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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
May 25, 2006
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
FISHING NORTH BISCAYNE BAY
with CAPT. ALAN SHERMAN
Time for a spring fishing update! Finally the rains have started falling and that is why I am writing this report and not fishing. The spring migration continues in South Florida and with the mild weather conditions we have been able to fish pretty much wherever we want. With my new twenty two foot Pathfinder we have fished offshore from the beach to one thousand feet of water, inside North Biscayne Bay and all over Flamingo with very good results.
Take advantage of the calm conditions and give me a call and let’s see what we can catch on your next fishing adventure.
North Biscayne Bay has had tons of silver mullet holding around the numerous grass flats in North Biscayne Bay. A few schools of quality sized pilchards, Spanish sardines and threadfin herring have been in the same areas as well. Large and small sea trout, snook, tarpon, jack crevalles, ladyfish, bull, lemon and bonnethead sharks and barracudas have been feeding on all of these baitfish when they have felt the urge. With all of the bait in the bay it sometimes requires being in the right place at the right time to get that special strike.
The Flamingo outside boat ramp has been closed now for a few weeks so almost all of the action has come from launching from the inside ramp and running out to Shark River where the action has been very good on large sea trout, ladyfish, jack crevalles, snapper, cobia, Spanish mackerel, permit, tripletail, Goliath grouper, bluefish, sharks and tarpon. Bugs have not been a problem but with the current rains you can expect them soon. A good bug repellent like the Avon Skin So Soft Bug Guard Plus or a mosquito net hat will keep the bugs away until you clear the mainland then you should be OK until you return to the boat ramp. As of this Saturday the twenty seventh the Florida Bay boat ramp will reopen till the fifth of June and the close again until further notice. My last trip on the Florida Bay side produced fourteen landed and released redfish to twenty-six inches plus a few that the numerous lemon sharks ate will being reeled in. Snook although out of season will be in good numbers on the Florida Bay side as well as in the Shark River area.
Offshore of Miami king mackerel continue to provide good action on live baits. Mixed in with the kings have been bonitos, blackfin tunas, sailfish, barracuda and quite a few dolphin.
Recent Catches:
Peter Van Burkel and his fishing buddies Mike and Tim caught two Spanish mackerel, twelve sea trout, one small king mackerel, ladyfish, barracuda, jack crevalles and a red grouper fishing in Government Cut and North Biscayne Bay with crabs and live pilchards.
Mark Feldman and his son Arrie fishing a half-day trip in North Biscayne Bay caught over twenty nice sea trout.
Cliff Slisz caught ten nice sea trout on a half-day trip in North Biscayne Bay.
Jerry Chaves and his buddy Jerry Miller caught two ten pound kings and lost close to a dozen other hits on live pilchards fishing off of Bakers Haulover then caught a few trout and a five pound jack crevalle in North Biscayne Bay.
David Gottman and his friend Maureen caught jack crevalles, bluerunners and trout up to three and half pounds during a half-day trip in North Biscayne Bay.
Don Kaplan and his friend Paul Fass caught a scamp grouper, amberjack, dolphin, lost a bunch of kingfish hits and then landed four bonitos to fifteen pounds fishing offshore of Bakers Haulover.
Jana Cruthers, Her brother Matt and his friend Duanne Alexander fishing offshore of Haulover Inlet caught bonitos to fifteen pounds and a fifty five pound Sailfish on live pilchards.
On a busman’s holiday my son Zachary and I caught fourteen redfish to twenty-six inches while fishing in Florida Bay in Flamingo.
Jerry Chaves fishing in Flamingo from Shark River to the open Gulf waters caught over a dozen big sea trout and countless numbers of jack crevalles and ladyfish on Rapala soft plastics then moved out to the open Gulf and lost over a half dozen Goliath Groupers over seventy pounds landed a thirty seven inch cobia on a Rapala soft plastic and lost two more cobias to huge sharks and then topped the day off with four tripletail, two on fly and two on bait plus over a dozen Spanish mackerel and a bluefish on Rapala soft plastics.
Kim Chandler and her husband Marty caught over twenty sea trout plus jack crevalles and ladyfish in North Biscayne Bay during a half-day trip.
Joel Dotson and his buddies Steve and Neil Kappleman caught six bonitos to fifteen pounds a dolphin, remoras and a nice ten-pound king mackerel on live pilchards.
Jeff Daskin and his buddy Scott fishing out of Flamingo along the Shark River Shoreline caught over twenty large sea trout, jack crevallres, ladyfish, snook and Spanish mackerel while casting Rapala plugs and soft plastics.
Steve Borten and his buddies George Selix and George Velez caught two ten pound king mackerel, remoras and an estimated thirty-five to forty pound blackfin tuna on eight pound spin and live pilchards. They released a smaller king mackerel and missed many other fish opportunities. They fished offshore of Haulover Inlet.
Check out my weekly South Florida Fishing Report at www.floridasportsman.com and my monthly South Florida Fishing Report in The Florida Sportsman Magazine each month. We continue to broadcast the Florida Sportsman Magazine Live on WKAT 1360 AM every Sat. morning from 7 to 8 AM. where we get up to the minute fishing forecasts from some of the top Capt.’s in South Florida like Capt. Jimbo Thomas on the Thomas Flyer, Capt. Bouncer Smith on Bouncers Dusky, Capt Skip Bradeen on the Blue Chips Two out of Whale Harbor Marina, Capt. Wayne Conn on The Reward Fleet, the Newport Fishing Pier and more.
“Tight Lines & Great Fishing” Capt. Alan Sherman “Get Em” Charters Inc. cell 786-436-2064 home 305-757-5503 www.getemsportfishing.com
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