December 2009

Hello everyone and Happy Holidays ! Thanks to all who took the time to go fishing with me this past year. It's hard to believe that 2009 is almost over. We still haven't felt the effects of winter weather here in south Florida yet, and in fact we have been experiencing some unseasonably warm weather as of late. This has had an effect on some of my favorite "winter" fishing spots most of all the nearby gulf of Mexico waters. The gulf is usually full of speedy Spanish mackerels this time of year as well as a few cobia and nice size triple tail. On a recent reconnaissance fishing trip to the gulf we managed only a hand full of Spanish macks, in the 6lb range, sighted a few nice cobias, and caught a half dozen or so undersized triple tails. We really need a strong cold front to push thru the area and cool the water off a bit to heat up the gulf action. I am sure it will happen soon and we will all be complaining how cold it is.

The fishing in the backcountry around the Flamingo area has been pretty consistent with snook ,redfish, seatrout as well as the familiar rodbenders, jacks, ladyfish etc. I had my good customer and friend Doug Williams on the boat a few weeks ago. Doug brought his friend Bruce Rueben and we fished around the island moats and runoffs near Flamingo and put a few snook and redfish in the boat as well as some jacks and snappers. Bruce and I fished the following day and Bruce caught several nice jack crevalles up to 8lbs on the fly rod and a few nice snook. There are a few photos of Bruce below with some of his flyrod catches. I am sure things are going to pick up the week of Christmas and the months that follow so if you are planning a trip to the keys and want to book a fishing trip in the backcountry or a Gulf of Mexico trip give me a call. This winter Jan./Mar I will be offering a 6 hour trip into the Gulf for up to 4 anglers on a 25ft Contender center console boat. This is a great boat that can accommodate a family of four very comfortably. I will be running these trips with my friend Capt. Tom Seever so there will be two of us to help you rig up, land fish etc. Call me for details on this great fun fishing trip.

Thats all for now have a wonderful Holiday Season, Tightlines Capt.Paul Hunt 305-393-2495

Summer/Fall fishing in the Keys and Biscayne Bay

Hello and thanks to everyone who took the time to fish with me this year and in the past. I recently moved my home to Homestead, Florida in March of 2009. I will still be fishing out of the World Wide Sportsman Marina in Islamorada, Florida , But I will now have the option of putting the boat on the trailer and fishing Biscayne Bay certain times ( July thru early Jan ) of the year. Also I will be able to access some areas inside the Everglades National Park specifically Whitewater Bay, Hell's Bay etc. So if you find yourself staying in the Miami area instead of the Keys I can arrange to bring the boat home the night before and meet you in the morning and launch the boat in Biscayne Bay or Flamingo saving you a long drive down to the Keys. There is some great fishing here closer to Miami and I plan to make it available to those of you who are interested. Feb thru May I plan to depart from World Wide in Islamorada with the remaining months being flexible as long as I know when your coming and where you are staying we can bring the boat closer to you. The other advantage would be on those cold windy days in January and February when it's blowing 25 out of the north instead of making that cold ride across Florida Bay now I have the option of putting the boat on the trailer and driving into the Park in the nice warm truck, launching at Flamingo and fishing there or Whitewater Bay. Might turn into a good day of fishing on a day you would have stayed at the dock. More options are good! Please keep me in mind if your staying in the Miami area.

We still have some great fishing for Redfish in the backcountry flats around Flamingo in August and of course Snook season will be opening up again in September. If you book me for 2 or more days in Aug or Sept. I will give you 10% off the regular charter prices. I have included a few photos from past fishing trips perhaps you will see one of yours here.

Thanks and tight lines everyone, Capt. Paul

Jan/Feb Report

January and February has brought some strong winter cold fronts causing the water temps to dive into the 50's. But we have also had some calm sunny days which makes it possible to make it out to the Gulf of Mexico to get in on some of the great winter time action that area offers. I spent several days fishing the Gulf waters with Steve Hudacek and we did well on the Spanish Mackerel from 4 to 6 lbs, lots of jacks and blue runners, a few nice Cobia up to 16lbs ,and some nice Tripletail that we caught of the trapline floats, I have a few pics of Steve (below) with some of his fish.

I had some of my Redbone Tournament anglers Brian and Joanna on the boat last week and we took a trip into the Gulf and found lots of Spanish Macks, blue runners, and also boated a nice Tripletail. Here is pic below of Brian and Joanna with a few Spanish Mackerel.

The fishing in the backcountry and the Flamingo area has been a little tougher due to the number of cold fronts and the extremely low tides we have had this year. There have been some good size snook and reds in the deeper channels and in the island moats but anglers have been working a little harder to find them.

The good fishing in the Gulf should continue until the middle or end of March and as our weather begins to settle into spring like conditions the Tarpon will begin to show and most guides will be focusing on Tarpon through late June. I will be offering 4 hour evening Tarpon trips starting in April. So if your thinking about Tarpon now is the time to book your April/May/June dates as everyone gets very busy that time of year. So give me a call 305-393-2495

Tightlines everyone , Capt. Paul Hunt