Fishing is heating up!

Capt. Jim Hobales
May 22, 2010
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report

052010

I am with Bob and Bob today and we are fishing Flamingo, we made a quick stop to look for Tarpon caught a handful of Trout. We moved on to Middle Grounds to look for bait and the Bob's caught a bunch of Trout and a few Ladyfish which I saved for bait. I saw a bunch of commotion on the surface so I stopped and threw my castnet on a bunch of Pilchards. It only took a couple tosses and we were on our way. I hit the boundry markers looking for a possible Cobia but they were loaded with Trout Jacks and Blue Runners. We moved on and went in search of a Tarpon! I ran to Big Sable and put out my baits like the other 5 boats there, as we watched the other boats no one ever hooked up. The great part about this is we hooked a 60 lb. Tarpon which put on a show for 5 minutes until he thru the hook. The boat was slow and we moved on I ran inside and started chumming with my Pilchards and the fish responded. There was a couple pops and then a swirl, we got a couple baits in there and we were hooked up to a 24 inch Trout and a 5 lb. Redfish. I tossed out a couple more freebies and the surface erupted. We hooked another Redfish and a big Snook which got bob around a tree. This pandamonium went on for 45 minutes until the tide stopped and I ran out of pilchards. We ended up with 3 over slot Redfish (one was eaten by a Shark), a handful of slot Reds and some smaller Snook. It is actually great to see the smaller Snook because they have not been plentiful after the big freeze in January.

Flamingo Fishing Forecast:

The winds seem to be blowing allot lately but finding a lee side either on the coast or an island works.

Target Species:

Tarpon Snook Redfish

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