Today I fished a husband and wife duo from Nebraska in Biscayne Bay. We began our day in the afternoon and found ourselves playing musical storms for the first two hours of our half day trip. My main concentration for the day was finding the schools of mullet heading down the western side of Biscayne Bay in hopes of finding hungry Tarpon and Snook busting into the bait balls. Our first school we spotted was getting torn up by a few large barracuda’s but by the second we were able to hook up and jump a 30-40 pound Tarpon with a Rapala Skitterwalk. By the time this little bit of excitement was over we were forced to move again from a lingering dark cloud. Our next stop was one of the narrow creeks in the Coral Gables area in search for Snook and Mangrove Snapper. Because the current was pouring out of the creek I felt the best bet was to hang a chum bag over the side to see what we could bring behind the boat. We were in luck, within 10 minutes we had a nice school of mangrove snappers ready and eager to bite our live shrimp on ¼ jig heads. We finished our snapper fishing with 5 Mangrove Snappers over 14” which will be perfect for tonight’s dinner. This really salvaged the day because shortly later we were forced to run back to the ramp to get away from a really heavy lightning storm.

Tight Lines and Get Out There and Fish!


Captain Rich Smith is a Native South Florida Full Time Fishing Guide based out of Homestead, Florida. He fishes Biscayne Bay, Everglades National Park and the Upper Florida Keys. If you would like to get in touch with the captain you can reach him at www.CaptainRichSmith.com or (786) 299 - 4813