Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 111607 Today's trip is at Flamingo, I am in my new boat and really hoping to break it in with some fish. I am fishing with Russ, John and his son John, the weather today is cold, windy and overcast. The best part of fishing at Flamingo is there is more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 110907 I am fishing with John today in south Biscayne Bay, he is here from England and we are looking for Bonefish. This is usually not a big deal but we had a cold front come thru and the winds are almost straight north down the barrier islands. I more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - November This weekend I am off to fish the Redbone Tournament in Islamorada, this benefits Cystic Fibrosis charity. This is a angler/celebrity paired up for 2 days of fishing. There are some big name sport stars that attend these functions, Jim Kel more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 102507 I am fishing Flamingo today with my buddy Bruce and we have some tough conditions to deal with. It is breezy and there are some showers moving in as our first front of the year is moving over us. I have been telling him of the consistent Tar more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 101907 I am fishing with Ray, Jay and Paul today at Flamingo, I put in on the back-country side because there has been pretty consistent ant bite back there. The wind and rain storms out in the gulf helped me make my decision, but it paid off with more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 101407 The seasons have definitely started to change the mornings are cooler, the afternoon heat isn't in the 100 degree index and the water temperatures are in the mid 80's. What does this mean to us as anglers, we can fish longer with less fatigu more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - Miami Beach The seasons are starting to change the waters is cooler and we are in the middle of our second week of northeasterly breeze. We are not really getting our N.E. pattern from cold fronts but from lows coming in from the Atlantic ocean, ei more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 092807 Today, I am fishing with Peter, Paul and John down at Flamingo, its part of a 2 boat deal and there is a lot of smack talk between the two groups. The pressure is really on to catch some fish! The morning started out with a couple of missed more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 091407 Today I am pre-fishing with my partners Paul and Alex for this weekends Romp in the Swamp Tournament out of Calusa marina in Goodland. We started out Quick today catching 10 Snook within the first 20 minutes and a real nice Redfish, this wa more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 090607 I am fishing with my buddy Paul today in the Chockoloskee area, we are fishing the Romp in the Swamp tournament together next week. The Tarpon were thick but would not really eat my Twitch n Rap the way I was working it. I slowed it down and more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo