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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
December 6, 2003
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing North Biscayne Bay
with Capt. Alan Sherman
The weather the last week or so has been on the windy side and has made fishing more of a challenge. Plenty of bait still remain in the bay but are starting to drop into the deeper channels. Looking for diving pelicans can be the only way to locate bait unless you have a quality depth finder like my Lowrance X15. Plenty of jack crevalles of many sizes have been feeding on the bait. Spanish mackerel will start concentrating on the bait schools that have wandered into the center of the bay looking for a warmer temperature. Sea trout, snappers, snook, tarpon and barracudas are also available. Shallow water gets colder at night but warms up faster in the the daytime. Water temperatures can change by as much as 5 or 6 degrees from early morning to mid afternoon on the flats making fish flee the flats looking for a more stable temperature. The deeper channels hold the water temperature longer, cold on top but warmer as you go down. The deeper channels temperatures are more likely to vary only by a degree or 2 from early morning to mid afternoon. Fish have an easier time acclamating themselves to the slight changes in temperature compared to a change of many degress. Best time to fish the shallow flats is from 11 A.M. to about 3 P.M. when the flat has had a chance to warm up. Channels can be good all day this time of the year.
Fishing this past week in BTU Ocean Reef Fishing Tournament was a blast. Lots of great people like Curt Gowdy, Frank Gifford, Bill Curtis, Billy Pate, Chico Fernandez, Stu Apte, Sandy Moret, Karl Wickstrom (Florida Sportsman Magazine) and Sue Cocking (Miami Herald) were on hand to add some glamour to the Tournament. I fished with Karl Wickstrom who can really work a surface plug and Sam Bowling from Illinois. The winds blew from the N.E. at 20 to 30 mph. which made for some challenging fishing for bones, tarpon, permit, reds and snook. We saw plenty of snook but only managed to catch one on a pink Capt. Hank Brown skimmer jig. The fish was under the legal size and not enterable. We caught many barracudas, snappers and a nice yellowjack but not a fish worth entering. A special thanks to Frogg Toggs who provided me with foul weather gear that kept us dry and comfortable throughout the tournament.
Tight Lines
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