biscayne bay fishing report June 16, 2008 The Tarpon fishing this season has been night and day difference compared to last year. The tarpon fishing in Biscayne Bay is still holding strong with fish starting to move back up north. Most of the fish I’ve been seeing have been north bounders and very little south bound fish. In the upper keys I am seeing a fifty-fifty of north bounder and south bounders. I usually travel to wherever the tarpon fishing has been the best. Bone-fishing has been excellent early in the morning and the later part of the afternoon. A well placed fly or shrimp has been doing the trick. Permit fishing has finally started to heat up. There have been lots of permit inside the bay especially when the weather has cooperated. Last Wednesday I was into a school of at least forty Permit. We landed two and lost one that was cut off by a sea fan. Flamingo has been red hot with fish everywhere. Redfish have been all over the grass flats on the eastern part of Florida bay. They have been tailing early in the morning and eating anything you put in front of them Snook have also been on the flat and on the beaches. On Memorial Day we caught 48 snook and left them bighting. The trout fishing has also been great on the deeper grass flats. It is not uncommon the catch one on every other cast. Now is a great time to fish if you want to fish Biscayne Bay and do not want to stay out all day because of the heat. I do many two a day trips now in the mid summer. I usually start at 6:00 Am to 10:00 AM and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM for those of you who can’t fish all day. If you’re interested in fishing Flamingo I only do full day trips. The fishing is on fire book a trip now and get it while it’s hot! Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com (786) 390-9069 16 Jun 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Tarpon time! For the past several weeks most of my trips have been chasing the all mighty silver king (Megalops Atlanticus) AKA Tarpon! These fish have been moving off Miami’s government cut and moving south towards the Florida Keys. The tarpon fishing has been consistent for the past several weeks now and only getting better as the air and water temperatures get warmer. For the most part my anglers and I have been fly fishing for tarpon on the ocean side flats, and at times either drifting craps for them in government cut early morning or in the evening when the conditions are right. When I’m not in Biscayne Bay targeting tarpon I’ll be in the Florida Keys fishing them anywhere from North Key Largo to Islamorada and the back-county of Florida Bay. The Tarpon fishing has been good down in the keys as well and I will let my anglers know where the fishing has been the most productive to give them the best opportunity at getting a fish of a life time. Tarpon season is in full force, and now is the time to book some day’s before they fill up. I will always recommend if you are serious about fly fishing for tarpon give yourself at least three to four days of fishing to give you the most opportunities at taking shots at fish. The permit fishing has been getting better and better each day in Biscayne Bay as well as the bonefishing. I myself have not chased to many permit and bonefish due to Tarpon season, but I have received several reports from other guides that it has been good. If chasing one of the big three is your thing give me a call and I’ll do what ever it takes to make your fishing experience the best one possible. Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com (786) 390-9069 13 May 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) biscayne bay fishing report april 1-9 Biscayne Bay bone-fishing has been really consistent this past week. Their have been plenty of bonefish tailing early in the morning giving us plenty of opportunities to catch them on fly. For the non fly anglers we’ve been casting a live shrimp hooked weed less with a small split shot. I’ve been finding the fish to be very aggressive this time of year, and eating a well placed fly or shrimp without being so spooky. This has to do with the water temperatures warming up and this makes them happy and feeding really well. I’ve been catching bonefish on almost every bonefish trip this past week, and it’s looking like it’s just going to keep getting better. Tarpon are starting to move through the ocean side of Biscayne Bay in decent numbers, but the windy conditions that we’ve been having, it has made it difficult to fish ocean side. I had a day off yesterday 4-8-08 and fished with a good friend of mine Capt. Randy Stalling from Key Largo and we went on the hunt for SILVER, tarpon that is. We headed towards Islamorada and were only outfitted with fly tackle and a box full of tarpon flies. The radar in the morning was calling for showers all day, but we went for it anyways. The seas were glassed out and after hitting a couple of productive spots we finally found some tarpon rolling and floating on the surface. These fish were spread out and difficult to find a pattern as to what they were doing. I was on the bow and I finally get a tarpon to roll in front of the boat and stay floating high on the water. I casted the fly right on him and he came from below and sucked the fly’ in and then it was game on. I had him for a few minutes before he spit the fly right back at me. After about an hour they shut off, so we kept searching with not much success. It was a weird day with not allot of activity in the water and they sky. I like to see baitfish jumping and birds diving, but that wasn’t the case