Bonefishing

Bonefishing in Biscayne Bay is best from March to July and again from late September to December. However, fishing year round can be excellent. Especially with a little help from the weather and a good guide.

Fishing can get red hot in December, January and February if we get some 80 degree days strung together with the average fish weighing 9 to 11 pounds.

Consequently, in the late summer, fishing, after a thunderstorm has moved through, can be very exciting. Large schools of fish move thorough the newly cooled waters. Midday high tides also help keep the temperature on the flats tolerable for bonefish. This time of year the fish average between 5 to 8 pounds

John Elliott with his 12 pound Bonefish	Donna with a average size Bonefish for the month of September.
11 POUNDER!	Captain Rick Kilgore with a Bonefish on a fly
Fishing, after a thunderstorm has moved through , can be very exciting. Large schools of fish move thorough the newly cooled waters. Note arrow pointing to school.	Bill Thies with a Bonefish
Bill Elliot	Catch and Release
Arron with an 8 pounder	Joe Armstrong with his first Bonefish
Matt Fitzgerald with one of his hat trick of bonefish for the day	Richard Wilcox with one of two bonefish he caught  this day
Father and son Ryan & Rick Nystrand,  with one of a pair of bonefish Ryan caught that day	Here's Ryan with number two
Jim, from James Dean Custom Chopper Seats, with a nice bonefish	Here's Joel Dubey with one of two bonefish he caught on wet and overcast day
Al Pearson with a nice bonefish	Dan Beyer with a 12 pound bonefish
Here is Bill Cohen with one of three bonefish he hooked on this day, unfortunately this was the only one we got to the boat.	Here is Dominic, from California with his first bonefish, a nine pounder
Mike Santamasso with one bonefish	and here's number two

  Permit

Permit fishing can be excellent from March through November. Unlike bonefish, permit don't mind the hot temperatures of late summer and can be fished all day long. This works out well because bonefish will normally only feed on the flats during the early morming or late afternoon this time of year, leaving you the rest of the day to chase permit.

20 Pound Permit	\ Great Day...Great Fish!
A tired Bill Cohen after a long battle with this bruiser	It's all smiles for my daughter Jennifer after catching her first permit

Tarpon fishing in Fort Lauderdale and Miami from fall to spring can be spectacular with multiple catches and hookups common. The season starts with the fall mullet run, when fishing on the beaches can be phenomenal and goes on until spring when the water temperature warms and the tarpon begin their southern migration. It is during this time that the tarpon move into Biscayne Bay and travel down the shallow ocean side flats on their way to the Keys. This is when sightfishing for tarpon in 2 to 3 feet of water is at its best. At times, tarpon will also lay up in a little deeper water near Government Cut and areas around Key Biscayne where drift fishing with live bait can be red hot from sunrise until noon and again at sunset.

d Flyfishing at night landed a Tarpon!	Tarpon at night in Fort Lauderdale
Jim with  70 pounder	Bill Elloitt with a Ft Lauderdale tarpon

There are many other exciting species of fish in Biscayne Bay. They include: shark, baracudda, snook, snapper, Trout, ladyfish, bluefish and more, all depending on the time of year.

Shark caught on Fly	Snook
James with a nice Bull Shark
Rick Nystrand with a Mangrove Snapper, caught on a live Mullet while fishing for Tarpon in Ft Lauderdale	My daughter Rebecca with a cuda