REDFISH in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY - FALL FISHING SEASON HAS STARTED
Capt. Alan Sherman
October 5, 2011
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Before I start my new fishing update report I must let you know about the four redfish that we have caught in North Biscayne Bay in the last two months. These fish were not big being 17 to 20 inches but I haven't caught or a client of mine hasn't caught a redfish in North Biscayne Bay for over 20 years. I know that people do catch them in the Bay because they report it to me on occasions but even though I knew they were being caught we hadn't caught them until now. All were caught on live pilchards fished under a Cajun Thunder float. I suspect that it was the hard rains that we had months ago that pushed them out of the most brackish areas that I believe they hold in to areas that I fish in North Biscayne Bay. I am very excited about catching these fish in North Biscayne Bay because I have always thought that there should be large populations in the Bay especially up in the Greynolds Park area where the waters are normally more brackish and oysters live. Of the four reds caught three were caught by one angler on two different trips in two different spots and the other one was caught by an angler that knew the other angler.
The first cold front of 2011's fall season arrived last week dropping water temperatures here in South Florida three or four degrees. That may not sound like a lot to most people but add a few more degrees to that number and that is what the migratory fish felt further up the coast striking off an alarm in their small brains and making their tails move fast in a southerly direction that is towards South Florida. This happens every year at about this time starting the beginning of the Fall Migration that I for one am always looking forward to. For weeks schools of large silver and black mullet have been holding in North Biscayne Bay and now they have schools of finger mullet and pilchards joining them. Schools of Spanish sardines will be here soon and as of this week schools of flying fish are thick offshore. Feeding on the bay baitfish schools have been snook, tarpon, barracudas, small jacks, ladyfish, sea trout, snappers and a few bluefish.
Offshore we have seen a few nice kingfish runs, quite a few small wahoos, and some blackfin and skip jack tuna, cero mackerel, bonitos, dolphins and mutton snappers. All of this has made for some pretty good fishing in comfortable temperatures but this is only the start! The real fishing hasn't started yet! That will happen when large schools of Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pompano, big ladyfish and large jacks move into the bay and offshore the big kingfish schools, blackfin tuna, dolphins and sailfish start feeding on the sardines and flying fish and we are just a few days or weeks from that happening.
Fishing in South Bay is about a month away unless the weather gets cold real fast. When the temperatures are right we will be getting a nice assortment of groupers, snappers, bluefish, porgies, Spanish mackerel, jacks and a few pompano.
I haven't had many requests for fishing Flamingo but this is the time to be there. With water temperatures dropping but still warm snook, redfish, tarpon and many other species will be hungry and available all day.
All of the action that we have had recently has come on free lined pilchards hooked to a 1/0 short shank or long shank Mustad Ultra Point hook or with Cajun Thunder floats and live pilchards and on Rapala X Raps, Flat Raps, Clackin Minnows, Skitter Walks, Sub Walks and Twitchin Raps and on Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X bait or a Gulp bait. Offshore we have been hooking our live baits to a Gerry Rig Live Bait Clip. This clip doesn't injure the bait keeping it frisky for a long time.
My new boat has 25 hours on it and is ready to go. Everything new and working the way it's supposed to. The Yamaha SHO 250 Four Stroke is purring away and the 22' Pathfinder is sliding through the water smoother than ever. My new Frigid Rigid cooler is in place and my new Tempress seats are fastened in tight. The Minn Kota Talon is quiet and has given me a full extra foot of anchoring depth. My new Minn Kota I-Pilot trolling motor is quiet as well and the GPS lets me do so many things it is really amazing. I am getting better with my new Humminbird 1197c SI.
I have open dates for the next month so give me a call and let's go catch some big trout, snook, tarpon, redfish, jacks, ladyfish, mackerel, kingfish, dolphins and tunas.
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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.
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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, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in 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, PERMITS, 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 the Fall and Winter months.
Target Species:
SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SHARKS, DOLPHINS, SAILFISH, TRIPLETAIL
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