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Flamingo - Everglades National Park
Capt. Ariel Cabrera
June 23, 2003
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Summer means Sneak out of bed Early to Catch'Em
The rain has kept many boats at home and more fish for few fishermen. Those folks that have been fishing have been catching. We have had to move around quite a bit to find the good bite but fishing has been productive nevertheless. Mark and Sam Engel joined me in landing a tarpon and a three and a half-foot SAWFISH. It was neat catching both since we were able to sight fish. We also saw goliath, snapper, and another sawfish.
A regular of mine, Tim, chartered with me to catch a tarpon, snapper, trout, bluefish and a couple of large snook. One snook was attacked by a shark. This day ended with Tim battling a 10 foot plus long SAWFISH that took around thirty five minutes to get to boatside.
Day two was even better for Tim. He caught four redfish, two snook, trout, a large bull shark and snapper to 15”. We left a few biting for next time.
Then it was Andy and Spheros Kontos’s long-awaited turn at the rod. Spheros would get the two fish his avid fly-fisherman brother has been envying, a redfish and 60 pound tarpon. The sixty ’Poon took a bare bucktail and fought for 30 minutes. Andy had several shots to a school of poons on fly but was intercepted by a twelve pound crevalle. Andy also caught twenty seatrout on the fly and a FIFTEEN pound snook on a bait. Tripletail came by for a shot at the fly but a pelican made a low scoop to scare this trip.
Dr. Bob Shebert made a classic Everglades moment a reality by beating a 13 pound snook out of the roots and then again from a trolling motor tangle. This fish took a mirrolure plug on ten pound tackle in the deep backcountry. Robert also landed another snook and even let me wet the line to bring another slot-size snook to the boat. The backcountry also produced a limit of trout plus releasing many more.
Biscayne Bay has also been productive for bonefish, tarpon, permit, and even mutton snapper. I was able to fish three days and see bones on every trip. The first was the best with two fish in the boat. The last trip produced an 18” mutton on the flats. Tarpon have been finicky!
Give me a call and take advantage of action-packed days on the water as summer charter rates!
Capt. Ariel Cabrera
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