yesterday. Permit fishing is still a little slow with the fish still spawning offshore. We did manage to have some shots at permit on the ocean side flats on Monday, but not as many as I would have like. I will give another couple of weeks, before that start to show up in good numbers. I am booking trips and filling up tarpon season fast, so if you want your shot at silver give me a call. If bonefish is your game, come on down and lets Rip Some Lips! Tight loops, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com 09 Apr 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) biscayne bay fishing report March 20 -29 2008 The past couple of weeks the fishing been tough do to the weather conditions. We were seeing winds up to 30 mph with a consistent 15 to 25 with overcast. This makes it tough when you’re trying to sight-fish for bonefish. There were some days that I even had to cancel or reschedule of how bad it was last week. The days we did make it out were ok. I fished with customer Bob Pet and managed a 9.5 lbs bonefish on spinning tackle during a half day trip while it was overcast and blowing 20 mph. Other day’s I did allot of chumming for bonefish because there was no way we were going to sight fish for them. We also caught other species such as lemon sharks, barracudas, Spanish mackerel. The early part of this week was looking promising. The winds were lying down and the sun was out. I fished Flamingo most of this week with plenty of snook and redfish and trout around. I’ve been using mainly artificial or flies and occasionally shrimp tipped jig. Yesterday we had a stellar day with 14 snook and 8 redfish all on artificial and all the trout you want. I had a day off on Wednesday and went scouting for tarpon out here in Biscayne Bay and started to see some migrating fish on the ocean side starting to move through. If it stays warm with no more cold fronts and 30 not winds we should see an early migration. Now is the time to start booking days for tarpon season if you want to take a shot at a fish of a life time. Capt. Raul Montoro (786) 390-9069 30 Mar 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) biscayne bay fishing Feb 28 to March 4 2008 This past week the fishing has been red hot in Biscayne Bay and Flamingo. It’s been windy and a little chilly in the beginning part of last week, but that hasn’t stopped the bonefish from feeding. We tagged and released seven bonefish in Biscayne Bay between seven and eleven pounds. Permit are starting to move through as well, but not in large numbers yet, we need another few weeks before it gets red hot for permit fishing. Flamingo has been awesome with plenty of redfish and snook on the flats. We have mainly been sight fishing using flies and artificial lures. I have March 11, 12, 13 open next week if you want to try to catch a fish of a life time give me a call. I also have some spots open for Tarpon season for you die hard fly fisherman in May and June. www.biscaynebayfishing.com Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com 04 Mar 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) biscaynebayfishing.com fishing report Hi everyone, The fishing has been steady for the past couple of weeks. I’ve been fishing Biscayne Bay or Flamingo during the day and a couple nights week fishing for tarpon at night in Northern Biscayne Bay. If you never tried night tarpon fishing it’s a blast, especially if you cant make it out during the day because of work. The tackle we use are fly rods or spinning outfits depending on what you want to do. This past week we had a loner eclipse and the tarpon were going crazy. I personally was not there to witness this, because I was in Islamorada fishing the BFC Back Country Fly Championship, but a good friend of mine was out that night and there was tarpon as far as you can see. On Monday February 18, we went 4 for 7 on tarpon. Biscayne bay has been heating up with bonefish and permit have started to move in already as well. The permit fishing is still not in full swing, but with the warmer water temperatures and the strong currents we has this past week, they have maid and early appearance. Flamingo has had steady tarpon action as long as the weather stays warm and calm. Snook and redfishng remains good and will only get better. This past week I had the privilege to fish good friend Marcelo in the First Annual Backcountry Fly Championship in Islamorada, Florida. The tournament was an invitational only tournament and capped off to only 25 anglers. The best of the best were fishing this tournament and it was tough competition. Out of 25 teams we came in 14th place. Looking forward to next years tournament to make a come back. I will be fishing Biscayne Bay most of the week and a few day’s in flamingo. It looks like we are going to have a good tarpon season this year and I still have some day’s open during tarpon season, so if you want to try your luck with a big Silver King on fly give me a call. Capt Raul Montoro 25 Feb 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Happy 2008 January 1-13, 2008 Happy New year to all and I want to wish everyone tight lines and good fishing for 2008. January 1 My new year started off with long time customer and good friend Emmanuel Pedron fishing Flamingo for snook and reds. I was kind of skeptical to go all the way down to flamingo because we were expecting the biggest cold front of the year with near freezing temperatures. This is rare for South Florida, so all of the farmers were getting ready for the big freeze. As I arrive to the park mother nature treated me with clear skies and five-knot winds. I