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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
November 10, 2007
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Finally we have moved from our summer weather patterns to our fall weather patterns and the fishing and weather conditions magnify that. Tropical storm Noel set us back a bit and in the process chased a school of pilchards out of the bay that I had not seen in quite a few years. I wasn’t sure if the schools of finger mullet would still be in the area when the water conditions cleared and calmed down but they are. Fishing started off slow after the storm and then a cold front that lowered the air and water temperatures throughout South Florida got that things going again. North Biscayne Bay has rebounded well and schools of finger mullet have regrouped and have been joined with scattered schools of pilchards and threadfin herring. On my last trip in North Bay we had action on lots of small jacks and Spanish and small king mackerel. Since that trip I have spent all of my time in Flamingo except to net some live finger mullet the afternoon before one of my last Flamingo trips. On that bait searching trip in North Bay I found huge schools of mullet that were being harassed by tarpon, snook, jacks and sea trout and easily filled my well with all the finger mullet we needed with my new Lee Fisher cast net. With all of the bait and mackerel around I look forward to my next local trip. Offshore of Miami Spanish mackerel have been in good numbers and size just outside the beaches. Further offshore kingfish, dolphin and sailfish have been available. Fishing in Flamingo has been outstanding with lots of action on small snook. Nice redfish, black drum, snappers, jacks, ladyfish and sharks. This fishing will continue as long as the weather does not get to cold. When water temperatures dip below the mid 60’s our residential fish will feed less but the migratory fish will pick up their slack and reward us with some great action right into the spring.
Recent Catches:
Fishing in North Biscayne Bay with Alex Nizet and his buddies the guys had constant action on jack crevalles, barracudas, snappers and missed a nice tarpon after a couple of jumps on a ¾ trip.
Mark Block and his 6 year old son Will fished North Biscayne Bay when Will hooked a huge fish that almost took all the line off his spinning reel. The drag was set loose so that the fish would not pull the rod from the boys hand and during the fight as the fish turned toward the boat the hook came free from the fish. The guys caught and lost some Spanish mackerel, jacks, snapper, barracudas and sea trout.
Brian and Fran Wechsler fished North Biscayne Bay and caught Spanish and king mackerel and jack crevalles. Water conditions in the bay were very dirty. Their fish were caught on Rapala Twitchin Raps, and live threadfin herring and finger mullet under a Cajun Thunder. The next day fishing in Flamingo Fran and Brian caught 4 redfish and 6 snook plus a bunch of ladyfish, jacks and a few snappers and trout. The fish were caught on Hook Up lures tipped with Gulp shrimp and live shrimp and shrimp and finger mullet under a Cajun Thunder. Two days later with better conditions fishing in Flamingo they landed at least 12 redfish, 12 snook, 12 jack crevalles plus a bunch of ladyfish and a few sea trout. Many of the redfish were in the slot and one snook measured out at 30 inches. The fish were caught on Hook Up lures tipped with Gulp shrimp and live shrimp and shrimp under a Cajun Thunder.
Ken Mayland and his brother Bob fished Flamingo and caught 12 snook to 7 pounds plus 3 redfish, sea trout, black drum, snappers, ladyfish and over 12 jack crevalles between 3 and 5 pounds. The fish were caught on Hook Up lures tipped with Gulp shrimp and live shrimp and shrimp under a Cajun Thunder.
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 1080 on the AM dial a 50,000 watt radio station.
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 1080 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. Mark Schmidt on the Sundancer out of Murray’s marina in Key West and Capt. Wayne Conn on The Reward Fleet, Captain jay Cohen on the Spellbound out of Haulover Marina and more.
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