Tarpon in the Mullet schools
Capt. Jim Hobales
October 1, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
093008
The weather is very iffy but the winds are dead and the Mullet have been pouring thru the inlet, the Tarpon, Snook, Bluefish and Jacks are hot on their trail. Today myself and Capt.Raul Montoro went out for a little afternoon fun and we got it. The Mullet were thick enough to walk on in the inlet and the Tarpon were right in there busting them up. The Snook were busting them doing somersaults out of the water, it was a great visual but we needed a hook up. There were hundreds of people on the seawall fishing and throwing there cast nets for Mullet as the fish were popping just out of range for them. One of our Mullet was being chased by a Tarpon and got hit, but somehow escaped. The mullet started working there way out of the inlet and as we followed them Lightning and a serious rain storm moved in.
We made our way to the marina and waited it out for an hour, then ran back out. That's when the real show began, the showering of bait was awesome! Snook and Tarpon on a feeding binge only scene when the Mullet schools arrive. We tried X Raps which only snagged the Mullet, that's how thick they were. Top water was ignored but a mullet with a 3/4 ounce twist on weight was the answer. It wasn't long after I pitched the bait out it got hit,it was just after dark so when the fish jumped we saw the size but couldn't make out the specie. The fish pulled like a freight train but never came up, eventually we got her in the boat and it was a 20 plus lb. Snook. The feed was just starting The Tarpon where doing cartwheels just outside the inlet and the Bluefish were making the surface foamy white. Capt. Raul had a hit on a finger mullet and take off we, I gave chase but the fish was running, Raul Says its going to spool me go faster, the fish still spooled him. I had just spooled it before we left and it had over 200 yards of 30 lb Fireline Braid that I fish on 12 lb. Biscayne rod. It was constant blowing up for a couple hours, it was about 10 o'clock and the action seem to slow down so we called it a night
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
watch the storms but the fish are chasing the mullet schools down the beach.
Target Species:
Tarpon, Snook
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