Tarpon bite
Capt. Jim Hobales
April 18, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
041408
Dan said his plane arrives at 1100 am and would like to be on the water for as much of the day as we could, I said no problem. I met Dan on South Beach and headed to Government Cut, I knew we could we could catch some fish in the area. The Tarpon are stacked up, free jumping, rolling, sliding and just laid up in there giving us plenty of opportunity to cast at fish. In the process Dan caught several other species including Snappers and a nice Barracuda. The cold front that was pushing thru seemed to have the fish shut down today, but I refused to give up! I had Dan casting a Mirrorlure Catch 2000 which hooks a lot of laid up Tarpon, today was no different. The fish hit it so hard Dan was stunned, the Tarpon raid about 10 inches of line so there was no doubt he inhaled it. It was getting late and Dan had to be somewhere so we called it a day.
041708
Kevin and Anthony are in from Massachusetts for some partying on South Beach and some fishing. We started out in Government Cut and Kevin Hooked a 50 lb Tarpon which he hooked on a 12 lb rod there was plenty of fight in this one. Kevin fought the Tarpon for 30 minutes and the line nicked something and the fish was free. There were other species today including a 23 inch Red Grouper that ate a Crab drifting for Tarpon. The Groupers must of moved in with the cold this week, Kevin caught another on a Gulp Shrimp. Anthony stayed busy catching Cuda's and had a giant needle fish that was about 5 feet long. We had Tarpon come up on a crab and hit it later in the day but let go. The weather deteiorated as we tried to catch another Tarpon, with the winds at 25 mph we finally called it quits.
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Full moon this weekend should have the night Tarpon bite going off!
Target Species:
Tarpon /Snook/Permit/Shark
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