Miami Fishing Reports - Biscayne Bay Fishing Reports
Miami inshore Biscayne bay fishing report 4-23-21
I have been taking a lot of kids fishing these past couple weeks. hooked up to a big Miami tarpon for his birthday. We got what we call a leader release before breaking it off on the d ring in the front of the boat. Another big tarpon that his son got to finish off […]
Read More +Miami Biscayne bay fishing report April 12 2021
Tarpon have moved into the inshore areas of Miami and Biscayne bay. I have been hooking tarpon just about every day. with some very large ones. I fished with a couple of brothers that had a great day. they both hooked and landed a large tarpon apiece. I took this shot of one of the […]
Read More +Miami Biscayne bay shark fishing report feb. 2021
While we were fishing for lemon sharks and barracuda’s I saw a big muddy spot with some large fish splashing. So we headed over in the shallow water with the trolling motor and I could see 7 large lemon sharks that were feeding on something. As we got closer I used one of the barracuda […]
Read More +Miami inshore tarpon fishing and bone fishing Miami Jan. 11- 2021
We left the dock at Key Biscayne in search of catching some bone fish and tarpon. The weather was not bad, at all a little windy and some cloud cover. We started by fishing the flats of Biscayne bay for bone fish; the first spot we did not find any. I moved the boat to […]
Read More +Miami inshore fishing report Jan 6 2021
I will start off by telling you that I had a father, son and young daughter fly and bait fishing charter from Key Biscayne. First we got a great weather day and the son wanted to catch a tarpon. The father wanted to catch a bone fish on his fly rod. While his daughter was […]
Read More +Miami Biscayne bay shark fishing report Jan 2020
Shark fishing in Miami has been good this year we have been getting some large black tip sharks. We hooked one last week that jumped five times, ran the guys all over the boat, and we have been getting some over 100 pounds. They seem to run large this time of year. Black tip sharks […]
Read More +Teemu comes to Miami to fly fish for tarpon
I received an email from a very good fly fisherman from Finland. He was going to be staying in Fort Lauderdale and wanted to fly fish for tarpon and sharks. I have been guiding Teemu for at least 20 years and whenever he gets to South Florida we go fly fishing for mainly tarpon, but […]
Read More +Logan and Landon go shark fishing Miami
We booked a half day fishing for Sharks and Barracuda while fishing the flats of Biscayne Bay. We started out of Key Biscayne and needed to catch some fish for shark bait. We caught a couple small Barracudas the usually work very well. We had some good action while Barracuda fishing and hooked up to […]
Read More +Jon and Fulton go fishing in Miami
Jon and his son Fulton wanted to go fishing in Miami. They wanted to catch a tarpon and permit. Both can be very difficult fish to catch on some days and others it’s pretty easy. We started out with trying to catch the tarpon we tried some spots for them and had them around but […]
Read More +Paul and his son David come to Miami to catch a tarpon while fly fishing part two
Night two and we need to get David a tarpon on the fly rod. The weather is looking very iffy with some thunderstorms close to start off with. We get set up at the first spot and David is casting the fly good. We have some thunder storms inshore Miami and all of a sudden […]
Read More +Paul and his son David come to Miami to catch a tarpon while fly fishing
Paul gave me a call about fly fishing Miami for some tarpon. We were able to book the charter for some night tarpon fishing. We get started and David needs a little help with his fly fishing. I gave him a couple pointers with his fly cast and he picked that right up and a […]
Read More +Enrich goes fly fishing for tarpon in Miami
Enrich had come all the way from Austria in hopes of catching a tarpon while fly fishing. When he got to Miami he gave me a call as he was looking for a tarpon fly fishing guide. He had been traveling all around South Florida fly fishing with other guides from Pensacola down to Key […]
Read More +Inshore Sharks and tarpon fishing for Chris and his son
I got a call from Chris who was looking for a inshore fishing charter for tarpon fishing in Miami for him and his son. We decided that we could squeeze in some shark fishing also. He wanted to do some night fishing for the tarpon so we fished for sharks first thing. They caught shark […]
Read More +Braydon goes fly fishing in Miami
A fellow Miami fly fishing guide had gotten sick and was not able to take Braydon fly fishing in which I was able to help him out. Braydon wanted to sight fish tarpon with a fly rod. This is a very difficult challenge where you try to get the boat positioned in front of some […]
Read More +Man from Japan wants to go fly fishing in Miami
I got an email from a company called Miami Japan tours. They have a guy that is coming to Miami on business and would like to do some fly fishing while he is in Miami. After several emails we get it all put together. He wants a half day guided fishing trip in the morning […]
Read More +Melissa catches a couple sharks
