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South Florida Report - Flamingo, Biscayne Bay & Miami
Capt. Jim Hobales
January 13, 2008
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
011108
John called and said he would like to do an afternoon trip for Tarpon, he said he would be getting off a cruise ship at 9 am and could meet me by 10 am and had to be back by 2. I advised John this would not be an easy task but I would give it my best shot if he still wanted to. The cool weather and strong winds of the past week made things difficult but you have to be able to adapt to the conditions. We started out heading north in the inter coastal in a no wake zone, we trolled a big Rapala plug thru the bridge span and had a serious hit! I always hope for big Snook but this time it was a big Jack Crevalle. John fought against the Jack and a ripping tide for about 5 minutes. The Jack was a solid 8 lb fish and came off as we were bringing it aboard. We made another pass an got hit again but this one didn't stay attached. I went to were I had been on Tarpon before the cold snap but they were gone. We spent the rest of the time we had working Docks mangroves and the bridge span Tom managed to catch a bunch of Barracudas he left somewhat satisfied for the conditions.
011208
Today I fishing with Josh and Zach. I am a part of a 2 boat half day trip where the guys want to bend rods, no specie in particular but catch lots of fish. The conditions are cool and breezy and halfway thru the morning a big storm moved in with one heck of a giant water spout sitting about 5 miles from us. We sat in a channel catching Mutton Snappers, Cuda's and Blue Runners for about an 1 1/2 hours and just watched the water spout in amazement. We did get up on the flats but they were baron of any life. The low clouds were keeping the water cold and the storm eventually moved back across the bay where we caught a bunch more Cuda's, Jacks and Ladyfish. They guys were glad to get out since they were from Wisconsin ad Minnesota and it's really cold there.
Hopefully we can get into a warming trend for a couple days and let the fish get back on track.
The Tarpon have made an appearance at Government Cut and ate pretty good from the reports I got this week. I will be fishing Government Cut Monday and keep everyone informed.
Capt. Jimbo
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