Lots of Fish to be Caught in South Florida on the Get Em
Capt. Alan Sherman
February 13, 2011
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
The Miami Boat Show comes to Miami Beach this week so make sure to set a day or two aside so you have plenty of time to check it out. While you are there stop by the Yamaha Outboard engine booth or the Maverick Booth and say hi. That's where I will be spending all of my time while I am at the Boat Show. When you are at the Yamaha Booth let me show you the Yamaha SHO outboard engines that they will have on display. I have one on my 22' Pathfinder Bay boat and this is one special engine. Light, Four Stroke, Quick Out of the Hole, all the power you need to get you where you are going at the speed you want to travel, great fuel economy (3.3 - 3.8 mpg with three to four adults on board plus a live well full of bait and all of the tackle I carry with me which is a lot plus best of all Yamaha's dependability!)While you are at the Boat Show check out the new Columbia Sportswear that will be displayed throughout the Show and all of the great Rapala products.
Fishing has been pretty good out of Miami and this past week I was able to fish in North Biscayne Bay during the day and in North Biscayne Bay at night as well as in South Biscayne Bay over the patch reefs.
My week started with me fishing Ulga M and her fishing buddy Larry President of the National Wildlife Federation in North Biscayne Bay. We were out to have some fun and catch a few fish as well. Casting Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp Ulga and Larry caught sea trout, small barracudas, snappers and bluefish till they had their fill. The next day I was back on the water with Ron D looking to get out to the Patch reefs off of Key Biscayne. The wind and tide was not in our favor when wee hit the water but the pilchards were and in just a few casts of my ten foot Lee Fisher net I had all the bait we would need for the day. We hits a few finger channels catching a few groupers, mutton snappers, bluerunners and mangrove snappers before the tide switched and gave an opportunity to move offshore and try a few patches. The first Patch was all we needed and for the next two hours Ron had a fish tied to his line about every second he was fishing. We had two rods in the water at a time and as quick as a bait hit the water a mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, gag grouper or cero mackerel would eat the bait. Poor Ron kept massaging his hands and arms after each fish. For the next two nights I would fish two guys from a group of four that were from Canada looking for tarpon action. Recently the best action for tarpon has been during the late afternoons and into the evening in and around Government Cut. On night one we would hook five tarpon in the 25 to 40 pound range getting one to the leader and having the others throw the hook. The guys were smiling from ear to ear.The guys caught mangrove snappers,ladyfish and loads of sea trout using live shrimp. Night two was ushered in with a cold front and a misty rain and cold wind and the tarpon did not like it. We saw a few roiling and popping shrimp but only managed a few hits and a release of a ladyfish and a few snappers. That's tarpon fishing!
Well that's it for now!
Give me a call at 786-436-2064 or drop me an e-mail and lets get out on the Patch reefs and catch some fish.
Check out my new web site and to read about the weekly catches and to see your pictures.
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Check out my report in the Miami Herald's Sports section under Fishing Updates each Thursday, the Florida Sportsman Magazines South Florida Internet Fishing Report (www.floridaspotsman.com), my monthly Action Spotter Fishing Report for the South Region in the Florida Sportsman Magazine each month.
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?
I have been wearing a lot of Columbia Sports Wear on my fishing charters and the new Blood & Guts shirts are amazing. I have had mackerel, cobia and snook just splatter me with blood and one good washing and the shirts are as good as new. Check out their web site at www.columbia.com
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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
Capt. Alan Sherman"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
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
786-436-2064
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 Winter FISHING SEASON.
Target Species:
Snapper, Grouper, Mackerel, tarpon, Snook, Redfish, Sea Trout
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