new a soon as I arrived that the fishing was going to be good, because fish feed heavily prior to cold fronts. We caught reds, snook, Goliath Grouper (aka Jew Fish) sharks, snapper, trout and more. We caught at least ten different species throughout the day until around 2:00 pm when the front started moving through and so did the rain. At this point we had already caught plenty of fish and called it a day. For the next three day’s I don’t know to many people that went out fishing with the kind of whether we were having. I woke up at my usual time 4am on January 2, and it was 37 degrees outside. This means in Flamingo it is at least five to eight degrees colder and water surface temps must have dropped 20 degrees as well; this isn’t good for the fish. Sure enough I was able to get back out there on Saturday January 5, with anglers Luke and Jon. It was definitely warmer at 54 degrees when I arrived to Flamingo in the morning and the water temps were in the low 60’s. I know the fishing was going to be tough in the morning and I was hoping that the sun would stay out all day and start warming things up. After moving from spot to spot and not even seeing anything that resembled a fish, I decided to move further west to the cape and fish deeper water. Upon arrival I noticed dead fish everywhere! The rapid change in temperature didn’t give the fish enough time to adjust or to seek deeper water on time to get away from the Cold. We made the best of it and we managed one redfish and a few snook up to 34”. Below is a picture of Jon with his first ever Snook and biggest fish to date. January 6 I had the pleasure of fishing with Alex Cruz and thankfully the skies were clear and allot warmer then the day before. It’s amazing what a few degrees warmer can do to the fish. I decided to stick to fishing deep water and working points and structure with moving water. We had a great day with catching over 20 redfish and over 20 snook. We also caught black drum, snapper, and trout. January 9 I fished with new customer J/C from New Jersey and found myself in flamingo again. He wanted to do a little sight fishing and I told him that our best bet was to concentrate on deeper water due to the cold front we just had. He said you’re the captain you know where the fish are. Sure enough the fish were still holding up in the creeks and channels and we managed at least a dozen snook and reds and five black drum. January 12 I had ½ day two-boat trip in Biscayne Bay. I called my good friend Capt. Jim Hobalis for the second boat and we took out Mike Zagorski and party. They had come down from Minnesota for a wedding so they had only a few hours to fish. I told mike that I was thinking bonefish, but the conditions were tough due to overcast all day and windy conditions. He said they just wanted to bend the rod on whatever is biting. I said ok and started the morning off by catching bait and ran to a nearby shoreline to catch barracudas. I tied on some gold spoons and caught fish and kept the rod bent with Barracuda, bar jacks, and snappers. They had a great time and went off to the wedding. January 13 Fished Biscayne Bay with Marcelo Sierra and our main targeted species was bonefish. We hit about half a dozen spots without a bonefish to be found. The overcast made it tough to see and at times would only give us about a five-minute window every 20 minutes with good visibility. Late in the trip I decided to try one more spot before heading in and as soon as I started poling there was plenty of life on the flat. Within 30 seconds of poling I was seeing muds from rays and bonefish. There were barracudas and sharks everywhere and I said to Marcelo that this was going to be good! We had a couple of shots at some mudders and finally a tough shot at about eight fish that were coming in hot. This was a tough shot into the wind blowing 15 to 20 and Marcelo maid a great cast. I said he’s going to eat! And with the strong current and heavy wind he didn’t feel the bite and didn’t set the hook on time. Oh well its bonefishing and it happens all the time. Marcelo is an avid bone fisherman and he knows how tough it can be, we’ll get them next time. If you are planning a trip and want to book a day or a couple of day’s of fishing, please try to call me ahead of time so I can fit you in. This is time of year I am booked in advance and it’s hard to fit someone in at the last minute. Pleas call and I will do my best to accommodate your needs. Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com 786-390-9069 14 Jan 2008 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) December 2007 December 2007 Fishing Report. The fishing in Biscayne Bay has consistent throughout the month of December. The bonfishing has been steady from Biscayne Bay to Key Largo. The areas between Stiltsville and Raged Keys have been producing the most concentration of fish in the northern part of Biscayne Bay. These areas are good because of the strong currents that push lots of water on and off the flats. Find good current and you should find the fish. At times when we are not seeing bonefish and I know that they should be moving a certain way on the flat, I’ll stake off an edge and chum them up. This is not the most glammer way of catching bonefish, but when the fish are not moving or tailing on the flats or the conditions are tuff, this is one of the most productive ways of getting them. Trust me it works! When the bonefishing is slow, there are other species of fish that are willing to play. There have been plenty of Spanish mackerel around and they are lots of fun on fly or like tackle. The