Lots of Bait not so many fish! Soon to Change!
Capt. Alan Sherman
October 19, 2010
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing in South Florida has been spectacular! Almost! Recently our weather has been a little cloudy and a cold front is due to move through South Florida sometime today or tomorrow and usher away Tropical Storm Paula that really didn't do anything to our weather. I was out on Monday and Tuesday and fished offshore even though there were plenty of fish to fish in the Bay the weather was nice, bait fish plentiful so why not take advantage of the calmer conditions and see what was biting offshore. On Monday bright skies and a little easterly wind kept the tunas from coming up to the surface but we did find a few dolphins of which we landed two and released one but saw the 15 pounder swim by without even looking our way. Did a little deep dropping over a wreck and hand cranked 10 nice vermilion snappers into the cooler and lost a sizable bottom fish to the wreck. Moved in on the reef and had non stop kingfish action until it was time to go in. On Tuesday we did the same thing. Loaded up with bait in the bay and took them offshore. Very overcast and a little misty rain but quite comfortable. Headed offshore looking for the dolphins and maybe some tunas when we encountered a pod of close to one hundred bottle nose dolphins that just would not leave the side of the boat. we played with them for a while and actually had to turn off the engine to get them to leave. Once they were gone we got to the desired depth and started live chumming the area with pilchards. It took about ten minutes but out of no where a school of blackfin tunas found us and started crashing the live chum. For the next three hours every bait that hit the water got eaten by a tuna or a skipjack tuna/bonito. At one time we had four lines out and four fish hooked up. The tunas ranged from two to 12 pounds and the bonitos to 15 pounds. After we tired of the tunas we did a little deep dropping and caught a few more vermilion snappers and caught a kingfish in over 300 feet of water. We moved back in by the reef and finished the day off by having non stop kingfish and bonito action once again.
North Biscayne Bay is loaded with pilchard schools that are being trashed by bluefish, Spanish mackerel, ladyfish, jacks and on the grass flats barracudas, snappers and sea trout. Finger mullet schools are having a tough time in the Bay as well as snook, tarpon, sharks, barracudas, sea trout. bluefish, Spanish mackerel and jacks are just playing havoc on the immature mullet.
South Biscayne Bay is on the verge of taking off as water temperatures drop into the low 80's and as soon as they hit the 70's snapper, grouper, mackerel, bluefish,pompano, jacks and bluerunners will be biting ion the Finger Channels.
Offshore fishing had been exciting with lots of blackfin tuna to be caught. Winds got real strong and i haven't been out there recently but reports that I have been given recently say that large dolphins are chasing baitfish schools into waters as shallow as 40 feet and of course they are also feeding along the blue water edge. Sailfish are starting to show up, kingfish are on their way down, groupers and jacks are biting on the reef and along the beaches mackerel, bluefish,. tarpon, sharks and jacks are tearing up the baitfish schools.
In Flamingo fishing with winds as high as 25 miles per hour on Tuesday we were able to catch over 8 redfish to 24 inches, one snook 24 inches, snappers, sea trout to 18 inches, jacks and ladyfish. I was back in Flamingo on Sunday with calmer conditions but very slow fishing. Lots of bait but no takers to speak of. That's Fishing!
What are you waiting for. The migration can last till late November but who knows!
Lets go fishing!
This is the time of the year that I wish I could fish all of my clients because there are so many fish available. Once temperatures fall a little more the Spanish mackerel, bluefish, large jacks and kingfish will be here and then it gets real fun.
The rods we used were made by Key Largo Rods. The reels were all Daiwa Advantages. The line was made by a company called FINS. The bait was caught with a West Coast 3/8 inch 10 foot net and the boat was powered by a new Yamaha SHO 250 four stroke outboard engine.
Well that catches us up for now!
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I have recently changed outboard engines on my 22' Pathfinder XL Tournament Edition Bay Boat. I had an opportunity to put one of the first Yamaha SHO 250 Four Stroke outboards on my boat and the difference has been just amazing. This engine has 25 more horsepower but carries 77 less pounds allowing me better hole shot while giving great cruising fuel efficiency. What more can a boater ask for?
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Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
786-436-2064
www.getemsportfishing.com
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
Miami Fishing Forecast:
I expect the fishing to be pretty consistent for the next three or four months with lots of SEA TROUT, JACK CREVALLES, LADYFISH, SPANISH MACKEREL, BLUEFISH, GROUPER, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON and some POMPANO in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH, MACKEREL, SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in SOUTH BISCAYNE BAY lots of action from a wide variety of fish like the SNAPPERS, GROUPERS, JACKS, BLUEFISH, MACKERELS, POMPANO, LADYFISH, PORGIES, GRUNTS, SNOOK and BLUERUNNERS keeping anglers busy catching and releasing fish most of the day. FLAMINGO in EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK will have a huge amount of wildlife like the WHITE PELICANS, ROSEATTE SPOONBILLS, SKIMMER BIRDS,GULLS, OSPREYS, EAGLES, TERNS, EGRETS, HERONS, ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES, BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS, MANATTEES, SHARKS and TURTLES and of course the wide variety of fish that migrate into FLORIDA BAY and the GULF waters during the cooler months of the year. SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SEA TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD, TRIIPLETAIL, BLACK DRUM, SNAPPER, GOLIATH AND GAG GROUPER, POMOPANO, COBIA, MACKEREL, BLUEFISH and I'm sure I am leaving a few other fish species out will be available to all anglers at one time or another throughout the rest of our FALL FISHING SEASON.
Target Species:
Tarpon, Snook, Sharks, Mackerel, Kingfish, Dolphins, Sailfish, Tuna, Redfish, Cobia
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