Hot Fishing In South Florida Get Em Spotfishing Charters
Capt. Alan Sherman
June 5, 2011
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Time to adjust to an early summer pattern here in South Florida! Water temperatures are on the rise, baitfish schools have dried up and most migratory species have moved north for the summer. This means we need to fish early mornings or late afternoons in Biscayne Bay to take advantage of the coolest parts of the day when our fish like the sea trout, snook, tarpon, jacks, ladyfish, sharks, barracudas and snappers are most active in the Bay. Offshore fishing for loads of bonitos that can empty a fishing reels spool in no time, king mackerel that will bite a live bait early or late in the day, the colorful dolphin fish that can be found along the Gulf Streams edge and under floating debris along with snappers, tilefish and an occasional sailfish can be targeted when the winds are down and the ocean is calm, something that happens often during the summer. Fishing in Flamingo in Everglades National Park is s summertime hot spot with snook, redfish, tarpon, sea trout, tripletail, snapper, Jacks, ladyfish and more sharks than an angler can even imagine being available. The shark fishing in Flamingo is so easy in the summer. Bull sharks over 200 pounds are patrolling much of Florida Bay as they look for spawning snook and redfish schools. Lots of lemon sharks and blacktip sharks are also in the area. A big piece of ladyfish fished under a Cajun Thunder float or on the bottom gets quick strikes from these sharks and every now and then a large snook, sea trout, tarpon or redfish eats the bait making for almost nonstop action. This year the hot spot is the freshwater canal systems in the Everglades. Due to a serious drought that South Florida is experiencing almost every freshwater fish species has been forced off the shallow flats and into the canals where they all compete for every piece of food that they see. Catches of over a 100 fish with almost all being laregemouth bass will be made until the rainy season starts. Want to get up and close to an alligator well these freshwater canals are loaded with them. Not to worry they stay many feet away from the boat but on a recent fishing trip in the Glades we stopped counting at 60 alligators.
Well that's what's going on here in South Florida.
What are you waiting for? Give me a call and let's get out on the water!
786-436-2064
Recent Catches:
Marcello visiting from Brazil fished North Biscayne Bay and caught sea trout to 3 pounds using Hookup lures tippede with Trigger X shrimp.
Harri, Alto and Kucci representatives from Rapalas Finland site fished Flamingo in Everglades National Park and caught redfish, trout, ladyfish and tripletail while fishing with Rapala, X Raps, Twitchin Raps, Sub Walks, Flat Raps and ¼ ounce red Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X shrimp.
Chris, Pete and Christopher age 6 fished North Biscayne Bay for 4 hrs. and released over 20 sea trout, barracudas, snappers, jacks and lizardfish while casting live pilchards under a Cajun Thunder float and ¼ ounce red Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X shrimp.
Richard and Zachary fished North Biscayne Bay for 4 hrs. and released sea trout and a bull shark using live pilchards under a Cajun Thunder float and free lined live pilchards.
Steve and his daughter Dana and friend Steve fished Flamingo in Everglade's National Park and snook, redfish, sea trout, snappers, gag grouper, jacks, ladyfish and a bunch of lemon sharks using live pinfish under a Cajun Thunder float and ¼ ounce red Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X shrimp.
John C fished North Biscayne Bay for 4 hrs and caught barracudas, sea trout to 4 pounds, jacks to five pounds and had a few shots at tarpon while casting free lined live pilchards and ¼ ounce red Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X shrimp.
Jason, his son Dakota and his father Tom fished Flamingo in Everglades National Park and had a backcountry grand slam with the catch of four tarpon, four redfish, four sea trout, plus snappers, jacks, ladyfish and four lemon sharks to 80 pounds while fishing ¼ ounce red Hook up lures tipped with a Trigger X shrimp, chunks of ladyfish, live shrimp on a jig head and tipped to a Hookup lure and with Rapala X Raps.
My son Zachary and I fished Holiday Park in the Everglades and released over 60 largemouth bass to 5.5 pounds, bluegills, warmouth and mudfish and gars using Rapala X Raps and floating minnows.
Dr. Jason and his wife Marilyn fished North Biscayne Bay for 4 hrs and caught sea trout, barracudas and lizardfish while casting Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp and had a shot at a five foot hammerhead shark.
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I do have scattered openings for the next three weeks so don't hesitate to give me a call so you too can have sore arms, big smiles and pictures of what you caught on the Get Em with Captain Alan Sherman!
Give me a call at 786-436-2064 or e-mail me at [email protected]
Let's go catch some Fish!
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Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
786-436-2064
www.getemsportfishing.com
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
Miami Fishing Forecast:
I expect the fishing to be pretty consistent for the next three or four months with lots of SEA TROUT, JACK CREVALLES, LADYFISH, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in FLAMINGO in EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK will have a huge amount of wildlife like the WHITE PELICANS, ROSEATTE SPOONBILLS, SKIMMER BIRDS,GULLS, OSPREYS, EAGLES, TERNS, EGRETS, HERONS, ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES, BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS, MANATTEES, SHARKS and TURTLES and of course the wide variety of fish that migrate into FLORIDA BAY and the GULF waters during the cooler months of the year. SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SEA TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD, TRIIPLETAIL, BLACK DRUM, SNAPPER, GOLIATH AND GAG GROUPER, POMOPANO, COBIA, MACKEREL, PERMITS, BLUEFISH and I'm sure I am leaving a few other fish species out will be available to all anglers at one time or another throughout the rest of the Summer.
Target Species:
SNOOK, TARPON, SEA TROUT, TRIPLETAIL, SHARKS, DOLPHINS,
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