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...

Lem he can catch fish and this was our first time fishing together.  Over the course of three days the fishing kept improving slightly and we had great conversations and lots of laughs.  Lem sight casted a huge yellow jack on a bonefish flat then a big jack crevalle that got eaten by a 12' hammerhead shark just 20 feet from the boat on the flats a...

Local clients Maria and Elissa booked me for a half day after almost a year of them working way too much.  They always like to fish for dinner trade fish for mangos with their neighbor.  LOL  The first few spots proved slow with smaller snappers but the last two spots were the ticket and they took home several tasty yellow jacks for dinner.   Capt...

Warm weather sunny skies and suddenly we find ourselves halfway through May. The first half of May has been enjoyable and we have had charters of families with kids couples two bachelor parties and a corporate group outing aboard with... The post Fishing charters in Ft. Lauderdale Florida first appeared on.

Flipping corn cob mullets to drift over a ledge produced several nice Snook up to 32". Also a few barracuda were caught and released.

Kristin had contacted me a month ago and pre paid for her husband Telby's charter as a birthday gift.  After a few reschedules due to weather today was the day.  Telby wanted to fly fish for bonefish so off we went.  The first spot was the Telby landing four bonefish right off the bat within the first couple of hours and at one point he was hookin...

We are pleased to say in this report that our fishing charters have been consistently producing some nice fish for our anglers here @ Marlin My Darlin. Blackfin Tuna have been a catch on many recent charters and as you... The post Fishing charters in Fort Lauderdale first appeared on.

Man I was really looking forward to redemption with Tom as the first trip was rough.  Well today was better.  I made a long run to almost Key Largo in order to change the scenery.  We started off looking for tarpon on the oceanside flats and fished a few flats but the tarpon were MIA.  There were a few other skiffs working as well and I never saw...

050223 I had 2 good days at Flamingo this week and then headed to Key largo for a couple days. I fished with long time customers and friends Bob and Charlie Tuesday. There weren’t many people around. We started out with a Trout bite in Coot Bay and then worked our way north. Had a few Snook bites in Whitewater Bay along with some more Trout. I wen...

Larissa booked me at the last minute in order to get her 12 year old son Sascha out on the water.  They were great and Sascha wanted to catch everything so we focused on shark and he landed a nice bonnet head shark.  With the action dying off and only catching small snappers we decided to go for broke and get him a bonefish.  Well the bonefish kin...

I have to admit it's been a tough December so far well until this week.  The first week or so of December I was busy with charters and it was a grind.  The weather was good the moon phase was great and the water temps were perfect and yet fishing was a grind.  During this time we didn't catch and bonefish or snook and most of the trips were worki...