Full moon effect
Capt. Jim Hobales
November 17, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
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I am fishing Flamingo today with Bill Wade. The wind is blowing about 15 mph when we arrive at the ramp and it didn't take long to get over 20 mph. The bite was extremely slow possible because of the full moon and clear skies last night. We hooked one Snook on our fist stop, but the wind and current were really strong and both going in the same direction. This make it really tough to feel the jig and Gulp Shrimp on the bottom, we attempted to cast an X Rap but the weeds were thick. We worked around and cast at Tarpon which were rolling around us but they weren't eating. Bill cast and cast until the bottom of low tide that's when I decided to run to the Gulf of Mexico. We worked the markers and Crab traps buoys only catching a bunch of Jacks a really big Lane Snapper (which makes great bait). I was hoping for a Cobia but no luck! We continued to run north in the Gulf and got into a bunch of diving birds off of Middle Cape, Mackerel, Bluefish and Jacks were chasing Pilchard Schools. Bill was finally catching which made both of us happy. We did that for an hour and went on to look for quality fish that would pull drag.
I ran east and until we found low water in the back of Snake Bite and put the Power Pole down. We cast to the run offs and put out the live Lane Snapper and it got slammed by a really big Shark. Bill fought the Shark for 10 minutes and it cut us off. I re-rigged and put on a 4 inch Jack which was eaten by a small shark. I re-rigged with another small jack and after 10 minutes Bill landed a 40 lb Lemon Shark. The glamour species really didn't play today but the rest of the fish did, which is the way it goes once in a while. I spoke to friend at the ramp and they all had similar days, I guess the full moon did have an effect!
Flamingo Fishing Forecast:
Cold fronts will change things this week.
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