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Everglades National Park - Flamingo
Capt. Bob LeMay
February 26, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
Biscayne nights and Everglades days
It's been a busy few weeks here in South Florida. I was booked continuously from 14 February all the way through the 22nd with only one day off. Every year during the Miami Boat Show it's folks in the industry that work all day at the show then spend a few hours at night chasing baby tarpon. This year was no exception and it was five nights straight after the baby tarpon. Every night we found lots of fish under bridges and around docklights with most of the fish concentrated under just a few bridges. I'd like to say that the fish attacked our flies and lures but some nights we struggled. Lots of fish, but few wanting to eat. That was the case the first night with Gary Jennings of Flyfishing in Saltwaters magazine and Chris Peterson the man behind the resurrection of Hells Bay Boatworks aboard. The next night local angler, Dr. Charles Rosen, hooked five and got one to the boat on fly fishing gear. The rest of the weekend we found fish that would eat, but few stayed connected.... The fish ate flies, lures, and even live shrimp then promptly took us to school - releasing themselves without waiting for us... As I write this the night scene is coming around again and I'll be after them this weekend. The night tides will be right from the 1st through the 4th of March...
Along with tarpon up to about 40lbs or more we also caught and released the occasional snook.
At Flamingo the daytime action has been good with the accent on gag grouper and his larger cousin the goliath along with the usual trio of speckled trout, redfish, and snook. The goliaths have ranged up to about 15lbs (the ones that didn't take us to school) and the gag grouper were up to about 8lbs. In three days we recorded three backcountry slams with snook, trout, and redfish.
It's been that kind of week with more of the same every day. Lots of unstoppables while grouper fishing, then trout up to about 18", snook that were mostly under slot, and redfish. There's just no place like the interior areas out of Flamingo this time of year...
Tight lines
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