fly of choice has been the good ole Clouser Minnow. You can’t go wrong with this fly, it catches everything. I’ve been tying them with synthetic hair (EP FIBER) verses buck tail. The synthetic hair holds up allot better than the natural stuff. There have also been plenty of large barracuda and sharks on the flats that are allot of fun on light tackle. Fishing in Flamingo (Everglades National Park) has been good as well. We had a good tarpon bite in Whitewater Bay in the beginning of the month and it lasted for about a week and a half. There are still some big tarpon around, but with the bad weather and the cold front we just got this past weekend most likely moved them offshore. The redfish and snook have been consistent along with plenty of other species that around this time of year. For you hardcore fly or light tackle fisherman or fisherwomen, I offer a one on one sight fishing adventure. It will be just you and me on my HB Glades skiff that floats in just inches of water and I can take you to places where many boats can’t reach. This is the ultimate in sight fishing and there is nothing more exciting than casting a fly at a laid up snook or redfish and watch them inhale your fly. If you’re up for the challenge give me a call. Tight line, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com Cell: (786) 390-9069 18 Dec 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Fall fishing during a cold front November 12, 2007 fishing report. We just had our first cold front come through this past week, with temperatures dropping to the low sixty’s in Miami and as low as fifty eight in Flamingo Everglades National Park. On Wednesday I met up with long time customer Manny Pedron at Crandon Park Marina to do a little night tarpon fishing. With the tide just right we headed to the first spot where the bait and the fish were MIA. We ended up setting up anyway because I new that once the tide started moving good the bait was going to show up and so will the tarpon. Well sure enough the mullet started pushing and the tarpon were right behind them. We had no mullet to through at them, but we did have some very nice hand picked shrimp. At first the bight was slow and we had are baits on the strike zone, so I dropped down the size of the leader from sixty to forty and this was the trick. As soon as we dropped our baits back we had the first bite. A nice thirty-pound poon that spit the hook after three jumps. We ended up jumping off and braking off several fish, but we did manage a few. Friday I found myself in Flamingo where the air temperature was 58 degrees. This is cold for us hear in South Florida. The Cold front had just come through the night before and this made the winds blow out of the north at 15 gusting to 20. I new the snook fishing was going to be slow first thing in the morning, so we ended up trout fish in a cove in White Water Bay. The trout were thick and they averaged from 15 to 21 inches. We then moved around fishing several protected areas where we managed a few snook and reds. This fishing was tough, but we did manage to find fish we just had to work a little harder for them. Sunday Fished Biscayne Bay and our plan were to catch a shark on Fly. We got on the water around 9:00 am and caught some ladyfish in the marina along with some jacks for chumming. The jack were a little on the small side, so we ran across the bay and fished a flat for barracudas. This is the best shark bait you can have because they stink really badly. After catching a few nice once we headed to the shark grounds. The tide was falling but not moving as much as I liked for it to be, so we ended up moving to another point off the flat where the current was allot stronger. It didn’t take long before the sharks started to show, but they wouldn’t get close enough to through the fly. Finally after awhile we had one come in hot and Alex Cruz was able to present the fly and the lemon shark was all over it. After a nice 10-minute battle with a few good runs, Alex put the hurting on this shark using is 12-wt fly rod. If sharking fishing is something you might be interested in give me a call, I promise you won’t be disappointed. Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com 12 Nov 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) THE FALL BITE IS ON! September 19, 2007 THE FALL BITE IS ON! Fishing has been good up and down the coast. The fall is here and this means cooler water temperatures and plenty of baitfish. The fall mullet run has already started up and down the east coast beaches and the fish are following them as well. Bonefish have been all over the flats in Biscayne Bay along with plenty of Permit still to be caught. The bonefish have been tailing really good early in the morning or late in the day. The ocean side flats have been holding the bigger schools of fish from South Biscayne Bay through Key Largo Flats. This is the advantage that we have here in Biscayne Bay. If the fishing is slow in Miami, you can run to north Key Largo and get into fish. Permit fishing has been steady all month long. So far this month we have already landed eight permit, which one of them was caught on fly. This is a good number considering that this is a slow month for charters right now and those eight were caught in six different trips. There were also many fish that we lost to sea fans or just popped off for no operant reason. Flamingo Fishing has been red hot still, with mixed bags on every outing. Redfish are all over the shallow flats right out front of Flamingo. These fish are tailing and moving in big schools. If you’re a fly fisherman and never caught a redfish before, now is the time to try it. Small Tarpon are still around the motes of the Islands, and the bigger fall tarpon are starting to show up on the Gulf Coast. Snook Season is open and we are catching them on the flats, around islands and river mouths. September is a great month to fish and there are plenty of fish around. If you want to get out there and try your luck give me a call. I also want to remind everyone that I also have a Hells Bay Glades Skiff, that I do one on one charter. This is for a more experienced angler, and a fly fisherman’s dreamboat. You can literally get right on top of the fish without them even knowing your there. Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com (786) 390-9069 19 Sep 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) PERMIT FISHING IS ON FIRE!!! August 17, 2007 PERMIT FISHING IS ON FIRE!!! I’ve been mainly fishing Biscayne Bay the past couple of months and the bay has been treating us really good. This time of year I like to start early mainly between 5:00 to 6:00 AM and be back at the dock no later then 2:00 pm. Or start at 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The reason for this is to get out of the mid day heat. The temperature has been between 92 and 96 degrees plus humidity that makes it feel even hotter. Our target species has mainly been permit, bonefish, and small tarpon. The earlier you get out the better. I usually start off with bonefish and permit at first light, this all depends on what kind of tide I have that morning that day. There are still tailing bonefish to be caught early in the morning as long as the water temperature doesn’t reach over 88 to 90 degrees. The warmer the water gets the deeper the bonefish get to find cooler water. When this happens all you need to do is change your game plan and find good moving water. I’ve been concentrating on channel edges and strip banks where there is stronger water flow and cooler water. Permit don’t mind the warmer water temperatures. Early in the morning or early evening You can find them tailing or fining on the surface looking for food. The permit fishing has been really consistent with many shots through out the day. Permit are not like bonefish, they don’t mind the warmer water temps. This time of year I fish allot of half-day trips due to the extreme mid day heat. I do many early morning and early evening trips. This is when the fishing is at it’s best during the month of August, so if you don’t want to spend a full day in the sun or want to do some permit and bone fishing after you get out of the office give me a call and lets go catch some fish! Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com Cell: (786) 390-9069 17 Aug 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Summer Time Fishing SUMMER TIME FISHING HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!! AND I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT. Let me start off with tarpon. Tarpon have been everywhere from Biscayne Bay ocean side flats, all the way to Florida bay. I’ve been getting out on the tarpon flats in Biscayne Bay before the crack of dawn. The fish have been actively feeding early in the morning and eating flies, lures, and crabs. The fly of choice has been a chartreuse tarpon bunny with a 1/0 or 2/0 owner hook. The same goes for tarpon fishing in Florida Bay, the earlier you get out there the better. For the past couple of weeks we’ve been casting lures at them early in the morning using sub- surface and top water lures. The tarpon have been anywhere from 10 to over 100 lbs. As the sun comes up I’ve been targeting them in the outer banks of Florida Bay using flies. With the bigger fish a 12WT fly rod is a must and with the smaller or laid up fish you can get away with a 10 or 11WT rod. Bone fishing and Permit fishing has been better then ever. I’ve been saying this for the past couple of months now and it just keeps getting better. . For first time anglers I highly recommend booking at least two day’s, this way you will have multiple shots at catching fish. Snook and Redfish have been phenomenal! I know I keep saying this about every species, but it’s that time of year where you can go out and pick and choose what kind of fish you want to catch. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been finding the same school time and time again. There is anywhere from 50 to 300 fish in this school. They have been aggressively feeding on pretty much anything you through at them. Soft plastics and flies have been the best. Snook have been anywhere from the shallow flats just outside Flamingo or all the way down the coast. Top water baits have been working well early in the morning, and then switch up to soft plastics or some kind of small lure. The key is to match the hatch, if they are feeding on mullet use a mullet pattern lure. If they feeding on minnows, one of my favorite minnow lures is the 19MR from MirroLure. I want to take some time and talk about fly-fishing. If you’re booking a trip with me or with any other guide for that matter, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, and PRACTICE!!!! I can’t stress this enough, especially if you have never site fished before. I’ve seen may anglers get frustrated on the water because their not able to make an accurate cast or be able to cast 60 or 70 feet. Then they ask me what they are doing wrong and I ask them, did you take the time and practice like I mentioned to you two months ago when you booked this trip? And the answer is always no I didn’t have the time. This type of fishing is one of the hardest and most rewarding type of fishing you can do. This is why I’m always saying to try to book at least 2 or 3 days so you can get the feel for seeing the fish and casting at moving targets. I also recommend if your going to book a fly trip, come alone. This way you have all the bow time to yourself and you don’t have to share it with anyone. Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro 26 Jun 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) bad weather fishing What can I say the weather patterns we’ve been having have been terrible? For the past two weeks the wind and rain have not stopped. It’s been blowing a consistent 15 to 25 MPH and making it very tough on sight fishing. The key to all this bad weather is to stay on the lee side of the wind. Bad weather and all the fishing have been good. This past week I was only able to fish three day’s and had to cancel several others due to the weather. In the three day’s I saw myself in Flamingo because I new this would be the best place to find cover from all this wind. All three day’s we caught snook, reds, trout, and small tarpon. I’ve mainly been fishing protected areas where there were plenty of baitfish and working the bait schools. This technique produces fish every time. We caught fish using artificial lures and flies, and sometimes a good ole shrimp and a jig. In the three day’s we caught over 20 snook 9 reds and one tarpon. I have some day’s open in June and July give me a call and lets go fishing. Capt. Raul (786) 390-9069 Picture of the week Ryan's first snook and the best part on fly. 30 May 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Spring Time Tarpon, Permit, and Bones! Spring Time Tarpon, Permit, and Bones! The weather patterns have been on point! Tarpon are starting to swim on the ocean side flats off Biscayne Bay, the bonefish have been everywhere, and the permit fishing is getting better and better with every trip. Snook and reds are all over the flats in Flamingo along with some big trout as well. This is my favorite time of year to fish, because there is everything going on. Last week I was fishing the 7th annual Herman Lucerne and Grossman Memorial Tournament. I had the pleasure of having on board retired Astronaut Bruce Melnick and Tournament MC Pete Johnson. This is one of my favorite tournaments to fish and one of the hardest. You need to catch seven different species in two days. The species consist of tarpon, snook, redfish, trout, bonefish, snapper, black drum or black bass. We caught several different species and lost a bunch of others. We didn’t win it this year, but I had a great time fishing with new friends and listening to all the great stories that Bruce was telling about his time in space. The tarpon are here and now is the time to book a trip. I highly recommend if you are booking a trip with a guide, give yourself at least two or three days to fish. This will give you the most opportunity at catching the big silver king and a possible chance at getting a Biscayne Bay Slam! Tight Lines Capt. Raul Montoro 01 May 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) SPRING TIME FISHING IS HERE SPRING TIME FISHING IS HERE! With spring here the fishing is only getting better and better everyday. The only downfall has been the wind, but this hasn’t stopped the fish from biting. I’ve been seeing myself fishing Biscayne Bay for the past several weeks now and the bone fishing has been real productive from the north end of Biscayne Bay to the south end of Biscayne Bay. Permit fishing has started to pick up and we have already landed several fish from 18 to 30 lbs in the month of March and it’s only going to get better. Tarpon fishing in the Backcountry of Flamingo has still been hit or miss; it all depends on what the conditions are doing. The tarpon fishing off the Miami bridges and Government Cut are starting to go off! This is a great time to get out there and try to land a world-class fish. I’ll be back in Flamingo for the next few day’s so when I get back I’ll let you guys know whats going on over there. I have some day’s open this month; if you want to get out there and catch some fish give me a call. Tight lines, Capt. Raul Montoro 04 Apr 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0) Everglades fishing Hi everyone; This time of year can be really good or really bad. Most of my trips the past couple of weeks have had me in Everglades National Park (Flamingo). . The winds have been strong and the cold fronts keep coming through, but the good thing about fishing the Glades is that there is always somewhere to hide out. On windy day’s I’ve been running through the backcountry and heading to the rivers and on others day’s fishing right out front of Flamingo and fishing around islands and working the shallow banks. This all depends on what the wind is doing. River fishing has been steady with a mix bag. On almost every outing to the rivers we have been catching plenty of Gag grouper with a few keepers in between. Spanish Mackerel have been everywhere from the river mouths, to the gulf wrecks along with some Cobia as well. Snook fishing has been descent as long as the water temperature stays warm. Redfish have been consistent on the grass flats as well as deep troughs and runoffs. Tarpon fishing has been hit or miss, but any day now they will be in full force in White Water Bay. If you have never experienced this before, it’s a must do on your to do list. Until next time, Capt. Raul Montoro www.biscaynebayfishing.com 07 Feb 2007 by Captain Raul Montoro comments (0)

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