Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - November This weekend I am off to fish the Redbone Tournament in Islamorada, this benefits Cystic Fibrosis charity. This is a angler/celebrity paired up for 2 days of fishing. There are some big name sport stars that attend these functions, Jim Kel more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 102507 I am fishing Flamingo today with my buddy Bruce and we have some tough conditions to deal with. It is breezy and there are some showers moving in as our first front of the year is moving over us. I have been telling him of the consistent Tar more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 101907 I am fishing with Ray, Jay and Paul today at Flamingo, I put in on the back-country side because there has been pretty consistent ant bite back there. The wind and rain storms out in the gulf helped me make my decision, but it paid off with more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 101407 The seasons have definitely started to change the mornings are cooler, the afternoon heat isn't in the 100 degree index and the water temperatures are in the mid 80's. What does this mean to us as anglers, we can fish longer with less fatigu more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - Miami Beach The seasons are starting to change the waters is cooler and we are in the middle of our second week of northeasterly breeze. We are not really getting our N.E. pattern from cold fronts but from lows coming in from the Atlantic ocean, ei more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 092807 Today, I am fishing with Peter, Paul and John down at Flamingo, its part of a 2 boat deal and there is a lot of smack talk between the two groups. The pressure is really on to catch some fish! The morning started out with a couple of missed more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 091407 Today I am pre-fishing with my partners Paul and Alex for this weekends Romp in the Swamp Tournament out of Calusa marina in Goodland. We started out Quick today catching 10 Snook within the first 20 minutes and a real nice Redfish, this wa more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 090607 I am fishing with my buddy Paul today in the Chockoloskee area, we are fishing the Romp in the Swamp tournament together next week. The Tarpon were thick but would not really eat my Twitch n Rap the way I was working it. I slowed it down and more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 090107 The Snook fishing continues to be incredible! My clients are throwing the Twitch n Raps most who have read my reports or have fished with me before know that they will produce, some even bringing there own lures. The falling tide on this pas more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 082408 Today I fished Whitewater Bay with Capt. Bruce Carlton, I like to fish with him to scout out areas plus we are good friends. We started out in Buttonwood Canal catching small Snook and jumped a bunch of Tarpon. We hit 3 other areas in Coot B more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo