I had my morning trip with Brian and his daughter.  They wanted to try out fishing in Biscayne Bay while on vacation so we hit the flats and shark fished.  They ended up hooking 4 sharks and losing them all.  That was weird but that was not it.  We ran back to a flat at my favorite stage of the tide for a quick change up.  This one was more for Br...

Maria she's awesome and she brought her super cool friend Joe along for a full day of fishing the flats on fly and spin.  Maria had the fly rod and Joe had the spinning rod and we were targeting bonefish.  Well we had a great time and using shrimp Joe hooked and landed 4 bonefish on her first time bonefishing.  Wow!  Maria armed with the fly rod w...

Happy Father's Day everyone!  I was able to take Father's Day off because my Sunday charter rescheduled due to weather.  I was back yesterday with long time client Kevin and his friend Bart but we got run off the water by storms after losing two bonefish on fly.  Today was a different day as I worked an afternoon trip out of the Ocean Reef Club in...

I was down at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo today for a fun dad-son tournament as these dads were celebrating their sons graduation from Middle School.  I had Dave and his 14 year old son Hunter aboard and they told me to not stress out as they wanted to relax and have a good time.  So we did but we did go bonefishing.  To keep it light I decid...

This week’s fishing report consist of lots of Bonitas…. Both of The Marlin My Darlin Boats had large catches of Bonitas and Kingfish consistently this Week. We have also caught some larger barracudas including Two very nice Wahoos as well.... The post Fort Lauderdale Fishing Mid June first appeared on.

On Wednesday I had two trips.  My morning trip was with Gustavo from New Jersey originally from Argentina.  Gustavo has been fly fishing for a while but never in salt water so today was his first salt water fishing trip ever.  He didn't really know what he wanted to catch on fly as he just wanted to check things out.  Well this time of year the be...

Our summer run of Key largo's most acrobatic fish Mahi Mahi has begun. Also known as dorado and dolphin fish mahi are the fastest...

I love fishing with Alec and he brought his friend Mark along again.  This time we decided to skip fishing Biscayne Bay and fish in the Everglades.  Right off the bat Alec caught a nice snook on a lure and then Mark caught a trout lost a snook or two and maybe a redfish.  Heck we could have had a grand slam in the first 45 minutes of the trip!  Th...

Louis and I had to reschedule due to weather but we worked through it today.  Louis is a big fisherman and had caught tons of fish but he started fly fishing 2 years ago and wanted to catch a bonefish on fly.  I have to tell you the weather was tough with lots of breeze and cloud cover.  At our first spot a squall moved through and we got rained o...

If you are interested in catching fish and having a good time doing it give me a call at 305 333 8149. Key Largo Biscayne Bay and Flamingo trips available. Fishing has been good in the last 2 weeks should stay that way. Let’s go Catch em Capt Jim Hobales Instagram @ caught lookin charters

Well romantic for Ted and Lauren not for me.  I love fishing with Ted and today was the complete opposite of what we usually do since his girl Lauren was aboard.  They wanted to fish a bit and cruise a bit for two hours so we stayed close to the marina and bonefished for a bit while the weather across the bay cleared up and then we crossed.  Ted w...

This weeks fishing report has been good. Most of the boats have gone out and have caught at least some king fish if not full limits. Along with a box full of Bonitas. The offshore Mahi Mahi Fishing continues to... The post Fort Lauderdale fishing early June first appeared on.

Lisa had booked a trip for her kids to get out and so some fishing.  Well the kids wanted to catch anything that was fun and have a good time.  I have to tell you it was tough not going bonefishing with the perfect conditions we had but it's OK.  I took them to a channel to catch some bait and after keeping a few blue runners we were off to the fl...

Fishing springtime off Ft Lauderdale aboard Hooked Up   It has been a blast fishing Ft Lauderdale this spring while the Mahi have not shown up in the numbers we were expecting the Wahoo Black fin Tunas and the bottom fish have came through with happy anglers at the end of the day. It is probably the best year I’ve seen for tunas and Wahoo   The Sa...

Fishing springtime off Ft Lauderdale aboard Hooked Up It has been a blast fishing Fort Lauderdale this spring while the Mahi have not shown up in the numbers we were expecting the Wahoo Black fin Tunas and the bottom fish have came through with happy anglers at the end of the day. It is probably the best year I’ve seen for tunas and Wahoo The Sarg...

Man some guys are spoiled and my spoiled I mean Chad from TX and by spoiled I also mean a 13lb bonefish for his first bonefish ever. WHAT?!  Yes! Crazy!  Well this is what happened.  Chad and his friend Adam jump aboard and the morning was good but not slicked out no wind morning.  I ran to the spot I fished yesterday where we had all the tailing...

I took a few days off and was back to work today with local angler Henry and his friend Mike from S.C. and they wanted to fish the flats.  Well with perfect conditions fishing the flats means bonefish!  I started off fishing a point I like with the outgoing tide but the bones were MIA.  Hmmm that's weird.  OK on to the next flat and that was the t...

Positive news. Fort Lauderdale Florida – [05/23/23] – With safety of passengers and crew in mind an afternoon of drift fishing turned into a rescue mission. The Lois Ann drift fishing vessel part of the Lady Pamela Fishing Fleet spotted the overturned vessel and without hesitation the experienced crew of Captain Mitch and first mate Dominique … Con...

Flamingo was Red Hot this week I was down there 4 days and caught everything that swims. On Monday and Tuesday I fished with Paul Davis His friends Mie and John. Paul grew up across the street from me growing up his brother Bobby was actually my best man at my wedding. Its been 40 or so years since we have seen each other. They caught Snook Trout...

Today I had two trips and I can tell you I was not looking forward to it not because of the clients but because of the crazy boat traffic.  Well I launched the boat in the early morning craziness and long time clients Raja and Emily jumped aboard and left the insanity behind.  With fly rods in hand they had plenty of shots at bonefish as they crui...