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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
November 3, 2005
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing in North Biscayne Bay, Flamingo and Offshore
with Capt. Alan Sherman
I have been anxiously waiting for electricity, better weather, clearing water conditions and the fish to start biting once again before I wrote this report and I think that that time has come. Wow a lot of things have happened since my last update. Of course everyone by now has heard of hurricane Wilma and the devastation that she caused. Some people find it hard to believe that a Category 3 then Category 1 by the time it hit Miami could cause so much damage but she did. Wilma had an eye that was 90 miles wide. Large enough to hit one side of South Florida with winds over 100 miles per hour and then hit the other side of South Florida with 90 miles per hour winds. Add to the fact that all of these strong winds were sustained then add the fact that Katrina had already hit with just hurricane winds a few weeks earlier and we were set up to have massive trees fall everywhere you look. Those trees took down roofs, power lines and poles, smashed cars and trucks and literally brought South Florida to a halt. We here in South Florida have been teased by storms for years. They head right for us for days, even weeks then veer away at the last minute leaving us a bit depressed and confused. We prepare then wait then go back to our normal lives when the storms turn away. In Wilma’s case the storm was predicted to do exactly what she did. Sit over the Caribbean for days then get caught up with a cold front that would whisk it right threw South Florida. The only thing the weather forecasters couldn’t predict was how big the eye of the storm would be. 90 miles wide was the last thing any of us would have predicted. That is why they call them she’s! Unpredictable! Had Wilma had a compact eye someone would have had a lot of damage but the rest of us would have seen tropical force winds instead of hurricane force winds.
Slowly but surely things are getting back to normal and that includes the fishing. I like almost every guide in South Florida was heavily booked before and after Wilma came into the picture and I like every guide in South Florida had all of those clients cancel. Some of these clients will rebook but many had one chance to fish and may not be back in South Florida in the near future or at all. But we have to start somewhere.
This past week I was able to get out twice and found the water conditions to be a lot different then it was before Wilma. Before Wilma water temperatures were in the mid 80’s and clear, after Wilma water temperatures are in the low to mid 70’s and murky. Water temperatures are getting warmer each day and clearer. The baitfish never left the bay and has been easy to catch. Spanish mackerel, bluefish, jack crevalles, tarpon, ladyfish, snook, barracuda and snapper were plentiful and hungry before Wilma and are just now starting to feed again. Ocean fishing is getting better with Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, dolphin and sailfish starting to bite once again. Fishing in Flamingo was excellent before the storm and once the park reopens fishing will be great there as well. The birding will also be as good as it gets in Flamingo. On my last two trips we were treated to 3 Bald Eagle sightings not to mention the Rosette Spoonbill’s, White & Brown Pelican’s, Osprey’s, Herron’s, Egret’s, Ibis, Night Herron’s and more.
Once you get power restored and things in order give me a call and lets see what we can find in North Biscayne Bay, South Biscayne Bay, Offshore or near shore or in Flamingo.
“Tight Lines and Good Fishing”
Capt. Alan Sherman
www.getemsportfishing.com
786-436-2064
305-757-5503
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