Redfish In North Biscayne Bay - Fall Fishing Season Has Started
Capt. Alan Sherman
October 5, 2011
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
Before I start my new fishing update report I must let you know about the four redfish that we have caught in North Biscayne Bay in the last two months. These fish were not big being 17 to 20 inches but I haven't caught or a client of mine hasn't caught a redfish in North Biscayne Bay for over 20 years. I know that people do catch them in the Bay because they report it to me on occasions but even though I knew they were being caught we hadn't caught them until now. All were caught on live pilchards fished under a Cajun Thunder float. I suspect that it was the hard rains that we had months ago that pushed them out of the most brackish areas that I believe they hold in to areas that I fish in North Biscayne Bay. I am very excited about catching these fish in North Biscayne Bay because I have always thought that there should be large populations in the Bay especially up in the Greynolds Park area where the waters are normally more brackish and oysters live. Of the four reds caught three were caught by one angler on two different trips in two different spots and the other one was caught by an angler that knew the other angler.
 Pat And Redfish
The first cold front of 2011's fall season arrived last week dropping water temperatures here in South Florida three or four degrees. That may not sound like a lot to most people but add a few more degrees to that number and that is what the migratory fish felt further up the coast striking off an alarm in their small brains and making their tails move fast in a southerly direction that is towards South Florida. This happens every year at about this time starting the beginning of the Fall Migration that I for one am always looking forward to. For weeks schools of large silver and black mullet have been holding in North Biscayne Bay and now they have schools of finger mullet and pilchards joining them. Schools of Spanish sardines will be here soon and as of this week schools of flying fish are thick offshore. Feeding on the bay baitfish schools have been snook, tarpon, barracudas, small jacks, ladyfish, sea trout, snappers and a few bluefish.
Offshore we have seen a few nice kingfish runs, quite a few small wahoos, and some blackfin and skip jack tuna, cero mackerel, bonitos, dolphins and mutton snappers. All of this has made for some pretty good fishing in comfortable temperatures but this is only the start! The real fishing hasn't started yet! That will happen when large schools of Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pompano, big ladyfish and large jacks move into the bay and offshore the big kingfish schools, blackfin tuna, dolphins and sailfish start feeding on the sardines and flying fish and we are just a few days or weeks from that happening.
Fishing in South Bay is about a month away unless the weather gets cold real fast. When the temperatures are right we will be getting a nice assortment of groupers, snappers, bluefish, porgies, Spanish mackerel, jacks and a few pompano.
I haven't had many requests for fishing Flamingo but this is the time to be there. With water temperatures dropping but still warm snook, redfish, tarpon and many other species will be hungry and available all day.
All of the action that we have had recently has come on free lined pilchards hooked to a 1/0 short shank or long shank Mustad Ultra Point hook or with Cajun Thunder floats and live pilchards and on Rapala X Raps, Flat Raps, Clackin Minnows, Skitter Walks, Sub Walks and Twitchin Raps and on Hookup lures tipped with a Trigger X bait or a Gulp bait. Offshore we have been hooking our live baits to a Gerry Rig Live Bait Clip. This clip doesn't injure the bait keeping it frisky for a long time.
Check out the October Issue of Florida Sportsman magazine to see my article on Tripletail fishing on page 14.
My new boat has 25 hours on it and is ready to go. Everything new and working the way it's supposed to. The Yamaha SHO 250 Four Stroke is purring away and the 22' Pathfinder is sliding through the water smoother than ever. My new Frigid Rigid cooler is in place and my new Tempress seats are fastened in tight. The Minn Kota Talon is quiet and has given me a full extra foot of anchoring depth. My new Minn Kota I-Pilot trolling motor is quiet as well and the GPS lets me do so many things it is really amazing. I am getting better with my new Humminbird 1197c SI.
I have open dates for the next month so give me a call and let's go catch some big trout, snook, tarpon, redfish, jacks, ladyfish, mackerel, kingfish, dolphins and tunas.
Give me a call at 786-436-2064 or e-mail me at shermana@bellsouth.net.
Look me up on Facebook at Get Em Sportfishing Charters!
Let's go catch some Fish!
Check out my new web site to read about the weekly catches and to see your pictures.
www.getemsportfishing.com
shermana@bellsouth.net
Rick Berry of Key Largo Rods (www.keylargorods.com) recently got in a new shipment of jigging rods. There model numbers are 843 and 844. These are 7 foot spinning rods with a lot of beef that will easily handle 12 to 30 and 15 to 40 pound braided line and a one to two ounce vertical jig. I have been using them for live bait fishing for snook, tarpon, sailfish, bonitos and dolphins and am very excited about the strength and feel of these new rods. I can't wait to give them a shot on snapper and grouper on the reefs! Check out the Key Largo Rods web site or give the shop a call and have a few made up.
Want to stay cool and look like you belong on the water? Than gear up with some Columbia Sportswear! For starters slip on a pair of cool fitting and quick drying Aruba III Zip Off Pants. They are so light you won't even know you're wearing them and they quickly turn into shorts if you feel the need. Find yourself in Flamingo in Everglades National Park where at times bugs can be a problem then add The Bug Shield long sleeve shirt that has the new Insect Blocker technology that keeps six-legged pests at bay and it offers Omni-Shade UPF 40 sun protection, and Omni-Wick advanced evaporation technology that keeps you cool, dry, and collected - leaving you free to focus on the adventure at hand. And then last but not least slip on a pair of Omni Free gloves and neck-buff that is outfitted with a UPF 30 sun protection enough sun protection to get the Skin Cancer Foundation's seal of recommendation.
Check out my report in the Miami Herald's Sports section under Fishing Updates each Thursday, the Florida Sportsman Magazines South Florida Internet Fishing Report (www.floridaspotsman.com), my monthly Action Spotter Fishing Report for the South Region in the Florida Sportsman Magazine each month.
I have been wearing a lot of Columbia Sports Wear on my fishing charters and the new Blood & Guts shirts are amazing. I have had mackerel, cobia and snook just splatter me with blood and one good washing and the shirts are as good as new. Check out their web site at www.columbia.com
Sponsors: Yamaha, Bob Hewes Boats, Maverick, Minn Kota, Lowrance Electronics, Daiwa, General Motors & Chevrolet, Rapala, Suffix, Trigger X, Mustad, Pure Fishing, Gulp, Berkley, Precision Tackle, Cajun Thunders, Capt. Hank Brown's Hookup Lures, Hydro Glow Lights, Saltwater Assassins, Key Largo Rods, Lee Fisher Cast Nets, Smartshield, Master Repair in Stuart Florida, Power Pole, Stow Master Nets, superfishlight.com, Columbia Wear, Tempress Seating, Aluminum Fabricating Inc.
Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
786-436-2064
www.getemsportfishing.com
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
Miami Fishing Forecast
I expect the fishing to be pretty consistent for the next three or four months with lots of SEA TROUT, JACK CREVALLES, LADYFISH, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in FLAMINGO in EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK will have a huge amount of wildlife like the WHITE PELICANS, ROSEATTE SPOONBILLS, SKIMMER BIRDS,GULLS, OSPREYS, EAGLES, TERNS, EGRETS, HERONS, ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES, BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS, MANATTEES, SHARKS and TURTLES and of course the wide variety of fish that migrate into FLORIDA BAY and the GULF waters during the cooler months of the year. SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SEA TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD, TRIIPLETAIL, BLACK DRUM, SNAPPER, GOLIATH AND GAG GROUPER, POMOPANO, COBIA, MACKEREL, PERMITS, BLUEFISH and I'm sure I am leaving a few other fish species out will be available to all anglers at one time or another throughout the rest of the Fall and Winter months.
Target Species
SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SHARKS, DOLPHINS, SAILFISH, TRIPLETAIL
Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
www.getemsportfishing.com.
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
786-436-2064
Inshore Fishing in North Biscayne Bay is Red Hot!
Capt. Alan Sherman
September 17, 2011
Miami - Saltwater Fishing Report
 Get Em Sportfishing
As I sit in front of my computer writing this fishing update in the middle of Biscayne Bay from Dumfoundling Bay south to Ocean Reef schools of medium to large silver and black mullet have settled into South Florida after being pushed into our region a little early by Hurricane Irene. The first schools of finger mullet are starting to arrive as well. During a normal late summer and the beginning of Fall these baitfish schools arrive during the last week of September or during the whole month of October but these mullet schools are ahead of schedule and have been in the Bay for at least two weeks attracting the attention of the only fish in the Bay that can eat them. And that would be tarpon of all sizes, snook, jack crevalles and large sea trout and barracudas. Soon schools of small and medium sized bluefish, large jacks, sharks and some huge tarpon and monster ladyfish will join in on the feeding frenzy. As water temperatures cool down further north pilchards, Spanish sardines and threadfin herring will follow the mullet schools and that is when our fishing in South Florida will really take off. Read further and I will explain!
 Alexander And Trout
In North Biscayne Bay tarpon from 10 pound fish to tarpon of over 100 pounds are feeding at times throughout the day on the mullet schools. A few big snook that have finished spawning are feeding right alongside of the tarpon. Sea trout, snappers, ladyfish and barracudas are eating small summer baitfish that has been holding over the grass flats. Bluefish and even a few pompano have been around these baitfish schools as well. Throwing Rapala Clackin Minnows, Rapala X Raps, Skitter Walks and Sub Walks have been scoring on all of these fish when fished along the edges and over the tops of the shallow grass flats. Casting live threadfin herring, pilchards and mullet and the Rapala plugs has helped us score on lots of tarpon strikes but all of the fish that ate our baits including our plugs spit the hooks on the jump or broke off except for the 39 inch 16 pound snook that I released on a live threadfin herring cast up into a few inches of water where what we thought was a tarpon feeding on mullet but obviously it turned out to be that snook. This fishing will only get better when the schools of bluefish, mackerels and big jacks arrive.
 Alexander And Ladyfish
Offshore fishing has been a bit disappointing though. But this can change overnight! When the schools of baitfish start their big push southward schools of bluefish, Spanish mackerel, pompano, big jack crevalles, large ladyfish, big tarpon, snook and sharks will be right behind them. Then as some of these baitfish schools move further offshore the kingfish schools, sailfish, bonitos and blackfin tuna and of course dolphins will be right there waiting for them. This is some of the most exciting fishing will see all year. Grab your casting gear and the plugs and artificial lures you have been hoarding and cast these lures along the edges of the feeding frenzies taking place along the beaches and offshore under the birds and hang on.
 Dolphin And Skitter Walk
Fishing in Flamingo is on fire as well. Hit the right spot on the right tide and redfish, snook, tarpon, jacks, snapper, ladyfish and sharks are there waiting for you. Add to that tripletail, sea trout, bluefish and Spanish mackerel and you have a full day of hot fishing.
 Sea Trout And Clackin Minnow
I sold my 2008 Pathfinder last week and now have my new 2012 Pathfinder 22' Tournament XL with a 2012 Yamaha VMAX SHO 250 Four Stroke outboard. The new Get Em is equipped with a Minn Kota Talon shallow water anchor and I Pilot trolling motor and a Humminbird side scan depth recorder. The boat has all of the added options of my last boat and is trailered by a new Continental trailer. The new trolling motor has added all kinds of options to my fishing and the Talon has given me an extra foot of anchoring depth. The Humminbird recorder has so many features it will take me a few weeks to figure it out.
 Zach And Tarpon - See if you can spot the Tarpon in this picture plus the Rapala Clackin Minnow int it's mouth.
I have plenty of open dates for the next month so give me a call and lets go catch some big trout and tarpon.
Give me a call at 786-436-2064 or e-mail me at shermana@bellsouth.net.
Let's go catch some Fish!
Check out my new web site and to read about the weekly catches and to see your pictures.
getemsportfishing.com
shermana@bellsouth.net.
