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| Capt. Raul Montoro |
Fishing conditions: It's been typical tarpon season weather. Its getting hot and muggy and the tarpon fishing has been on fire! Watch out for the afternoon storms, pretty common for this time of year.
Inshore temperature: 85 Degrees F
Offshore temperature: 85 Degrees F
Type of bait fish are feeding on: Tarpon are feeding on shrimp, crabs, and mullet. Permit feed mainly on crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs. Bone fish are mainly feeding on shrimp this time of year, but will also take a small blue crab. As far as flies, the fly selection for this report section is very limited, I tie all my flies and are usually different from you can buy at a store. For tarpon right now depending on where you are fishing for them, can range form a all black dredge fly, to a small 1/0 olive and ginger toad style fly or a worm pattern in varies colors.
Fish species: Bonefish, Permit, Tarpon
Fishing season: Year round
Nearest airport: Miami and Ft. Lauderdale
Recommended fly fishing leader: 12 Foot Leader
Recommended fly fishing tippet: 16 Lb. Tippet
Best fly fishing rod: 9' 10 Weight Fly Rod
Best floating fly line: Saltwater All-Rounder WF Fly Line
Best sinking fly line: Clear Sink Tip Fly Line
Biscayne Bay is a large expanse of water that is bounded by Key Biscayne to the north, Key Largo to the south, the mainland of south Miami-Dade county to the west and numerous flats and Keys to the east. The ecosystem lies within the water of Biscayne National Park. This unique geography allows us to fish out of the wind on most days when necessary.
It's tarpon season, so that all I'm fishing for through the end of June and into The tides will be falling in the moring and coming in the rest of the day, so you will have to move around once the tide starts to fill in. Beside Tapon, Iv'e received reports that the bone fishing has been red hot as well.
Synopsis: moderate easterly winds continue through early this weekend, then shifting to a more southerly flow ahead of a front by late Saturday. Scattered showers and storms may bring locally hazardous marine conditions each day, especially for small craft. There will also be a small northeast swell of 2 to 3 feet affecting the Palm Beach waters tonight. .GULF STREAM HAZARDS...None. The approximate location of the west wall of the Gulf Stream as of May 09, 2019 at 1200 UTC... 10 nautical miles east southeast of Fowey Rocks. 7 nautical miles east of Port Everglades. 4 nautical miles east of Lake Worth. 9 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet. This data courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office. Tonight East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Chance of showers through the night. Chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Friday East southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers . Friday Night East southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Chance of showers through the night. Slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Saturday Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers. Saturday Night South southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Sunday South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunday Night Southwest winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Monday West southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light chop. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Monday Night West winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
