Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Great day with the Castillo's - I am at Flamingo today with Jorge Castillo his young sons Jorge and Ryan and girl friend Arlene, the idea was to keep the kids busy and to catch them some decent fish. They have been fishing before but have never caught lots of fish. We started out more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Nasty Day on the Bay! - I fished the Day on the Bay Tournament today with my son James and friend Mitch, it's a fun day raising money for scholarships. There are 9 species and the goal is to catch as many and as you can, measure up the inches and that how they determine a w more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Friends and Family week! - This past week I fished with families and had kids on most trips, I hope I wore them out enough to give the parents some time to rest. 080215 I am with Jeremy, Stacy and their kids Ben 10, Maria 10 and Gaga 8 at Flamingo. They wanted actio more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Hot and not buggy yet! - This past week had assorted action from Redfish and Snook on the Flamingo flats out of the 17 Maverick tunnel boat to Snook, Redfish, Trout and Sharks lots of them on the Pathfinder 22 tournament. The lack of rain in the Everglades is doing several more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Full moon,Big Baits=Big Fish - 070215 I am fishing Flamingo today with Ross his wife Mindy and Daughter Reggie. Ross and Mindy make it down from Chicago a few time a year and we always have a good time. Mindy always has Lady Luck on her side! We started out in some pods of more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Variety is allot of fun! - I am with Jorge Fernandez President of the Miami Sport fishing Club, We got out and poled around the flats of Flamingo this morning. It didn't take long and we were on a couple decent schools of Redfish, These schools were so compact the water more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Small Kids -Big Reds ! - 052315 I am fishing the Bob Lewis Tournament with Don and his son Nick and Dereck and his son Will out of Flamingo, they entered the inshore Kid's division. I told them get there early and we can catch bait before lines in at 8 A.M. We caught ba more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tough conditions big fish! - 042115 This past week was a wet one inland, but for the most part we stayed dry on the water. On Tuesday I fished with my son James in some conditions that kept us close. We did find fish and had some great bites on top water lures. We got int more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Day or night fish are biting! - The fishing was good this past week, windy conditions made it tough a couple days but running to the right areas made it fishable. 040815 I was sitting around this morning enjoying a day off the water when my phone rang. It was Jack Harris more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Multi specie days! - I had a great week last week fished with some great people and their families from Haulover Inlet to Flamingo. he full moon made some of the fish more finicky than others and it was different day to day. The Tarpon are around in good numbers although more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo