Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Fishing is Good! - 06 22- 28-14 I have fished Flamingo a couple times in the last week, I have concentrated on fishing mullet mud's. These mud's produced some decent catches of big Trout and Redfish along with big Mangrove Snappers, while in the mud's we have ha more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Pilchards make the difference! - I was in the market for a new boat but after listening to some friends and family I decided to keep my Pathfinder 22. It is a solid hull and so all I needed to do was re-power, rewire and detail it for a new boat feel. I broke it in the past week on more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Haulover Inlet

Getting Hot! - 060414 This week I replaced my old Yamaha 250 SHO with a new one , the engine break in was actually on a charter with Win from Holland. It worked out pretty good I got 4 hours on the engine, we put 2 Tarpon in the air catching 1. The first was a more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Government Cut

Busy weekend ahead, looks fishy! - I had a couple goods days the past week, I fished with Dave, Phil, Roger and Bo down at Flamingo. We started out drifting looking for bait and catching 30 or so Trout, and a bunch of Ladyfish and Jacks. Once we caught our baits we went looking for s more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

It's time for Tarpon! - 043014 I am at Haulover this morning with Frank his daughter Anya, Jeff and his wife Rachel. On the way out I netted some Pilchards and chummed up some big Jacks for starters. Anya and Rachel had a double to start and it continued for an hour unt more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Bait = Tarpon - The winds have played a big part of our fishing days for the last few months but they have finally laid down. This Mullet schools and some Pilchards have made a showing and this has made for some great catching. On some days the bait is easy and we g more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Its windy but fish are here! - Transitional month! I have been fishing Down at flamingo and both North and South Biscayne Bays. The fishing has been consistent but the winds have been brutal. Its really seems like we haven't had a calm day in months. I have been lucky and fin more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Windy days but catching fish! - March 18 thru 28 The days the winds down and no fronts pushing thru there have been plenty of Tarpon around. The problem for me has been my days on the water have been on the windiest days lately . I have fished in winds from 20 gusting to 40 more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tarpon bit well this week! - This past week has been full of Tarpon, Giant Tarpon! 022814 I posted some pictures on Face book of some Tarpon my customers caught on Tues. I received a message from friend and outdoor writer Jan Maizler, he asked if I would take him out s more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Somedays it winter ,somedays it spring! - This past week the fishing was from good to tough , we went from a high of 85 degrees on Tuesday to @ 70 on the weekend. The Tarpon which were so thick a couple day prior had moved a bit with the approaching cold front. This week is should be back on more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo