Fall is here , so are Mullet
Capt. Jim Hobales
October 26, 2015
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
As anglers we wait for the fall mullet run, it' s the most action packed time we witness on the water. The mullet are migrating south and we wait and hope they have Tarpon ,Snook, giant Jacks and more busting them out of the water. The winds have been up for 8 days now and its been rough but this is what drives them into Biscayne Bays and along our beaches. The water temps have dropped a bit so the fish should really be ready to go off. This is going on along Miami Beach and down in Everglades National Park along the west coast. The fishing will be excellent as soon as the winds come down below 20 mph and water cleans up.
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I am fishing Flamingo today with Andrew, Pete and Kevin from N.Y.. I spoke to Andrew and I told him it would be extremely windy, he said they wanted to go just not to beat them up to much. Their flight arrived at 10 a.m., I agreed to meet them down at Flamingo @ 12:00 p.m.. We launched on the Fl. Bay side, once we got out into the main channel we new how windy it was. The winds were steadily in the 30 mph range and I'm sure it reached 40. I tried to find clean water to anchor up and chum up some bait but I could not find any clean water or get the Power Pole to stick in the mud! We worked around for 3 hours and I can tell you I was stressed. I finally found some clean water out in Conchie Channel and Andrew immediately hooked up on Gulp swimming mullet. The hooked fish went wild and jumped, it was a 90 lb. Tarpon. There was allot of yelling as the Tarpon made 5 great jumps in the first minute. They took turns and got the fish boat side in about 35 minutes. They were satisfied so we headed back to the dock. This was a brutal experience but we got a 90 lb Tarpon for our trouble.
I am at Flamingo again today with Tony, his son Joseph and his son Alex and Ken . We started out in Whitewater Bay because it was still blowing out in Fl. Bay. We made our way up thru the bay catching a bunch of Mangrove Snappers, Trout, Jacks and Ladyfish. We went out to the coast and fished the Mullet schools which were getting busted up by Tarpon. we had netted some Mullet and put a few out. It really didn't take long and we had some thing running with our bait , we were rigged with a 12 lb. Biscayne rod and circle hooks. The first fish hit and pulled dragged for 50 ft. and then let go, as always I checked the bait to see what kind of marks it had. The 6 inch mullet was scaled meaning it most probably was a Tarpon. The Tarpon were going crazy until a big storm moved in on us and then it was over.
We made a run back down the coast and out front where it really was blowing. We hit several spots and got a few fish. Ken had back to back hook ups with a Snook and Redfish. The next spot produced a small Snook and some catfish.
I am ready for the winds to come down because there are fish around, once this pressure kind of levels out it might just get good! If your interested in fishing the Mullet run , Flamingo or Biscayne bays give me a call at 305 333 8149
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