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Everglades National Park - Flamingo
Capt. Bob LeMay
December 11, 2006
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
This past week the fishing was up and down, if the weather was good so was the fishing. My anglers ranged from novice fly fishers to experienced backcountry anglers. Although we had a few tough days when the weather was just howling, when it calmed down a bit the fishing was just great. The best day last week found John Blazer, from Tampa and his dad Jim Blazer casting lures on light tackle at snook, reds, and trout. John caught and released a solid 13lb snook on 8# spinning gear and a small lure. It was an outstanding catch on light tackle, and after a few photos was carefully released to fight another day. We went on that day to release another 20 snook, 30 to 40 trout, and a half dozen reds without ever leaving Whitewater Bay....
Fish are now pretty firmly set into winter patterns, but we still found some surprises, including a 50lb tarpon that attacked a jig right next to the boat along a Gulf-side shoreline. A few days earlier we caught and released more than 20 small fish on the same small popping bug. Those fish were tearing up small bait along a series of shorelines and were great fun on a light fly rod. As we move toward the Christmas holidays, other possibilities will arrive. Any day now the first winter shrimp run in Biscayne Bay will turn on the small tarpon there. When that happens the night fishing for tarpon that average between 20 and 40lbs will be available night after night. The fish will be right at the surface making for hot action with a fly rod or a spinning rod with live or artificial shrimp. In a few days I'll be after them with the first night booking of this winter. I'm looking forward to it. Tomorrow it's back to Flamingo.
Tight Lines
Bob LeMay
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