Rick Berry of Key Largo Rods (www.keylargorods.com) recently got in a new shipment of jigging rods. There model numbers are 843 and 844. These are 7 foot spinning rods with a lot of beef that will easily handle 12 to 30 and 15 to 40 pound braided line and a one to two ounce vertical jig. I have been using them for live bait fishing for snook, tarpon, sailfish, bonitos and dolphins and am very excited about the strength and feel of these new rods. I can't wait to give them a shot on snapper and grouper on the reefs! Check out the Key Largo Rods web site or give the shop a call and have a few made up.
 Yamaha And Minn Kota Snook
Want to stay cool and look like you belong on the water? Than gear up with some Columbia Sportswear! For starters slip on a pair of cool fitting and quick drying Aruba III Zip Off Pants. They are so light you won't even know you're wearing them and they quickly turn into shorts if you feel the need. Find yourself in Flamingo in Everglades National Park where at times bugs can be a problem then add The Bug Shield long sleeve shirt that has the new Insect Blocker technology that keeps six-legged pests at bay and it offers Omni-Shade UPF 40 sun protection, and Omni-Wick advanced evaporation technology that keeps you cool, dry, and collected - leaving you free to focus on the adventure at hand. And then last but not least slip on a pair of Omni Free gloves and neck-buff that is outfitted with a UPF 30 sun protection enough sun protection to get the Skin Cancer Foundation's seal of recommendation.
Check out my report in the Miami Herald's Sports section under Fishing Updates each Thursday, the Florida Sportsman Magazines South Florida Internet Fishing Report (www.floridaspotsman.com), my monthly Action Spotter Fishing Report for the South Region in the Florida Sportsman Magazine each month.
Sea Trout And Clackin Minnow
I have been wearing a lot of Columbia Sports Wear on my fishing charters and the new Blood & Guts shirts are amazing. I have had mackerel, cobia and snook just splatter me with blood and one good washing and the shirts are as good as new. Check out their web site at www.columbia.com
Sponsors: Yamaha, Bob Hewes Boats, Maverick, Minn Kota, Lowrance Electronics, Daiwa, General Motors & Chevrolet, Rapala, Suffix, Trigger X, Mustad, Pure Fishing, Gulp, Berkley, Precision Tackle, Cajun Thunders, Capt. Hank Brown's Hookup Lures, Hydro Glow Lights, Saltwater Assassins, Key Largo Rods, Lee Fisher Cast Nets, Smartshield, Master Repair in Stuart Florida, Power Pole, Stow Master Nets, superfishlight.com, Columbia Wear, Tempress Seating, Aluminum Fabricating Inc.
Capt. Alan Sherman
"Get Em" Sportfishing Charters
786-436-2064
getemsportfishing.com
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Action Spotter Report South Region
Field Editor of the Florida Sportsman Magazines Internet Fishing Forecast South Region
Editor of the Miami Heralds South Florida Fishing Report Thursdays Edition
Miami Fishing Forecast
I expect the fishing to be pretty consistent for the next three or four months with lots of SEA TROUT, JACK CREVALLES, LADYFISH, BARRACUDAS, SNOOK, TARPON in NORTH BISCAYNE BAY and OFFSHORE of MIAMI KINGFISH SAILFISH and DOLPHINS available on the calmer days and in FLAMINGO in EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK will have a huge amount of wildlife like the WHITE PELICANS, ROSEATTE SPOONBILLS, SKIMMER BIRDS,GULLS, OSPREYS, EAGLES, TERNS, EGRETS, HERONS, ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES, BOTTLE NOSED DOLPHINS, MANATTEES, SHARKS and TURTLES and of course the wide variety of fish that migrate into FLORIDA BAY and the GULF waters during the cooler months of the year. SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SEA TROUT, SHEEPSHEAD, TRIIPLETAIL, BLACK DRUM, SNAPPER, GOLIATH AND GAG GROUPER, POMOPANO, COBIA, MACKEREL, PERMITS, BLUEFISH and I'm sure I am leaving a few other fish species out will be available to all anglers at one time or another throughout the rest of the Summer.
Target Species
LARGEMOUTH BASS, SNOOK, TARPON, REDFISH, SHARKS, DOLPHINS, SAILFISH, TRIPLETAIL
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