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Alan Sherman

Pelican Harbor Boat Ramp, 1275 NE 79th St.
Miami, Florida, 33138, USA

3 adults

Alan Sherman, a U.S. Coast Guard-Licensed Captain, has been fishing the waters of South Florida for over 30 years. Today he specializes in no pressure, easy, light tackle fishing for children, novice and experienced anglers.

Fishing Report 2/18/2010

In Biscayne Bay I recently fished some of the representatives of Yamaha in Biscayne Bay where we caught sea trout, mutton snappers, red and black groupers, sand perch, grunts, barracudas, lizardfish and missed a Spanish mackerel twice all on live pilchards fished on a 1/0 Mustad Ultra Point Hook, Rapala X Raps, Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp and live shrimp fished under a Cajun Thunder float.

In Flamingo we fished in Whitewater Bay on a cool windy day and caught sea trout till our arms hurt in two different spots plus lots of mangrove snappers, jacks, ladyfish, Spanish mackerel and gag groupers top 23 inches. We spooked a large school of slot sized redfish as well. The action was had on Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp and Rapala X Raps. On another trip to Flamingo on a very cold day we fished for two hours before losing a shrimp to a 4 pound black drum. Our next bite came in the same area but only ate half of the shrimp. We moved on a found a 10 pound free floating tripletail that totally ignored our well placed shrimp. We fished our way into the backcountry and finally started catching some fish. Snappers, ladyfish and jacks! Not the glamour fish we were looking for but at least some action. The day was beautiful but the fish were not cooperating.

Took a shot at some largemouth bass out on Route 27 and found 20 hungry bass to two pounds that were eager to eat soft plastic worms. We had plenty of strikes and saw more big alligator’s than we cared to see in such a small area. Lots of birds as well!

Offshore anglers have had some luck on amberjacks, Spanish mackerel, large kingfish and a few sailfish and dolphins.

My son took a friend out to Chokoloskee and released nine snook up to 25 inches on sub surface plugs so there are a few snook still alive in the Glades!

Things should start warming up by next week so let’s get out there and see what we can catch.

Fishing Report 1/31/2010

The weather here in SOUTH FLORIDA has returned to normal and our fishing is coming back in a big way. The record cold spell did some serious damage to snook on the Gulf coast and up along the Atlantic side north of Broward County where water temperatures dropped to record lows. Small to medium sized tarpon took a hit in Everglades National Park and the peacock bass populations along with many of the exotics that live in the freshwater canals in some areas were totally wiped out. The good news is that this has happened a few times before in recent memory and all of these fish managed to come back in a large way. Snook populations did very well in the Miami area due to many deepwater areas that the fish fled to escape the cold.  Tarpon moved offshore where they were safe. Bonefish took a big hit but the schools are large and have already returned to the shallow flats. Peacock bass survived along with many exotics in the canals of Miami.

If you are looking for a fun fishing trip then you might want to join me on a fishing trip to SOUTH BISCAYNE BAY where the fishing has been almost nonstop. Mutton snappers have been coming over the rail by the dozens and though they are mostly under sized some have made it past the 16 inch required size to be kept and the fish that were just under sized were all caught on light tackle that put up a great fight.  Gag, black and red groupers are out of season but that hasn’t stopped my clients from catching them on live and dead baits and Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp. Some of these fish made it over the minimum size limit but were immediately returned to the water. Sharks, grunts, porgies, bluefish, bluerunners, rays, flounders and Spanish mackerel joined in on the action. On nearby grass flats sea trout where available in good numbers eating live shrimp or pilchards under a Cajun Thunder float and Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp. Large TARPON have been actively feeding on the Oceanside beaches of Miami. They have been eagerly feeding on large live shrimp slow drifted on medium heavy tackle. Some of these SILVER Giants are over 100 pounds. Freshwater fishing out in the Everglades has been outstanding with large numbers of largemouth bass being caught on soft plastic worms and floating Rapala plugs. Fishing in Flamingo continues to provide action from redfish, black drum, sheepshead, sea trout, jacks, ladyfish, lots of Spanish mackerel, bluefish, a few pompano and cobia.

Yesterday on a full day charter in South Biscayne Bay fishing live pilchards and shrimp, dead pilchards and Hookup lures tipped with a Gulp shrimp Joel D. Steve M. and his daughter Dana teamed up to catch over 10 mutton snappers to 17 inches, gag, red and black groupers to 21”s, sharks, rays, bluerunners and Spanish mackerel all on light tackle.

Snook, Trout, Redfish, Permit, Sharks, Baracuda and much more.

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