Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

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

Phenomenal day! - Sorry for the lack of reports in the last weeks, I was on vacation then we had Tropical storm Isaac passed thru. 083112 I got back on the water down at Flamingo today with friend and good client Karl Dragojolovic. We started out catc more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Big fish and good quantity! - 072412 I am down at Flamingo with Shane Hunt and his buddy Neal. I started out by netting some bait. On the first stop we had a couple big Snook, Shane's got him into the bushes but Neal landed a real nice 38 incher. They caught 5 Redfish up to more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

SNOOK, TheY are back! - 071012 I am fishing out of Haulover marina in N. Miami Beach this morning with Larry and his son Shawn. Our first stop was to net some bait which was plentiful, two throws of the net and I had enough to live chum all day. We started out pretty q more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Awesome Snookin! - 07112 I am with Eric Weikal today at Flamingo, I netted a load of bait and went chumming with them. We worked the coast and got into some nice Snook which didn't want to eat. The big Trout were in a trough and did co operate, Eric got some reall more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Incredible Snookin! - 060712 I am with Martin and Paul this morning in S. Biscayne Bay. We are looking for Permit and Tarpon, the down side is it is really overcast with rain and wind. I ran to the Oceanside flats because we had a super low tide, I figured I be able t more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Iffy weather producing some big Snook/Redfish - 052412 I am at Flamingo this morning with George and his grandson Steve. It is forecast to rain but I told them lets see how much we can get in. We left the dock at 7 A.M., Steve is 14 and has the fishing bug really bad. He along with my 2 nephew more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Good bite , weather been tough! - 05-13-12 I fished the Stamps today, Carl, Taylor and Nathan out of Flamingo , we had a fun day of hooking Snook on top water lures both hard and soft. The Trout bite was okay with a couple big ones. We had some wind and made the best of it late i more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Playing the wind! - Flamingo The fishing has been good, the wind has been a factor on where we fish. Last week we had a steady 20 plus wind right before the full moon making the Tarpon fishing a little tough. We did have Tarpon come up smash our baits but not eat th more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Solid Snook and Redfish Action! - The fishing has been pretty good the last 2 weeks, I have caught good numbers of Snook and Redfish from Flamingo to Marco Island. April 13-14- 2012 I pre fished on Friday and fished the Backwater series tourn on Saturday out of Calusa more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo