11-04-2009, 04:27 PM
[font "Times New Roman"]Hot Tarpon Fishing November 2009 [/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"] It is a blessing to be able wake up early on a hot November morning, drive through beautiful Everglades National Park seeing all kinds of birds from Egrets to Herons and Hawks and the occasional Alligator on the side of the road warming himself on the warm pavement, then a amazing boat ride across slick Florida Bay to find the best thing….Hundreds of Rolling Tarpon![/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]This week was great Tarpon fishing west of Flamingo, I only found these fish in a certain small area with good water flow. The first day they did not want to play it seemed.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]With fish rolling everywhere except where I was! If you have ever Tarpon fished you know you will see them rolling around your boat, and then they will come near your boat right? Well this day I was not so lucky….everywhere I was they were not…so we would move a little a looked back and they would be rolling where I was…frustrating! This seemed to happen to me all morning! I have learned so I thought that I never chase them they will come. [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] The second day I stayed put and on time they were there! We jumped 3 in 45 minutes estimated about 100 lbs each. The last fish eat a Rapala X Rap and had him on for about [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]40 minutes, he was a little bigger about 130 lbs but as we went to boat him we broke the rod tip and severed the braided line somehow. At least it was fun.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]The couple of afternoons after Tarpon fishing we have found many nice Snook laid up[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]In potholes around Flamingo, most have been spooky with the full moon I think but we managed to get 3 or 4 nice fish.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]If the next couple of weeks stays warm fishing in Florida bay should remain good using live bait for Redfish, Snook and Tarpon around moving water eddies points and creek mouths.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]In Biscayne Bay there have been some small schools of Bonefish seen on the east side of the bay and I have not seen many Permit.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] As the winter approaches and water temps fall we will have a good Mutton Snapper bite in Biscayne Bay, some Mutton will get 12 to 15 lbs on light test and that is a blast, also Spanish Mackerel Grouper and some Cobia. Live Pilchards are best bet.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] Bonefish should remain through the cooler months for people looking to fly fish as long as we don’t get any real bad cold spells, that will push the fish away for a couple of days until a warming trend starts which generally will make the fish warm themselves and eat real good just like the Tarpon in the back bays.[/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"] Good luck and be safe. Capt. Jim Hale[/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"] Or drop me a line at [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font][url "mailto:jim@floridasportfishingcharters.com"][font "Times New Roman"][#0000ff]jim@floridasportfishingcharters.com[/#0000ff][/font][/url]
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[font "Times New Roman"] It is a blessing to be able wake up early on a hot November morning, drive through beautiful Everglades National Park seeing all kinds of birds from Egrets to Herons and Hawks and the occasional Alligator on the side of the road warming himself on the warm pavement, then a amazing boat ride across slick Florida Bay to find the best thing….Hundreds of Rolling Tarpon![/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]This week was great Tarpon fishing west of Flamingo, I only found these fish in a certain small area with good water flow. The first day they did not want to play it seemed.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]With fish rolling everywhere except where I was! If you have ever Tarpon fished you know you will see them rolling around your boat, and then they will come near your boat right? Well this day I was not so lucky….everywhere I was they were not…so we would move a little a looked back and they would be rolling where I was…frustrating! This seemed to happen to me all morning! I have learned so I thought that I never chase them they will come. [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] The second day I stayed put and on time they were there! We jumped 3 in 45 minutes estimated about 100 lbs each. The last fish eat a Rapala X Rap and had him on for about [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]40 minutes, he was a little bigger about 130 lbs but as we went to boat him we broke the rod tip and severed the braided line somehow. At least it was fun.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]The couple of afternoons after Tarpon fishing we have found many nice Snook laid up[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]In potholes around Flamingo, most have been spooky with the full moon I think but we managed to get 3 or 4 nice fish.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]If the next couple of weeks stays warm fishing in Florida bay should remain good using live bait for Redfish, Snook and Tarpon around moving water eddies points and creek mouths.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]In Biscayne Bay there have been some small schools of Bonefish seen on the east side of the bay and I have not seen many Permit.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] As the winter approaches and water temps fall we will have a good Mutton Snapper bite in Biscayne Bay, some Mutton will get 12 to 15 lbs on light test and that is a blast, also Spanish Mackerel Grouper and some Cobia. Live Pilchards are best bet.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] Bonefish should remain through the cooler months for people looking to fly fish as long as we don’t get any real bad cold spells, that will push the fish away for a couple of days until a warming trend starts which generally will make the fish warm themselves and eat real good just like the Tarpon in the back bays.[/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"] Good luck and be safe. Capt. Jim Hale[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font][url "http://www.floridasportfishingcharters.com/"][font "Times New Roman"]www.floridasportfishingcharters.com[/font][/url][font "Times New Roman"] [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] Or drop me a line at [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"] [/font][url "mailto:jim@floridasportfishingcharters.com"][font "Times New Roman"][#0000ff]jim@floridasportfishingcharters.com[/#0000ff][/font][/url]
[font "Times New Roman"] 786-255-1788[/font]
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