Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Warm Water and High Winds, Caught Em Good! - The last couple weeks have been busy, I'm really thankful the fish bit most of the trips. It was mostly family trips, some of the other trips didn't send me pics. I fished Flamingo, which is inside of Everglades National Park the last 2 weeks. The wi more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

It's still cool,fish are killing it! - 03-26--25 Flamingo /Key Largo area If you notice in my pictures guys are still wearing jackets and sweatshirts in the mornings. It's cool, then warms up to 80, the snowbirds love it! The fish also respond pretty good to it, Trout fishing is gre more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Cool and Breezy but Fish are Biting! - February 24, 2025 Cool and Breezy, fish are biting! This past week the Miami Boat show was in town, every year myself and Capt. Alan Sherman get to fish with different employees from Yamaha Marine. Its always fun because these guys don't fish muc more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

February, Should be good! - Flamingo January for us is our peak of winter, air and water get cool to cold. We wait for the 10 day stretch of warmer weather and everything turns on. Our water temps has been is the 60's for a couple weeks. It good for some species and others more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Still Blowing getting cool for Thanksgiving! - I've been fishing out of Key Largo and Flamingo If you read below, It seemed like we might get some day with less wind. If it was calm, I wasn't fishing! The benefit of wind is it makes stronger current along the Mangrove points in the back cou more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Finally getting a break in the weather this weekend 11-08-24! - November 8, 2024 It looks like we are finally getting a break in the weather this weekend !!-08-24. The weather pattern has spared us from a direct hit of a hurricane which is great, but we have been beat up by 20 to35 mph winds all month. Luckily more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Stormy Couple Weeks! - October 13, 2024 It's been a while since I updated my report page. Fishing has been good even though we have had a couple serious hurricanes skirt Miami and the Keys. I fished the Take stock in children and the FNLGA tour the first week in October more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Bite still Hot! - The fishing is really good considering the heat index is 110 every day and the business side is slow. Flamingo Snook bite continues to be fun! Hurricane Debbie blew really hard just off the S.W. coast but the watercolor was really clean for last more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Hot Bite in July! - The fishing is very dependable right now. I'm finding small Tarpon and lots of Snook to start my mornings. There's an active Tarpon bite for the first couple hours and then we have to work them once the sun comes up. The Snook bite is all day for the more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Killing it with # NLBN - This is the 3rd week of June 2024. The rain we had for the last 2 weeks has the Snook bite on fire. This happens every June, we get tons of water pushing out to Fl. Bay and the Snook love it. They are also in the backcountry, when it is blowing 15-20 more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo