I recently returned from my first of two "business" trips to Miami. I managed to fish a few days this go around with mixed results. The first two days brought 20+ knots of wind and a tide that was working against us. To say the least, it was tough fishing in a flats boat and resulted in no fish. I managed to cast to several Bones and saw a few Tarpon but it just didn't happen. Day three was a different story. We found several Bones and Permits on the flats in the am, but with a friend who came along it made casting to the fish a bit challenging. They were super spooky and tough to see with a bit of chop (at least for me). I did manage one bone (around 7 lbs) and saw several Tarpon migrating north but we couldn't get any of them to bite. We then made our way into Biscayne Bay and had plenty of Jacks, Groupers, Snappers and even a few sharks. The highlight was a 140-150lb Tarpon my buddy caught which took about two hours to land. It was an amazing site and certainly the biggest inshore fish I've seen caught. The trip was a good start to getting a Florida Grand Slam (Tarpon, Bone Fish and Permit). I saw some crazy stuff down there including a 35' foot boat (loaded with kids) get detached from a Ford Explorer (way undersized vehicle for the boat) go rolling down the ramp at 15 MPH and slam into the water then the dock. Our guess was they were using a smaller ball then the trailer required, lucky no one was hurt. Can't wait to try it again next week!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment