Flamingo Fishing Reports

Fishing report, 18 April, Tarpon Heaven! - This time of year guides are as busy as they get all year and I'm glad of it. Reports get neglected when you're up and down the road both day and night. One week it was Everglades City one day, Flamingo the next, followed by a night trip the next d more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

"Tarpon Time" - 041810 This winter has had some tough conditions to deal with but if your a hardcore angler you go anyway! This season we dealt with cold water until 3 weeks ago, now that's it finally warming up the fish are getting more comfortable and they ar more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Summer Approaching and Catching is Getting Better - I have been using Fishbites molded baits for redfish and trout on the flats of Flamingo with great results. In Florida Bay the mangrove snapper bite is also getting better as we have caught some bycatch in some of the large potholes in between more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Starting To Feel Like South Florida - It's actually warming up! For a few weeks there I was not sure if I was living in Miami. It sure feels like South Florida again as the temps are rising and its getting hot. The redfish and trout have been pushing up on the flats and potholes ambushin more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo

Biscayne night tarpon, Everglades backcountry days - It's been two weeks since my last report, and lots of days and nights on the water. Like most down here in paradise I'm very tired of a long cold winter... I've spent too many days looking like a foul weather ad. We have had a few halfway decent more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Bites Getting Better - First Flamingo. On the first day we fished with Jerry M. and guest and did fairly well considering the winds and water temps. were difficult. We hit up some decent size snook in the backcountry on plugs and then found some spunky trout. The bigges more...
Capt. Ariel Cabrera - Flamingo

Spring break - 030410 I am with Mike and Gary on this breezy cool mid afternoon. We started out trolling some plugs in the inter coastal and had some big hit right away. On the first pass we had a double on 5 lb Jacks, the next was another Jack and a 5 lb. Bluef more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

Biscayne nights, Everglades days - These past 10 days have been busy, with both day and night bookings that found me running up and down the road. I did two days out of Everglades City, one day out of Flamingo, and one night in Biscayne Bay. The one factor in common everywhere I fi more...
Capt. Bob LeMay - Flamingo

Late night Tarpon! - 022510 I am fishing with Jim, Karl and Bill tonight. We started around 3 PM and fished in and around Government Cut. Karl started it off with a nice 22 inch Red Grouper, Jim followed it up with a pretty good sized Mutton Snapper. They traded off c more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo

BackCountry Fly Championship 2010 - BackCountry Fly Championship 2010 My cousin and I teamed up for the event and like always what a great tournament with the best of the best competition around without a doubt. The weather was tough and so was the fishing. Out of 2 days of fishing more...
Capt. Steven Tejera - Flamingo