Variety is allot of fun!
Capt. Jim Hobales
June 22, 2015
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
I am with Jorge Fernandez President of the Miami Sport fishing Club, We got out and poled around the flats of Flamingo this morning. It didn't take long and we were on a couple decent schools of Redfish, These schools were so compact the water would turn red when they got close. We had a few 30 inch Redfish out of the school and a few Jacks,Trout and Sharks. We moved around and again the weather got serious but we ran away from it. We found some Tarpon up in the mangroves but no takers today. Jorge finished the day with one more Redfish and we called it a day.
I am with Mark, Casey and Ross the next couple days down at Flamingo and it is windy. There had been some Tarpon on the beach a couple days earlier and I headed that way. Once we made it there it was unfishable, I mean we tried but it was 2-3 foot chop. I ran around and found a bunch of Tarpon busting baits in an canal mouth, they cast for an hour without a hit. We moved on and got into an area that had been holding Redfish. I netted some baits and we put them to work. It didn't take long and the rods started to bend with most being Sharks. These guys were happy but we wanted some Redfish and Snook! We went thru 40 or so baits and it was all Sharks with a few fish that ate and threw the baits like a Snook would do. We caught allot of fish today including Trout , Jacks and Ladyfish. I talked to several friends at the dock which gave me some info I can use tomorrow.
We launched in the back country today ran up caught a few Trout to get loose before we made a long run. We found some perfect mullet to go Tarpon fishing with or so I thought. We put those mullet out in front of Tarpon all day and the just stared at them. It was blowing around 30 mph plus on the coast and makes me glad I'm in a Pathfinder Bay boat. We got into a couple canals and the Tarpon were thick hitting little tiny pilchards flowing out. We threw everything I had and finally got one to smash a jerk bait, I saw the bait but they were to small to net. We caught some fish today but it was tough and we worked really hard, don't you know Monday morning was not windy at all!
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