once the tide fell out we started hitting potholes and channels edges where we found Snook ,Mitch continued to pole and I caught Snook after Snook. I took him to one spot and told him there will be a Redfish right there and there was, he was impressed! The wind was gusting between 20 and 30 making it tough we called it a day at PM.
121107
Today I'm fishing with Mike and Barto in Whitewater Bay which is located in the back country of Everglades National park. The first stop was for Tarpon; as we got close enough to cast we had some Porpoise move in. It appeared they were feeding on some Snook that we just off the shoreline. It was impressive but it didn't help our chances of getting hooked up in the area. We moved on an looked for the strongest current we could find, but the fish did not co-operate. Barto and Mike finally had a couple strikes and Barto was hooked up to his first Redfish. Mike caught a couple ladyfish and we moved on but he bite continued to be slow. I told them I have a spot but its 20 miles away but the conditions are right, the said let's do it! I ran the Maverick HPX as fast as I could and got there in about 35 minutes, Barto enjoyed the ride since he had never been here before. I got us in the area, the tides were extremely low which brings the Snook out of the mangroves and onto the banks. The second thing I need here is wind and luckily it is blowing 25 mph today. It didn't take long and the Snook were coming in on every cast, no real giants but a couple which made 26- 28". I told them this would be more of a numbers game and they had no problem with it. I changed up baits from a "Twitch n Rap" to a Gulp Pogy and the Redfish responded without hesitation. They caught 6 Redfish or so and then Barto's rod doubled over, his fish is pulling drag and at first I though maybe Goliath Grouper but it ended up being a 29" Redfish. They caught a few more Snook and Reds and we moved on, the tide switched and the bite was over that fast.
Barto gave me the best compliment I have ever had, he said "I was the hardest working guide" he had ever hired! At the end of the day that's makes it all worth while.
The fishing is good and the temeratures are comfortable making for a great day on the water.
Let me be Santa for your or a family member.
The big Tarpon will be showing up soon off the coast of Miami Beach and the backcountry of Whitewater Bay. This is the time of year where catching a big fish is a possibility for the even the most novice angler. The Redfish, Snook adn other back country fish will eat on the coldest days all you have to do is find the holes.
There are a lot of options this month so I'm sure I can find a fish or 2 for your needs, if you would like to give it a try give me a call at 305 333 8149.
Let's go catch'em
Capt. Jimbo
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