2020-02-27 9:38 AM
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Cool and windy the warm and calm fish are biting! - Mike Goldberg only caught 6 fish on Saturday when the winds were strong and there was no water anywhere. 2 of his Snook were over 28 inches which made his day.
On Sunday it was a total different situation, the fish bit good. We started out on 30 more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2020-01-27 6:50 PM
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Cold, but fish are plentiful! -
This past week Fishing was incredible Again. Its funny but we are starting to expect these crazy numbers of fish with multiple Back Country Slams. The cold fronts this week concentrated the fish in various spots making it easy to catch big n more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2020-01-20 11:42 AM
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Fishing is that Good! -
The last couple days My clients have caught hundreds of Redfish ,Snook Trout and other species. Everglades National Park has had some serious water issues in the last 5 years or so but I'm finding grassy areas which are holding fish. The fish are s more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2020-01-13 10:23 AM
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Hit the Jackpot! - 01-11-2020
Every once in a while you hit the jack pot and that's what happened Saturday. I was with John Riordan his son Jack and nephew Austin. We fished Flamingo out of Everglades National Park in some really strong winds in the 25 mph range.
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Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2020-01-06 8:20 PM
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2020 is Here! - 01-02-2020
New Year started out cool and windy but beautiful days
I am with long time client Sam Rose and his son Mike, We tried Government Cut but it was rolling in there. We ran around Key Biscayne down to Stiltsville stopping and catching some more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2019-12-31 9:47 AM
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End of 2019,HappyNew Year! - End of 2019, Happy New Year!
The Last week of the year was not typical with several days of more than 3 inches of rain. If the rain wasn't enough we had winds of 25 mph for almost 2 weeks. This being said I did 3 trips an all of them successful, more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2019-12-05 9:04 AM
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Mutton bite still good! -
Mutton bite still good!
I took my brother Jeff and his sons Mark and Andrew out for his birthday on 120119. We got out in the dark had a beautiful morning, finding Pilchards is a very important part of the Mutton Snapper fishery. We have b more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2019-07-15 6:47 PM
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Hot and Muggy and the fish are biting! -
The fishing has been very good in Everglades National Park, there are fish in almost every area of the park. Its hard to make a decision where to go because its been good. I have been trying places that haven't been productive the last couple ye more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2019-06-17 7:58 PM
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This week fishing was incredible - June 17, 2019
This week fishing was incredible!
The bite was really good this past week, on Tues I fished with Eddy Carman ( Biscayne Rod) and Mitch his neighbor up in the panhandle. We got out as sun was coming up and it started quickly. Mitc more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |
2019-05-29 9:35 AM
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Early summer "hot" bite! - The temps are rising the tides are moving and there are plenty of fish around. Some areas don't get the strong movement but if you run around you will find it and that's when the fish bite. I have been using a combination of bait and lures to get bi more...
Capt. Jim Hobales - Flamingo |