Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 041807 Today’s trip was a corporate trip out of South Beach, which started out for Tarpon. The Tarpon where there but the wind and current made it very tough on my anglers who had minimal experience. We tried for 2 hours dropping live Shrimp and Gu more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 040307- I'm fishing with Alex and Max today, their flight left Boston a 5:30 a.m. and we were on the water at 1030 a.m.. This is becoming a yearly thing for Alex in his quest for Tarpon and this year is no different. Friday we fished around south more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - The fishing has been pretty good, the only variable is the wind. I normally can find some where out of the wind on the flats of Flamingo or Biscayne Bay, but I just fished the Miami Billfish Tournament for the last 3 days. The conditions were good fo more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - I just returned from the latest FLW Redfish tournament in Titusville. Its pretty cool to be fishing within sight of the space shuttle launch site. As things go pre-fishing was a success we had school after school of Redfish come at us. We felt confid more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 030907 Jeff and Heather just moved here from Ohio and are very hard core anglers, they wanted to catch but also to experience someplace a bit different. We got out early and headed to Whitewater Bay to look for Tarpon, they were not there today. I d more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - March is usually a windy month and so far we are on track. The windy conditions along with a late winter have affected our Tarpon fishing dramatically, they are late. The Tarpon along the coast of Miami Beach have been inconsistent at best, the back more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 021607 This morning I am fishing at Flamingo with Stan and Mike from Houston and again the weather is miserable! The conditions are rainy, windy and cold we have had to much of that lately. We have a second boat with there buddies as well. Both ang more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 021207 Today I am at Flamingo, my anglers are Jimmy and Greg, they are part of a 5 boat company trip. The weather was windy and raining steady. We got up on top of the flats and started poling looking for Redfish. It didn't take long and there was a more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 020607 This morning I woke up to cold, wind and rain; not a great combination for comfort. I arrived at Flamingo with fellow captain Raul Montoro for a 2 boat trip, the parking lots were empty. The only cars and boats were ours, I told Raul we have more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami - 020107 I fished with Glen from Toronto today. We woke up to some strong winds today; but with the incoming tide I knew we could fish Government cut until the tide switched to outgoing. It was a little sporty but Glen fishes the big water up north a more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo