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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
August 9, 2007
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Just got back from a mini vacation with the family! We headed over to a little town called Pine Island on the West Coast of Florida near Ft. Myers. We stayed at a hotel called Two Fish Inn www.TwoFishInn.com that is run by Jenny and his wife Charlie. Right on the water with a great dock, pool and accommodations that for the price can’t be beat and less than 10 minutes to open water. We have a small dog and they allow small pets as well. We have visited Sanibel and Captiva many times but never Pine Island and it was great. The accommodations were better then we had ever expected, restaurants were very good and the people very friendly. Weather was just like Miami’s weather in Pine Island. High’s in the mid 90’s and water temperatures in the low 90’s. Because we were on vacation we only hit the water before 9 AM once. On our first late afternoon we headed over to the Sanibel bridge area we caught sea trout, jacks and ladyfish. We tried for snook but no takers. Bait was everywhere and a few small mackerel could be seen free jumping at times. The next day we fished near Redfish Pass and caught a couple of small snook for catch and release before anchoring in Captiva Pass where we caught ladyfish to 4.5 pounds on every cast. We had a few cut offs and had a shark eat two ladyfish on us but could not get the shark to eat a bait intended for the shark. Talk about hot so we headed to a nice sand bar and swam and shelled to give everyone a chance to cool off. A few hours before the sun set we anchored in a little cut near Ding Darling and had non stop action on jacks to 6 pounds, ladyfish to 4.5 pounds a 4 pound bluefish that ate a Gulp shrimp on a Hook Up lure when my wife Dana had a nice strike on a Cajun Thunder and a live pinfish. Dana struck hard and an 80 pound tarpon shot out of the water. Wouldn’t you know the fish would eat the lightest 8 pound outfit we had! Dana fought the tarpon for a little over an hour with the fish jumping clear of the water 4 times. We had the fish almost within leader distance a half a dozen times when the sun set and the line parted. All in all we had a ball with that fish. In the next two days we would catch many snook, redfish, sea trout and snappers on light tackle and live baits, Hook Up lures and Gulp shrimp and Skitter Walks and Twitchin Raps. We had lunch on Cabbage Key had a manatee rub its nose on our prop while we were fishing for over an hour saw a snake swim right by the boat and enjoyed the dolphins as they fed and jumped around us. Can’t wait till our next visit to Pine Island and the friendly people on Pine Island and Two Fish Inn. Before we left for Pine Island I had Jerry Chaves and his grandson’s Spencer and 6 year old Jake in North Biscayne Bay. After catching lots of bait we anchored and caught a few jacks, mangrove snappers and a nice Spanish mackerel before heading offshore where we wore the boys arms off with bonitos to 15 pounds.
Now its back to work again! Well that’s what I call it.
Fishing in North Biscayne Bay will be good early in the mornings and then again in the late afternoons for sea trout, jacks, snook, ladyfish, snappers, a few Spanish mackerel and small kingfish, barracudas and tarpon and then offshore when the weather allows bonitos, kingfish, blackfin tuna, barracudas, dolphins and an occasional sailfish will be available. In South Biscayne Bay bonefish and permit are available with best action early and late in the day and in Flamingo all day action on snook, redfish a few tarpon, sea trout, goliath groupers, jacks, ladyfish, snapper and tripletail.
Do your self a favor before the summer is over and book yourself a trip so you too can get in on some of the great summer fishing. Don’t procrastinate or before you know it the fall and then the winter will be here. Great fishing will hold through early October when water temperatures start to drop and South Florida fishing makes a change and we start targeting migratory species.
Get Em on the “Get Em”! Capt. Alan Sherman 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, my monthly South Florida fishing report in the Florida Sportsman Magazine or tune into the Florida Sportsman Magazines Live radio Show on WKAT 1360 on the AM dial every Saturday morning from 7 to 8 AM. Check out my new web site and see the monthly catches! 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 Too out of Whale Harbor Marina, Capt. Wayne Conn on The Reward Fleet, the Newport Fishing Pier and more.
Get Em on The "GET EM" Capt. Alan Sherman “Get Em” Sportfising Charters Inc. Cell 786-436-2064 Home 305-757-5503 www.getemsportfishing.com
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Capt. Alan Sherman
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