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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
September 26, 2007
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fall is here and so is the non stop rain that we have needed here in South Florida for many months. Now all we need is a good northeast wind for a couple of days and all of the baitfish schools that are holding north of us will move right into our back yard. Already small pods of finger mullet have moved into the bay and are hiding in residential canals trying to stay safe from the predators that will eventually find them. Looking back a few years ago I remember a couple of days in October that I fished with George Poveromo for a TV fishing show that we were filming. The fall migration was in full swing and we were doing a show on fishing for sea trout in North Biscayne Bay. Just a week before the filming was to take place sea trout to 4 pounds had been eating anything we threw at them and it had been that way for a few weeks. We started out in two boats one a camera boat and the other boat that we were to fish from. It was 7 AM and the sun was just starting to rise and already we had shots at tarpon and jack crevalles that were terrorizing a school of finger mullet. We missed the tarpon but got the one to three pound jacks on every cast. After getting as much small jack footage we moved on. On the grass flats in front of Miami Shores were huge schools of Spanish sardines and after one cast our live well was full. George threw surface plugs and I switched from Hook Up lures and soft baitfish tails to live baits either free lined or fished under a Cajun Thunder cork. We caught plenty of jacks, small sea trout a few snappers, barracudas but no large trout. Later that day on a grass flat George had a 15 pound snook follow the surface plug right to the boat and eat the plug almost pulling the plug rod from his hand. After a nice fight we landed the fish, revived him and released him to fight another day. Moments later before we had had a chance to get things organized I saw a huge mass of whitewater just500 yards away from us. A school of jack crevalles from 8 to 15 pounds were feeding on a school of finger mullet. The whitewater covered half an acre. It took us just a few moments to get the boat in range and before you knew it George had released two jacks in the 8 to 10 pound class before the action came to a stop. We then focused our attention on the sea trout but could only come up with a few fish to 15 inches and plenty under that size. Day two was a repeat with the small trout and jacks but this day we ended up at Government Cut where we had Spanish mackerel eating everything we cast at them. George had a mackerel get eaten by a large barracuda and then proceeded to get that barracuda to eat his surface plug. After a spectacular fight we boated what was estimated as a 40 pound barracuda. We probably caught dozens of mackerel and over a 100seatrout but none of the trout were bigger then 16 inches. It wasn’t a good show for large sea trout but it was a good show that showed people what fishing in North Biscayne Bay can be like during the Fall Migration that is taking place as we speak and will continue right on into late November.
Fishing in Flamingo has been as good as it gets with double digit catches of snook and redfish along with sea trout, jacks, goliath grouper, ladyfish, tripletail, snappers, tarpon and sharks.
Recent Catches:
Jerome Chaves and his grandson Jake fished offshore and North Biscayne Bay and caught loads of bonitos lost a few kingfish and then caught barracudas in the bay during a 4 hr. trip.
Jerry Chaves and Gerald Miller fished Flamingo and caught 6 shook, three trout, 1 goliath grouper, a dog snapper, jacks, ladyfish, sharks, a 100 pound tarpon to the leader and then had a shot at a Grand Slam when a redfish with his tail and dorsal fins exposed on a flat refused an artificial lure repeatedly.
Stuart and Ernie Sherman, Finnie Planck and Donnie Decklebaum fished Flamingo and caught 2 snook, 2 reds, 2 tarpon, 2 goliath groupers, mackerel, trout, jacks, ladyfish and sharks until their arms fell off. They also had a shot at a tailing red that refused everything thrown its way.
Pat and Jim Sundman and John Miner fished Flamingo and caught over a dozen redfish to 22 inches, over a dozen snook to 35 inches plus jacks and ladyfish, lost a shark, saw a small tooth sawfish and a bald eagle and had 2 tripletail one close to 10 pounds refuse every bait thrown its way.
Ed McCarthy fished a half day in North Biscayne Bay and caught dozens of sea trout, snappers, barracudas and a few jacks and bluerunners.
Peter Van Burkel fished North Biscayne Bay and caught lots of sea trout, snappers and a few jacks and barracudas during a half day charter.
Lance Harke and his fishing buddy Dave fished a 4 hour charter in North Biscayne Bay and caught lots of small sea trout and a few snappers, jacks and bluerunners.
Pat Sundman fishing Flamingo caught 4 snook to 34 inches plus a 22inch redfish, sea trout, snappers, jacks and catfish.
For the next few weeks we will be giving away a free fishing rod provided by Rapala. The fishing rod is a $100 value. To win a fishing rod all you have to do is call the Florida Sportsman Live radio Show at 305-503-1360 and share with the audience a short fishing story. The story rated as the best by the hosts of the show will win a fishing rod each week. Florida Sportsman Live can be heard every Saturday from 7 to 8 AM on WKAT 1360 AM dial.
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 Two out of Whale Harbor Marina, Capt. Wayne Conn on The Reward Fleet, the Newport Fishing Pier and more.
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Capt. Alan Sherman “Get Em” Sportfising Charters Inc. Cell 786-436-2064
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