Flamingo Nov. 2, 2008

Report Date: November 3, 2008

Fished in Flamingo yesterday during a two boat charter organized by my fellow Capt. Pete. We met our two groups of three fishermen at 7:15 in the morning on the Florida Bay boat ramp and headed into Snake Bight Channel on the beginning of the outgoing tide. In no time at all the guys were hooked up to jack crevalles, ladyfish and lots of sea trout that are now out of season. My anglers Peter and his sons Arthur and Barry were catching or getting hit on every cast as they threw live shrimp on a Cajun thunder and on ¼ ounce Hook Up lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp. Peter was throwing the artificial and jumped a small snook. Capt. Pete was eager to move on and catch the tide in East Cape Canal so we headed north only to find very dirty and muddy water due to the high winds from the recent cold front. Capt. Pete said his three anglers wanted to catch some eating fish for the table so we headed out into the Gulf and anchored in one of Capt. Pete’s favorite spots. Moments after putting the chum over board the guys were hooking up with large lane snappers, mangrove snappers, small gag groupers, bluefish, large Spanish mackerel plus exciting action on small cobia, pompano and an 11 lb. Goliath grouper. After two hours of non stop action we decided to get closer to the boat ramp. Capt. Pete took a steady line back towards the ramp and we headed closer to shore to take advantage of the calmer ride. Our track took us to an island I had recently had good snook action so we gave it a try before heading in. Peter had a live shrimp on a Cajun Thunder and as soon as the rig hit the water Peter’s Cajun thunder disappeared below the dingy water. He set the hook and was fast into a good fish. The fish made a long run and then bulled its way back to the boat where I was able to get my Stow Master net under it. A 28” snook! Nice way to finish off the day. At the cleaning station Peter told me he had entertained the idea of canceling our trip at the last moment due to the forecast of lots of rain on the Miami coast. He said he was glad he had not. Just goes too show you you can’t always trust a weather forecast, what happens on the east coast of Florida doesn’t always happen on the west side. In the future I suggested he leave the weather decisions to his Captain and he said he would.

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