Deerfield Beach to Key Largo
Includes Pompano Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Homestead.

May 16-18

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Deerfield Beach to Key Largo & Flamingo to Cape Sable

Look for offshore waters to be on the calm side close to shore and then three to four feet out in the Gulf Stream due to a south to southwest wind on Friday and Saturday and then southwest to west on Sunday at 10 to 15 knots. South Florida will have a full moon on Monday so expect tides and maybe currents to be stronger then normal.

Pompano Beach, Port Everglades, Haulover, Government Cut to Ocean Reef

Offshore fishing has been outstanding with the recent easterly flow that we have been experiencing up and down the coast. Fishing from 100 feet out to 240 has produced kingfish into the 40 pound range, dolphins from little schoolies to fish over 30 pounds, some big cobias, lots of sailfish and blackfin tunas and on the bottom an assortment of snappers and groupers are being caught on the wrecks. A few genuine red snappers have been landed recently off of Government Cut on Bouncers Dusky with captain Bouncer Smith. Live pilchards and threadfin herring have been the bait of choice but a ballyhoo or dead Spanish Sardine fished on a one to three ounce jig has also produced some quality fish. Daytime swordfishing has been more productive then the night trips. Tarpon continue to reward anglers fishing around the ocean inlets with live crabs or large shrimp. High tide at Government Cut Friday night will be at 7:07.

North Biscayne Bay Inshore

Lots of sea trout with some over four pounds are being caught over the grass flats from Haulover Inlet south to Government Cut. A small pinfish suspended under a Cajun Thunder will weed out the smaller fish for you and get that two to four pound trout. Pinfish can be chummed to the boat over most grass flats and caught with a hair hook or a cast net. Live pilchards big enough to be put on a hook are hard to find in the bay. At night snapper, snook and small tarpon are biting under the bridges and dock lights and around the ocean inlets.

South Biscayne Bay

Look for bonefish on the shallow flats from Key Biscayne to Ocean Reef on the last of the falling tide and into the first couple hours of the outgoing tide. In the mornings and late afternoons you may find these fish tailing and the remainder of the day look fore the bonefish to be pushing water as they move from one flat to the next. Concentrate on depths from one and half feet to four feet of water. Have a live silver dollar sized blue crab ready just in case a permit cruises in range because more and more permit are showing up on the flats every day. Tarpon have been migrating south to the Keys along the Oceanside flats from Key Biscayne top Ocean reef. Throw a shiny small plug their way or a baitfish fly and you should get a quick strike. High tid e at Soldier Key on Saturday will be at 7:15 in the morning.

Flamingo in Everglades National Park

Windy weather conditions have made the waters of Florida bay dirty but anglers fishing the east side of Florida Bay have had some success with snook, redfish, sea trout and tarpon. Look for the cleaner water side of the flats and that’s where the best fishing has been. Mangrove snappers are moving into the channels and along the motes of many of the Florida Bay islands and can be caught on live shrimp or a chunk of pinfish fished on the bottom. Fishermen going into Whitewater Bay have had good success on tarpon, snook, redfish, sea trout, snapper and goliath groupers. Best action has been around the points where the tide is moving. Low tide at Flamingo in Florida Bay on Saturday will be at 9:23 AM and in Whitewater Bay low tide is at 9:48 AM .

By Captain Alan Sherman |shermana@bellsouth.net | Web Site

By Captain Alan Sherman, www.getemsportfishing.com |shermana@bellsouth.net | Web Site

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