jolidl1

Hi to all you fishing folks. We will be camping at Bahia Honda for two weeks in May. Only have a 10'6" rubber boat with 8 hp motor. Any fishing tips for that area would be nice. I know we have the bridges to fish under and the rocks along the bank in places from the boat. Mostly on the gulf side. Hope to show a 6 year old granddaughter how to fish and have fun. Fishing will not be limited to the boat. Thanks Jim

gafish912

where is bahia honda

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jolidl1

State park, Just south of Marathon, past 7 mile bridge. Beautiful area . jim

gafish912

kool i wana go souht and fish so bad, tired of makin these long runs up here

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evernic

There are some deep holes just east of the bridge that used to produce some good snapper and grouper, I haven't fished there for a couple of years, good tarpon, snapper fishing right around the bridge too. enjoy, teaching a grandaughter to fish is a wonderful thing

gafish912

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evernic

Just had another thought, i never tried it at bahia Honda, but at Lower matecumbe, we used to troll giant plugs,,big cisco kid, 8"-10" magnums on the gulf side in the channels between the flats and get some unbelievable grouper. should work at BH on the gulf side

gafish912

do they have good offshore fishing

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evernic

Excellent, charter or head boats out of marathon, most offshore species
Yf,Blkfin tunas in now, along with dolphin,kings,sails,,,,,,, cobia close to shore

gafish912

dang sounds good to me! how far is the usual run offshore. any wahoo? i wanna go down there now!!

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evernic

From marathon, the drop off for deep water is about 7 miles, inside of that are a lot of reefs for mackeral,kings,cobias, outside for dolphin sometimes they are out 20 miles. tuna, most wahoo are caught in winter, some around all year

i do most offshore from where I live in north miami beach,1.5- 2 miles out for kings, reef edge, 2 to 20 miles for dolphin just depends

gafish912

what kind of boat are you in evernic?

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evernic

I'll tell you if you PROMISE not to bash, i have a 2000 Trophy 2802WA, 2x225mercEFI, i 've fished it for 5 yrs and have had NO problems, 2 bimini trips, 2 key largo trips from NMB and 80/90 offshore trips from haulover inlet, plus 50/60 picnic trips in biscayne bay

gafish912

why would i bashh, its a nice boat

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gafish912

i like that boat a friend has one

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gafish912

why would anyone bash you about that

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evernic

In the last few months, there has been a lot of trophy bashing here,,no not by you, but many others

gafish912

o well let em talk, that trophy is a good boat is can run through so bad seas, shoot not everyone like my key west, but they start talkin good when they see me out there runign past them goin 40 knots offshore, they have never ridden in it so they shouldnt judge

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gafish912

if it suits the persons needs that owns it then its fine

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evernic

Amen to that and the $50,000 I saved over a GW I was looking at just brought my retirement several years closer