Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Westerly winds made it tough! - 062509 I am at Flamingo with my son and his friends Albert and Jimmy today, we got out early to jump on a school of Reds I have been on. The bite was quick, they caught 6 or 7 Reds and a big Snook. A full blown storm moved in and the wind kicked more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Good numbers of Reds/Snook - 0902009 I am part of a 4 boat trip today, I have John and his wife Barbara aboard with me and we are at Flamingo. We started out on the coast looking for Snook, I had John throwing a spoon and I was casting a Twitch n Rap and handing the rod to more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Red hot fishing! - 061209 I am fishing out of Everglades City today with Tom, Frank, Frank and John. I am here because I am fishing a tournament the following day. The bite was slow this morning, we landed a few Snook on gold spoons, Mackerel, Jacks and Ladyfish. Th more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Full moon = tough fishing! - 060909 I went over to the west coast today to pre fish for a tournament that's this weekend. We were looking for Redfish and went to some new spots and then hit our usual spot. It wasn't a good bite we had a handful of Snook but the full moons effe more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Summer is here! - 060409 I am fishing out of Haulover in N. Miami Beach this afternoon with Karen Frick and her father Earnhart which are visiting from Germany. The Mullet schools are pushing thru the inlet and it didn't take long and Karen had a 60 lb Tarpon hooke more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Slow Biz, But Great Fishing - 052809 I fished south Biscayne Bay today with Robert and his son John celebrating his 35 th birthday. The conditions weren't perfect as we sat out on Caesers Bank looking for Tarpon, no sun and dirty incoming water made it tough to see. We did see more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Summer is here - I have been fishing every day so its been hard to keep up on my fishing reports but here is a an overview of what's been happening. 050109 Flamingo with Poco,Larry and Galant these are there frat names. They were about 2 hours late so we just we more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Adapt to windy conditions - 042409 Today I am doing a 2 boat trip with Captain Rich Smith down at Flamingo. I have Joel, Chris and Steve on my boat and they buddy's Tim and Jeremy are with Rich. We started out on a bank working Top water plugs and spoons and it didn't take l more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Spring mullet run - 041309 I am with Craig Mcginnis and his wife Vanessa today. I suggested Whitewater Bay because the wind was well over 20 mph. He said he wanted to fish Floriday Bay for Tarpon so thats what we did. I netted some mullet and went to work, it didn't ta more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

ridiculous breezes - 040609 Today I am Flamingo fishing with Mark and Cody from Ohio. The winds are supposed to pick up as a front pushes thru so I decide to go into Whitewater Bay. On the way out of Buttonwood Canal the small Tarpon were rolling and no one coming thr more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo