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The Fall Migration Has Started in South Florida!
Capt. Alan Sherman
September 8, 2008
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Finally got out on the water on Saturday after the Florida Sportsman Magazines Live Radio Show on WMCU 1080 AM. Right away found big jack crevalles blasting baits and then a huge school of pilchards and quickly filled my live wells after a couple of casts with my 10' 3/8 inch mesh Lee Fisher Cast Net and headed offshore in hopes of getting some big dolphin. Not to happen,. No one was catching any dolphin and the guys fishing the reef were moaning how slow it was. Should have stayed inside but lets make the best of a beautiful day one that we had not seen in some time. Started chumming in 130 feet of water off of Haulover Inlet and caught a big bonito and lost a kingfish and had other bonitos crashing baits. Moved offshore again and no action so headed offshore to see what I could find and there was nothing so came back in to the reef and caught a kingfish and lost a few others to cut offs. Tried a little shallower and lost a couple of nice bottom hits and caught a 3 pound cero mackerel. Headed back in and once inside the inlet saw at least 10 pelicans diving on a monster school of Migrating black mullet. Nothing hitting them so moved on and found a bunch of 1 pound jacks but then I saw fish crashing and chasing mullet out of the water. Big jacks and huge tarpon were going nuts on an acre of mullet. Caught and released one big jack and lost a huge tarpon when the hook turned in the bait. It's hard to hook tarpon on big mullet. It was really cool watching these giant silver kings flashing on their sides as they came rushing through the mullet schools in less then 5 feet of water. Time to head for home!
The Fall Migration is under way and the fishing in North Biscayne Bay finally has turned on. Reports of large snook, tarpon and big jacks have been coming in for the past few weeks.
Miami Fishing Forecast:
Fishing in North Biscayne Bay has turned on and the migration is early due to all of the storms but that is a good thing because this year the entire Migrating baitfish schools may make it all the way to Miami and further south and that will mean more predators staying longer in our area. Look for snook, tarpon, jacks, ladyfish, sea trout, mackerel and bluefish to be eating up a storm right into December or longer. Reports from Flamingo have been thin but the few that have ventured to the Park have done really well on snook, redfish and tarpon.
Target Species:
Snook, Tarpon, Redfish, Dolphins, Trout, Snapper, Cobia
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