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North Biscayne Bay Fishing Report
Capt. Alan Sherman
January 15, 2008
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
The long awaited cold front has finally made its way into South Florida and left its impression in a big way. Tempertatures that had been in the 80's plummeted to as low as the 30's in less then a few hours and snook and goliath groupers plus small tarpon and a few other species were not able to flee to deeper water in time in Everglades National Park and a large die off occured. As bad as it seems and as easy as it is to point a finger at Global Warming the fact is that this cold weather killing has happened dozens of times over the last 100 years. Snook, tarpon and many other species live in South Florida only because they can't hold up to rapid temperature changes. Plenty of each species that floated to the surface days after the cold front remained to spawn and reestablish the species. Fishermen have already returned to shallow areas in Everglades National Park and were able to make worthy catches of snook, redfish, sheepshead, black drum, gag groupers and snappers. Lots of the remaining shallow water species succesibly made it to deeper waters in holes, creeks or up in the rivers. These areas are where the fish normally would retreat in cold weather times. For my clients I turn to deeper Florida Bay and Gulf waters to target species that enjoy the colder South Florida winter temperatures. These are the migratory fish that come to Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico to spend the winter and fatten up on shrimp. Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pompano, cobia, grouper, lane snappers, jacks, ladyfish, sharks and even large kingfish can be caught in 10 to 12 feet of water by anchoring and chumming as you fish baits on the surface or the bottom. As long as the tide is flowing the fish will continue to bite. After anchoring it may take as long as 30 minutes before the fish find you but once they do it can be non stop action until your arms say its time to come home. Closer to Miami North Biscayne Bay will have sporatic action on mackerel, bluefish, pompano and consitent action on sea trout, jacks and ladyfish during the daylight hours and night snook and tarpon fore catch and release can be made by fishing live shrimp around lights and bridges in the bay. In South Biscayne Bay mackerel, pompano and bluefish can show up in any Finger Channel from Key Biscayne to Elliot Key but my clients have been having steady action on mutton, mangrove, yellowtail and hog snappers plus reg, gag and black groupers and then add to it porgies, grunts and jacks and the action has been quite interesting. Most fish are undersized but on light tackle the action keeps the rods bent and smiles on the anglers faces.
Check out my report in the Miami Herald’s Sports section under Fishing Updates each Thursday, or tune into the Florida Sportsman Magazines Live Radio Show on WMCU 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 WMCU 1080 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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“Tight Lines & Great Fishing” 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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