I have had the pleasure of taking Rob Herman and his family fishing for around seven or eight years now. Rob love’s to fish inshore Miami for tarpon. We have caught several tarpon over the years. On this day I got to meet his daughter Melissa and do some tarpon fishing. They had fished the […]
Read More +Wade catches a big tarpon
Wades wife had a conference in south beach Miami and he got the green light to go do some inshore fishing. He gave me a call and we set up a half day charter. He has always wanted to catch a tarpon and it’s a good time of year for tarpon fishing in Miami. We […]
Read More +Jess and Mita both catch two big tarpon
I have had the pleasure of guiding Jess and his family for around five years now. He loves to catch big tarpon and big sharks. We headed out to fish inshore area very close to the boat ramp. We were out of the wind and just putting the line out when he gets hit big […]
Read More +Tarpon and sharks for David
David came down to Miami for an inshore fishing charter. I have guided him in the past and always look forward to fishing with him. He is a very good angler and a cool person. We started out first thing in the morning with some inshore tarpon fishing and hooked up right away. This was […]
Read More +Helga’s first fish ever
I have been guiding Teemu from Finland for around twelve to fifteen years now. He came to Miami for the tennis tournament and wanted to do a little fly fishing. He brought a friend and his daughter who is seventeen and has never been fishing before. We decided that her first fish should be a […]
Read More +tarpon on fly and bone fish
Mark likes to book me for night tarpon fishing charters that I launch my boat from Crandon Marina on the island of Key Biscayne. As we are heading out, all of the other Miami fishing guides are coming back in for the day. We get to fish Biscayne Bay by ourselves. We first go for […]
Read More +Big fish mark lives up to his name
I have been guide fishing; Mark, on the flats of Biscayne bay for over 18 years now. In those years of fishing he has gotten bit by the fly bug. Saltwater fly fishing is very difficult And yesterday we had winds of 20+ mph, straight out of the south. We were going for bonefish, but […]
Read More +Mike and his son catch a hammerhead shark
Mike and his son Teag came to Miami looking to take a inshore fishing charter. We started out fishing for black tip sharks but some storms with rain started to develop all around us. So we headed south to try for some lemon sharks on the flats of Biscayne bay. The fishing for lemon sharks […]
Read More +Big bull shark
Darrin was looking for a inshore Miami fishing guide so he could take his two sons flats fishing. He had tried some offshore fishing charters in the past and was looking to fish for some Big game fish in the shallow protected waters of Biscayne bay. We headed out to first catch some shark bait […]
Read More +Santiago’s inshore tarpon
Santiago and his brother came to Miami to find a fly fishing guide. They do a lot of fly fishing in there country of Chile. They are very experienced freshwater trout fisherman and wanted to try some saltwater fly fishing. We set out looking for tarpon in the inshore waters of Miami. The first couple […]
Read More +Kenny Finely’s giant jack
My nephew Kenny came down to south Florida for their first Baby Gender reveal party. I had promised the legendary flats fishing guide, Bob Branham, that I would help collect bone fish for BTT (bone fish tarpon trust). For some reason this crazy jack swam into about 18 to 20 inches of water and ate […]
Read More +Connor and Dane catch a big tarpon
Conner’s Mom called me looking to book a fishing charter for inshore Miami. The two sixteen year old young men were on spring break from Buffalo, NY. Both of them have been on several flats fishing charters down in the Keys, but have never fished out of Miami. We met up that morning, keeping in […]
Read More +Darryl and Jessica fishing Biscayne bay Sunday
Jessica was looking for a fly fishing guide for Miami. They were coming to Miami for a quick weekend fishing charter from Colorado. She booked a 3/4 day charter with me on Sunday. We headed out in search of some tarpon fishing on the inshore water of Miami. We found a nice group of rolling […]
Read More +Miami Inshore Fishing
It was a cold windy day we were searching for tarpon in the inshore waters of Miami. I saw a few frigate birds dipping down. It’s not common to find these birds doing that on the inshore waters of Miami I ran fast over to where they were dipping and saw a large and very […]
Read More +Fly Fishing Miami
Ozzy has always dreamed about catching a big tarpon on a fly rod. He came to Miami to see if he could get lucky enough to hook one. We found a large group of tarpon but could not get one to take the fly. After several hours and also tried lots of different flies we […]
Read More +Miami Shark Fishing
Ted came to Miami wanting to go shark fishing. But he gets seasick very easy. He called me and I told him we can shark fish in the flats of Biscayne where it’s too shallow for any waves or we can go inshore Miami and fish for sharks there. He got a very calm day […]
Read More +Miami Bone Fish
Keith came from New Jersey to escape the cold weather. He has always wanted to catch a bone fish. But had not had any luck fishing for them in the keys. So he thought he would give it a try out of Key Biscayne. We gat some great weather and some good bone fishing. He […]
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