Pilchards make the difference!
Capt. Jim Hobales
June 17, 2014
Haulover Inlet - Saltwater Fishing Report
I was in the market for a new boat but after listening to some friends and family I decided to keep my Pathfinder 22. It is a solid hull and so all I needed to do was re-power, rewire and detail it for a new boat feel. I broke it in the past week on a few trips catching plenty of fish. Its nice to get in the boat and all the switches work, unfortunately on a 6 year old boat things start to go. The new 250 SHO was broke in properly and needs to be run wide open in the next couple days to see what it does.
The fishing in N. Biscayne Bay has been tough mostly because the grass on the Trout flats is really disappearing. There are a couple of different ideas on why but where I was catching good numbers 2 months ago is bare bottom now. This is mostly on the west side of Bay, this is where the discharge of fresh water comes out and its possible that's the cause. Luckily the east side of the Bay is not effected and there is still some pretty good grass and Trout fishing.
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I was out for a half morning trip with "PGA DOG" Steve J and Gladys just to bend the rods. Gladys had never been fishing before and Steve only been here from Kentucky for a short while. I netted a bunch of small Pilchards and went chumming for what ever would bite. It was wild for a couple hours with 16 inch mangrove Snappers, Jacks to 8 lbs. Bluefish and Cuda's. We started the day with a beginner and by the time we were down she was casting and catching fish on jig's and chugger's. Always remember kids and beginners just want to bend the rod species aren't important! On the other hand Steve was a pretty good angler and had some big Jacks, and a big fish he couldn't slow down which got into a dock that was fifty yards away. The winds picked up and they had caught allot of fish so we called it a morning.
We still have Tarpon in Government Gut and the Snook should be starting their spawn for the afternoon hour bite. The Tarpon are still cruising the flats of S. Biscayne Bay and down at Flamingo they have been eating live finger mullet. The Reds and Snook are in full swing the next couple months out of Flamingo if you are interested give me a call at 305 333 8149.
Capt. Jim Hobales
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