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When you think of fishing in The Everglades many things come to mind, but typically not Sharks. Well, make no mistake about it… They’re here.

August 1st is the beginning of the Discovery channel’s “Shark Week”, and although we usually don’t target them I thought it would be an appropriate time to catch (and carefully release) one with my charter customers today. We landed 3, one of which was a 150 pound Bull Shark.

What you may not realize is it’s not uncommon to see a 4 or 5 foot Shark cruise past while Everglades fishing in just a few feet of water. They’re neither shy or intimidated by my boat, quite frankly they could care less about our being here. Venturing in from deeper water the Sharks are looking for distressed or wounded fish that would make an easy meal.

Lots of bait translates into red hot Everglades fishing. Schools of Pilchards, one of the finest baits for everything that swims here, have moved into the area. I’ve been starting the day by throwing my cast net to load up the baitwell, which pretty much guarantees non-stop action for the day. My favorite technique is to position the boat about 30 feet from one of my secret spots and throw out a few “freebie” baits just to get the fish excited. After that it’s just a matter of adding a fishing hook and line to the baits as we throw them in.

On the falling tide today the Snook were averaging in the 28 to 34 inch range, along with a mix of slot-sized Redfish. After the tide started back in we moved out to the grass flats, and still using the Pilchards, caught some decent sized trout.

This week the weather in Everglades City has been perfect… Hot and very little wind so we’ve also been able to run offshore about 2 miles to the inshore wrecks to target Permit. We landed one that tipped the scales at 27 lbs using a live blue crab for bait.

During the Summer months the best fishing action will be had earlier in the day. So give me a call and lets join the fish for breakfast!

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Captain Glenn

First thing’s first… There is NO OIL IN THE EVERGLADES, and the fishing here remains spectacular!

Everglades Snook on Fly

Today had fly fishing on the schedule, and the weather in Everglades National Park was cooperating, no wind and crystal clear water. I figured we’d take advantage of the glassy smooth conditions and head just offshore to look for permit. As I idled up to a wreck that is notorious for holding Permit I saw a curved dorsal fin flash, confirming  we had found a school. Unfortunately, they would follow the fly but wouldn’t commit to eating. After a couple of well placed casts didn’t close the deal we switched up to Tripletail and were quickly rewarded with a decent 8 pounder that ate a brown clouser minnow fly. As the day progressed we targeted Snook in the shallows. I tied on a white deceiver pattern, and ended up hooking  4 Snook that went to 24 inches. Just as I moved the boat a little farther down the shoreline over white sand bottom I saw a bruiser cruising in about 10 inches of water! A well placed cast brought on a feisty fight that ended up with this Snook posing for a photo he didn’t plan on when he headed out this morning

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Today the weather was nice so we decided to do some fly-fishing. The first spot we webt to was a shoreline with an oyster bottom. Using a black deceiver fly within the first 10 minutes we scored with a nice 8 lb Redfish. 

Moving on to our next spot we got into some pretty decent Snook fishing, where we caught and released 3 Snook to up to 9 lbs.

We finished the day by switching over to live bait and continued to score with some great Snook and Redfish action.

Redfish with Riptide Jig

The weather in The Everglades is really starting to warm up, holding the promise of active fish and great fishing. Such was the case today when we pointed my Maverick towards the outside points in the vicinity of  The Chatham River to fish the incoming tide for Trout and Redfish. The first spot, a shallow grass flat with deep cuts on the edge, yielded several slot sized Trout and Pompano. As of late, Riptide jigs tipped with shrimp and bounced slowly on the bottom seem to be working the best for all species, which makes it easy to rig for the day. Later, as the day progressed and the tide started to fall we switched to fishing around oyster bars with live shrimp under a  popping cork, which brought Redfish up to 10 pounds. Call and reserve your Everglades Fishing charters while prime dates are still available.