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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
November 1, 2006
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
FISHING NORTH & SOUTH BISCAYNE BAY, OFFSHORE & FLAMINGO
with Capt. Alan Sherman
October flew by with only mediocre fishing in South Florida. The expected fall migration has been going on since September but the long awaited arrival of the gamefish that follow the baitfish south for the winter has only been a trickle of what I had hoped would already be here. Spanish sardines moved into North Biscayne Bay months ago, finger mullet and large silver and black mullet have been moving along the beaches and into the bay for sometime where jack crevalles, sea trout, snook, tarpon, ladyfish, a few Spanish mackerel and bluefish have been feeding on them. Offshore schools of flying fish, ballyhoo and sardines have also been moving south but only a few king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, bonito, dolphin and wahoo have been feeding on them. So what’s the deal? Where are all of the gamefish I have been anxiously awaiting? Well the answer is they have not made it to South Florida as of yet and the reason is that it just hasn’t been cold enough to get the fish here. They are still relaxing in beautiful summer conditions just north of us. Good thing is that the long awaited cold fronts are starting to arrive with one a week and soon two a week will be the norm and we will see water temperatures start dropping. That will get the fish moving south and into our area in a matter of days and it may already be happening. In my business you can’t be everywhere every day. In North Biscayne Bay in the last month or so we have caught snook, tarpon, sea trout, jack crevalles to 12 pounds, barracuda, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel, juvenile king mackerel, snapper and grouper. Offshore we have caught Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, bonito, jacks, snapper and dolphin and watched a charter boat fight an estimated 250-pound blue marlin before losing it. We had one day fishing along the beach where we had shots at a large school of pompano and then cast numerous times at a school of what we though were large jack crevalles but turned out to be permit with over 50 fish in it and as big as 50 pounds. Yes that is what the fall migration is all about but I’m looking for is the mother load and that has yet to happen.
Recent Catches:
Ken Ryder and his daughter Alex teamed up to catch loads of jack crevalles to 5 pounds, small snappers, barracudas and 2 snook and then fed a jack crevalles to a huge bull shark fishing North Biscayne Bay on a ½ day trip.
Oscar Jesus and Ricardo teamed up to catch sea trout, jack crevalles, bluerunners and 6 Spanish mackerel fishing in North Biscayne Bay.
Norman Ditchek, his son Jordan and Jordan’s son Alex teamed up to catch Spanish mackerel, jack crevalles, bluerunners, a 26 ½ inch snook and Alex’s first tarpon fishing in North Biscayne Bay.
Don Kaplan and Jerry Cohen teamed up to catch 16 Spanish mackerel. Juvenile king mackerel, bluerunners and had shots at pompano and permit fishing offshore and in North Biscayne Bay.
Jon from Scotland caught 6 Spanish mackerel, 3 king mackerel, rainbow runners, bluerunners and bonito fishing offshore of Miami.
Paul Fass & Gerald Miller fishing offshore and in North Biscayne Bay caught 30 Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, African pompano, rainbow runner, yellowjacks and bluerunners.
Jim Marsten and his wife Posie caught 1 snook, gag grouper, mangrove snapper, jack crevalles, bluerunners, sea trout and over a dozen Spanish mackerel in North Biscayne Bay.
Ron Ahern his wife Chelina and Luis Martinez teamed up to catch jack crevalles, barracudas, sea trout and over a dozen Spanish mackerel in North Biscayne Bay.
Jerry Chaves Gerald Miller and Maury fishing offshore of Miami and in North Biscayne Bay caught bonito, almoco jacks, bluerunners, mutton snappers, and over 20 Spanish mackerel.
On a slow ½ day of fishing North Biscayne Bay Shahid Karim his daughter Asha and his son Paul caught over a dozen jack crevalles to 6 pounds, barracuda and a few Spanish mackerel.
The same day in the afternoon, also slow fishing in North Biscayne Bay Alfredo Santeiro and his son Austin caught lots of jack crevalles to 8 pounds, barracuda, lizard fish, sea trout and a few Spanish mackerel.
Steve Ziegler and his son Zachary each caught a snook plus lots of jack crevalles and barracudas in North Biscayne Bay.
John Gomez fishing in North Biscayne Bay on a very windy slow day caught jack crevalles and a few Spanish mackerel.
Paul Fass and Gerald Miller teamed up to catch a 8 pound king mackerel, 6 dolphin to 8 pounds, jack crevalles and a snook fishing in North Biscayne Bay and offshore.
Check out my weekly South Florida Fishing Report at www.floridasportsman.com and my monthly South Florida Fishing Report in The Florida Sportsman Magazine each month. We continue to broadcast the Florida Sportsman Magazine Live on WKAT 1360 AM every Sat. morning from 7 to 8 AM where we get up to the minute fishing forecasts from some of the top Capt.’s in South Florida like Capt. Jimbo Thomas on the Thomas Flyer, Capt. Bouncer Smith on Bouncers Dusky, Capt Skip Bradeen on the Blue Chips Two out of Whale Harbor Marina, Capt. Wayne Conn on The Reward Fleet, the Newport Fishing Pier and more.
“Tight Lines & Great Fishing” Capt. Alan Sherman “Get Em” Charters Inc. cell 786-436-2064 home 305-757-5503 www.getemsportfishing.com
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