Report for January 2005

Happy New Year Happy New Year Government Cut This is the time of year when its start to get interesting on both coasts! Let’s start with the Shrimp run; December’s full moon had an incredible Shrimp run, along with the Shrimp run is? I hope you guessed Tarpon/Snook in the inlets and on the beaches. The windy cold nights seem to produce the biggest runs, but if we get a westerly wind or no wind and big outgoing tides it can be fantastic. If there are load pops on the surface that’s Tarpon slurping up the Shrimp, if you have a Shrimp rigged up cast at the pop. The Tarpon are usually schooled up and another fish is waiting for his shot at a Big Shrimp! Last year my customers had some real quality evenings and a couple good early mornings. Days of 11- for 15 were common on the Shrimp runs. During these trips we also target Snook they also feed on Shrimp they can be anywhere for 5 lbs and up. There are others species that mix in this make for an all around evening. Everglades National Park (Flamingo) The cold weather has the fish in a couple of places right now in Fl. Bay look for deeper water with plenty of current. East Cape Canal is a good place to look plenty of Snook Reds, Tarpon, Trout, Sheephead and Blackdrum. When you get one bite there should be plenty more to follow. Out in front of Flamingo, the warm sunny days produce Redfish they should be up on top of the flats, one thing I like to do is sight fish big Trout. I look for Sting Ray muds and potholes.The hits are big, hold on. If you want to fly fish or sight fish, the backcountry bays have plenty of Snook and Reds, hopefully aggressive fish. On some recent trips Dr. Becker and Bob fly fished in 25 mph up into the Tarpon Bay area. These guys were throwing a complete fly line in that wind; Irwin managed a couple Snook on fly and bob caught them on a top water plug. The Jacks also like their offerings. These guys had some tough conditions cold, windy, and rainy at one point. The key to this fishing was shallow water, very shallow but you really need the sun to be warming up the shallows. Irwin did have a shot at a big Redfish who is still shaking his head from the hook set. The big Snook were lying in 8 inches of water with half there back exposed; this is just cool to see. The big alligators lie on the banks and occasionally chase a lure. The Big Tarpon will be here soon! They will arrive soon as the water warms up to 70 degrees, Usually by the end of February. This is the chance of a lifetime to get a Big Tarpon on really light line or a fly. Just a challenging thought! These big females are getting fat before the go spawn in the following months, the eat everything. March and April are great months. Biscayne Bay Bonefishing will remain good on the warmer days between fronts. The schools will get thick on the outside of the ocean side flats, looking for is usually the way to locate them. On the warmer periods they will be found on the flats, this is a great time for very large Barracudas as well. Catch Capt. Jimbo’s live fishing report Saturday morning’s on “Strictly Snook from Florida” on 790 ESPN radio. The show starts at 7 am. Thanks to the sponsors who keep CaughtLookinCharters going. Biscayne Rods, Okuma Reels, Ocean Waves, Lowrance, Flanagan’s, We are going into a great time of year, If your spending the week on South Beach and would like to try Tarpon fishing, I can accommodate your needs give me a call at 305-333-8149. Let’s go Catch’em Capt Jim Hobales www.caughtlookincharters.com Select another page || Go to Home Page

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