Cool eves , time for a shrimp run!
Capt. Jim Hobales
February 17, 2010
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
021210
I am fishing with Jeff and Heather today at Flamingo, we have some friends in common so I really wanted to get them on fish. Jeff said they wanted to learn how to catch Redfish, so off we went. It was cool morning and we had a super negative low tide which is great for finding schooled up Redfish in the holes. I ran by a lot of spots that could of possibly held fish but I went to my honey hole. We got there and the tide was low and starting to move in which is usually the what I want . We fished for a half hour and I was getting ready to leave when Jeff hooked a Redfish, I thought it was going to turn on but it didn't. I ran to a spot that is good on low incoming water but all we caught were Trout. Heather didn't mind but I did! The weather forecast was for the winds to pick up to almost 40 knots this afternoon so I needed to get on some fish before that happened. I hit my Goliath and Gag Grouper spots and could not get a bite, it was really getting windy. I tried to stay in the deepest back country and out of the wind, but there was a minimal bite of Snappers, Jacks, Ladyfish and Trout. I hit all my top spots and the Redfish weren't biting or there. Jeff didn't leave empty handed, I marked his chart with some of my favorite spots.
021510
I'm out this afternoon south of Haulover looking for Tarpon with Joe and his son Lucas from Boston, the winds were 15 out of the south making a pretty good drift. Five minutes into our first drift the drag started screaming, I handed it to Lucas while the Tarpon was pulling drag. The 50 lb Tarpon finally came up and jumped off in the distance. Lucas was new to this so I tried to instruct him through it, he did a good job but 20 minutes into it the Tarpon came loose. We set up again and had 2 other strikes but no real hook ups. We had a couple Ladyfish and a Snapper towards the end of the trip, they had plans and had to get going so we headed in. Its possible the fish turned on shortly after dark and the tide started to move a little bit
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
These conditions could stir a shrimp run any night, if your there the Tarpon bite will be awesome
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