December 2009

Unseasonably warm The business side is slow but the reports I get are really good. The temperature is unseasonably warm 87 degrees and going to stay that was for the next week. The seas are calm and the big tides make for a good bite. There is plenty of bait around from Haulover to Homestead, you can turn that into bigger fish. Catch enough to live chum and when in the finger channels cut them in half and fish them deeper for the Muttons. 120609 I'm with Jim, Doreen, Kate and Steve today, we started out catching bait around Haulover and then ran south to Stiltsville looking for Mutton Snappers and Groupers. The conditions were good but we couldn't get the fish to bite. I decided to move and that's when I saw Jim dumping a couple BANANA'S over the side. I am a believer in the Banana superstition and I will prove it again. We had not caught a fish in an hour of fishing, toss out the banana's and the Grouper's bit on the first drop! Kate caught a 22 inch Gag and then another, Steve caught a couple Red Grouper and then Doreen's drag was screaming. Jim was next with a big Cero Mackerel. The bite was good until the tide slowed and we headed in. 121609 I am in Biscayn Bay today with Todd and his 10 year old son . We started by catching bait and then looking or some good bottom around Stiltsville. The goal was to find Mutton Snappers and Groupers. I put out a chum bag and started to throw out some live pilchards, it didn't take long and we had fish behind the boat. We caught a bunch of legal Mangroves but couldn't get the Muttons to come up behind the boat. The Mackerels were eating our chum but were not interested in a pilchard. We moved around just trying to keep the rods bent, they caught Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Lane Snapper, Red Grouper, Blue Runners, and Yellowtails. 121809 I am at Flamingo today with Jeff, his brother Dennis and their friend Ed we are in the back country mostly because the weather conditions. I spoke to Jeff the night before and he told me they weren't afraid of a little rain and it's a good thing because it rained all day. We started out in Buttonwood canal where we caught 2 of 3 Tarpon. I could see the rain coming in from Fl. Bay so we ran to stay ahead of it. We got into Coot Bay and started to work a shoreline what had some wind on it. It didn't take to long and we had the Snook coming in one after another. Ed was fishing a popping cork with a live Shrimp and caught a couple Snook then had some thing that pulled pretty good and stayed down. Ed had back to back Sheepshead 4-5 lbs. respectively. Dennis was hooked up to a 30 lb Tarpon and was really enjoying it , the Tarpon was the fish that has eluded him in his fishing travels. Jeff was next with a 28 inch Snook but the tide slowed and the bite cooled off. We ran up into Whitewater Bay and worked some windy points, at this point we couldn't see the next island. We got onto a point that was loaded with a small Redfish, Jeff and Ed were using popping corks and shrimp. On everycast the cork would land and stay under thye fish were small but plentiful. It was raining so hard at this point I told them we had to make a run back for safety reasons. We got around the back of the storm and tried for Goliath Groupers. I rigged up a rod with a live Jack and sent it down it didn't take long either, Dennis couldn't believe how hard it hit and then ran. He did this 6 time and finally gave up then it was Jeff turn! Jeff was ready, he pitched the bait out and held on. The rod doubled over and he pulled and almost had the big Grouper out of his hole. Jeff tried several times but the fish were winning today. While we were working the Goliaths, Ed was catching Snook, Ladyfish, Snappers and had something he couldn't stop. We were whipped, between the rain and the catching it was time to go. 121909 I am with John his wife Gina and his 2 daughters Jackie and Matti. The wind is blowing 25mph out of the NW and its cool this morning. We started out in a cove with some protection casting at Tarpon and John caught a 26 inch 5 lb. Trout. The bite was slow and we moved, Gina caught a nice Redfish while bouncing a jig and shrimp. We set up and try to get the girls in on the action they are only 2 and 4 years old. We hooked the fish and let them fight them, they caught Jacks and Snappers. In the windy conditions we stayed close to the marina so we didn't beat the kids up to much. 122609 I am fishing with my son James and his buddy Jesus today back in Whitewater Bay. They really don't care about the species just want to bend the rods all day long. It was cool and breezy so we worked the points of the islands. The caught Snook,Trout,Jacks, Ladyfish,Snappers, Gag Grouper, Goliath Groupers and Mackerel. They slept from the minute they got into the truck until it was time to stop and eat, that's teenagers for you. 122709 I am fishing with Jeff Armstrong, his nephew Conner, and Tom. We started out fairly close to Flamingo where we spotted some mullet getting busted up. We caught a couple Trout, Jacks and Ladyfish but I decided to head to the coast. I anchored up and started to bounce a jig and shrimp combo looking for Redfish. It didn't take long and Conner caught a Black Drum, then Tom landed a Redfish and we continued this for a couple hours. We moved around and ran on the outside Looking for Crocodiles sunning themselves on the beach. We moved into East Cape Canal and did some Shark fishing. We had a big Bull shark eat a live Ladyfish and put on a show, the Shark actually threw the bait. We ended up the day fishing for Trout and then headed in. I have plenty of availability , if you would like to go and bend the rod and have a fun day on the water give me a call. Captain Jimbo 305 333 8149 Select another page || Go to Home Page

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