Hello and Happy Holidays from Fin Hunter Charters!
We have had some great fishing between the recent cold fronts that started in early November. Unfortunately the arrival of the first real cold front of the year coincided with the start of the Redbone Celebrity Fishing Tournament. Confronted with high winds and cool temps it was a struggle to find Bonefish and Redfish , the targeted species for this event. This year I had the pleasure of fishing Hall of Fame baseball player Wade Boggs and Lake Erie bass fishing and walleye guide Jim Hanley. Electing to not make the cold and bumpy ride across Florida Bay to Flamingo we concentrated on trying to find few a Bonefish both days. Try we did but we only we managed a few shots on Sunday afternoon to a group of seemingly disinterested fish. I really hated not finding more fish and giving theses two accomplished anglers a better chance to catch some fish. A total of 36 boats containing 72 anglers caught and released 13 Bonefish and 32 Redfish in the two day event. A testimony to some of the great guides and anglers that fish this event each year. For info about the Redbone Fishing Tournaments go to www.redbone.org and for some great Lake Erie Bass and Walleye fishing visit my friend Jim Hanley's website at www.northeastoutdoors.com
There have been plenty of small redfish in the Flamingo area which bodes well for the future I am sure. In fact I have caught redfish in some areas that I never have before . Most of the reds have been smaller than the 18 inch minimum size but they are all fun to catch and when you can have double digit days on redfish of any size I think that's a great day of fishing. The snook have been showing up again and that fishing should improve as time goes on. The fishing in the Gulf of Mexico for Spanish Mackerel and Blacktip Sharks has been good of late and should continue over the winter months. So if you are looking to get away from the cold weather in the rest of the country and do a little fishing give me a call.
Happy Holidays and tight lines every one, Capt. Paul Hunt
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