Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Hobales

Redhot Snook bite - 072608 Today I fished the Friendly Flamingo Tournament with my my buddy Paul, this tournament is made up of teams that fish Everglades National Park religiously. The teams are all serious and put a lot of time into this, just for bragging rights. more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Big tides fish and live bait - July 17- 19 This week I pre-fished the west coast from Charlotte Harbor to Clearwater looking for Redfish for the Redfish Tour event in Sarasota on Saturday. I check all the spots I have caught fish at over the years and enjoyed a couple days with t more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

A little bit of everything - 071208 I'm with Rob, Betty and Mary today at Flamingo the Morning started out pretty good with a couple of good hits and then both Mary and Betty landed nice Snook. There were plenty of Tarpon rolling within casting distance but the bugs were b more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tarpon/Snook night bite - 070508 I am with Michael and his daughter Felicia today at Flamingo, we are going to fish some and take some photos. They both are photographers but wanted to try catching a few fish as well. The morning started slow we had some nice Tarpon rolli more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Time to catch! - July 2008 The fishing is good right now! The Tarpon, Permit, Bonefish, Barracudas and Sharks are plentiful on the ocean side flats from Key Biscayne to Key West from what I have seen and reports from other guides. Low water with low light in th more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Fish are biting - 061408 I am at Flamingo today with Mike and his buddies James, Derrel and Dave, this was a fathers day gift from his wife. The conditions weren't the best but we made he best of it, they enjoyed the Trout fishing with chuggers. They caught of Tr more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Fishing is good - 060608 Keith and John are good anglers from Georgia, we fished south Biscayne Bay and were looking to catch a little bit of everything. We started Inside the bay because it was breezy after a couple a small Sharks I decided to run out on the ocean more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

June report - This is the time of year everything can come together early in the morning. The Tarpon,Snook and Redfishing can be as good as it ever gets at first light. This is the time of year where backcountry slams Tarpon,Snook,Redfish,Trout are very comm more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Tarpon are here - 050908 Steve is in from England with his trusty fly rod, I decided to fish Whitewater Bay because there had been some fish back there. The winds were blowing around 15 so we stayed tight up against the islands. Steve had some opportunities but int more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Flamingo backcountry is redhot - The winds should start to dwindle soon it's been steady at 20 mph for months. When the winds come down the Tarpon will definitely get into the normal spring time pattern instead of being out in the Gulf. The Snook fishing in Florida Bay has been disa more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo