Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

First cold front of the year - The first cold front really dipped our air temps and brought the water temps into the high 60's in Florida Bay. This does make certain fish easier to catch because they stack up in holes or cuts along the channel, all you have to do is fnd them. more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

There a few mullet schools still around! - 101808 Today I am fishing N. Biscayne Bay With Mitch from Biscayne rods, we started early before the sun came up hoping for a Tarpon bite. The Tarpon were slow to show up but eventually they made an appearance. We didn't have any live bait so we w more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Lots of possibilities - 101008 Today I am fishing with Danny, we are both members of the Miami Sport fishing Club and I asked if he would like to go scouting N. Biscayne Bay with me. We had a big flooding rain the day before and I wanted to make sure all the fish I had bee more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Take advantage of Mullet run - 100708 The fishing is out of control down at Flamingo, the economy has things slowed down a bit for a lot of guides giving us time to fish with each other. I fished with buddies Capt. Raul Montoro and Redfish Tour partner Paul today. It was great more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

mullet run -still strong - October 2008 October is the beginning of change not politically but seasonally! The Noreasters are kicken, mullet schools are moving south, water temps are down in the mid to lower 80's and we are almost out of hurricane season. A combination of more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tarpon in the Mullet schools - 093008 The weather is very iffy but the winds are dead and the Mullet have been pouring thru the inlet, the Tarpon, Snook, Bluefish and Jacks are hot on their trail. Today myself and Capt.Raul Montoro went out for a little afternoon fun and we got i more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Great Backcountry Bite - 092608 I am pre fishing Everglades City for the Romp in the Swamp Tournament tomorrow with friend Capt. Bruce Carlton. The tournament is for the biggest Redfish/Snook in the slot. We started out with a couple quick doubles hook ups on small Snook, more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

mullet run - 091508 There has been a Northeasterly breeze for the last couple days, that drives in the Mullet school from the north of us and usually the Tarpon, Snook and big Jacks aren't far behind. Monday evening I fished with Paul and in the North Bay and more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Herman Lucerne Tournament - 091208 I am down in Key Largo for the Herman Lucerne Memorial Tournament, I arrived early in the day and checked out a couple spots that had the mullet pouring thru just for fun. I got into a big school of Jacks terrorizing the mullet in the Adam more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Bait run in full swing - Sept. 08 This has been a tough September, for the most part we have been threatened with some kind of Tropical system for the better part of 3 weeks and as Im writing the winds are blowing 20-35 mph from Hurricane Ike. This is a transitional tim more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Miami