Good summer pattern
Capt. Jim Hobales
July 14, 2009
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
070209
I am with Jason and his girlfriend Sara today fishing Flamingo, the morning started off quickly when Sara hooked and landed a 25 inch Trout. This is her biggest fish ever Jason responded with a few of his own but the bite seemed to slow down once the sun came up. The mullet schools were getting blasted but we couldn't get a bite. We moved around a bit but with strong west wind it was making things difficult. I went to a spot where I had been catching Redfish out of the Mullets schools and today was no different. We set up and made real long cast, bouncing a Gulp Shrimp off the bottom. Jason had a nice hit and then Sara hooked in to a good one! Sara did everything right and after about 5 minutes landed what is now her biggest fish a 29 inch Redfish. We caught several more off of the back of some Sting Rays which were in there mudding. This bite lasted for about 45 minutes and was a blast.
070309
I am fishing with Greg Ross and his buddy Jody today at Flamingo, the conditions are a little better today and we were able to fish the Gulf for Tarpon. I had netted some Mullet so we hooked one up and put it to work, we watched as the Tarpon rolled on the bait, ate it and ripped a 100 yards of the reel. The battle was on and Jody kept the pressure on the 100 plus Tarpon but after 15 minutes or so the bait came flying out of his mouth and so did the hook. I re-rigged and put a fresh Mullet out this time it was a 200 lb. Bull Shark, Jody grabbed the rod and we are doing battle again. The reel is spooled with 15 lb Spider wire Stealth and it took and hour to get this big monster next to the boat for some pictures. We ran to the beach and targeted some smaller species that didn't take so long to catch, Greg caught a nice Snook and a couple big Trout and then Jody did the same. We head to the mullet schools and ended up the day catching a bunch of Redfish up to 30 inches.
070409
I am fishing out of Haulover this morning with Bobby and his Girl fried Joy, the morning started with some big Jack action. The Tarpon were mixed in but couldn't beat the Jacks to the baits. It was an exciting couple hours with Joy hooking and catching the biggest fish of her life. These Jacks were between 5 and 15 lbs and blowing all the baits schools completely out of the water. Bobby caught his share and also caught a Mutton Snapper and some Cudas. I rigged up some Mullet and put them out for the Tarpon, one was eaten by a big Bull Shark and the other got slammed. It was possibly a Tarpon or big Jack because of the way it ripped line of the reel.
070909
I am with Howard today and we were fishing for Tarpon in N. Biscayne Bay. The Tarpon are here but not eating today, I ran to 3 or 4 spots and had the same results. Howard who is an experienced angler called it after a couple hours.
071109
I am at Flamingo today with my buddy Mitch from Biscayne rods. We fished Whitewater Bay and caught plenty of Snook, Trout, Jacks, Ladyfish and Snappers Goliath Groupers.
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
as long as the winds stay from an easterly direction fishing will remain strong.
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