Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Hot then cold but fish bite! - 021413 I am with Sam Rose and his friend Charlie who's in from Morocco. I picked them up at Fischer Island at 7 AM and by 7:15 Charlie had a 60 lb Tarpon hooked up. The fish pulled and jumped, Charlie was screaming he had never hooked anything t more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Bendings the rods! - 020513 I am fishing Government Cut with John Culbertson his brother Dan and brother in law Ivan from Russia. This morning we had good out going tide with some Tarpon rolling around us. John had told me it was more important to keep the rods bent more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Government Cut

Happy New Year! - 122812 I am with Karl, Jim and his son Ray fishing Flamingo. The morning started out slow with a couple Redfish, Sheepheads, Trout Jacks and Ladyfish. The action got better as we ran west and followed the high water rising. We fished a giant mulle more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Merry Christmas! - 121912 I am with Sam Rose and his son Mike today fishing Flamingo. I started out looking for some Tarpon but the wind was up and they were hard to see. We were only fishing half day so I didn't have time to waste. I've been fishing with Sam for more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Cool Days- Hot Fishing! - 070312 I am with Bill Wen and his son Mike fishing N. Biscayne Bay. They weren't in town for very long so we had to go under tough conditions, the winds were 25 -30 mph. I went to all the protected spots I knew and managed to catch Jacks, Ladyfis more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Schools In! - 111612 I am fishing Whitewater Bay with Paul Maida and his dad John today. It's been cool in the mornings and then a high around 80 degrees, just spectacular conditions. We started out quickly with some 15-20 inch Trout and Redfish up to 24 inches more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Had an itch to fish! - 103112 It's been a week of 30-50 plus winds from hurricane Sandy so I was itching to get out, I woke up today and checked out the cams on the beach. I saw the swell was down enough to run the beach so I hooked up my boat and headed down to more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

T.S Sandy will push mullet down! - I have been chasing the mullet for the past 2 weeks, out on the coast when its not to windy but mostly in the bay. I have found an area in the inter coastal that's holding some fish and there are some big ones. 10-15-12 I fish with Paul more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Waiting for a N.E blow! - 0924I2 I am out of Haulover today fishing with my son James and his friend Jesus, We started out on some mullets schools which were holding a few Tarpon (no hits) Trout, Jacks, and Ladyfish. We caught enough of them and moved on to another area h more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Slammed them! - 091512 Flamingo I fished the Day on the Bay with buddy's JP (from Sports Grill ) and Bruce down at Flamingo. I pulled up to my first set of potholes where we had some big Snook and Tarpon busting the mullet schools coming thru. It was aw more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo