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The weather in The Everglades was perfect to run offshore on today’s fishing charter and fish the inshore wrecks just offshore of Everglades City. When we arrived at our first fishing spot the Mackerel were stacked up and striking bait on the surface . I knew the best way to catch them would be to work a spoon with a fast action, which produced plenty of solid mackerel action. Moving on,  we decided to follow a crab line that Triple Tail like to hang around. After looking at several crab buoys we saw a decent sized  triple tail in the 10lb range, that fell for a rootbeer riptide jig.  As the afternoon passed the wind pick up and we headed to the Chatam River to fish for Redfish and Snook using were live pilchards as bait. The tide was falling fast the Redfish and Snook were on the bite.. We caught and released several nice fish that were in the 5 to 12 lb range.

November is a great month for fishing in the Everglades with the cool mornings and pleasant afternoons.

If you would like to book an Everglades fishing trip please give me a call.

This weeks fishing in the Everglades was fantastic, with the weather starting to change the cool morning temperatures has turned on the fishing . When we left my dock this morning the we decided to head south to fish the grass flats off Lostmans River and fish for Trout .

When we arrived at our first spot the Trout were on the bite! Our first drift across the flat produce Trout in the 3-5 lb range. The bait that worked the best was a smoke colored riptide shrimp tail jig. After catching enough Trout for dinner we decided to switch gears and fish for some Redfish and Snook . With plenty of live bait around we broke out the cast net and filled the live well with some nice size Pilchards . The spot we decided fish was a beach front island that had a lot of blow down logs and snags, a prefect spot for Snook and Redfish to lurk . Our first cast hooked into a big Snook that we couldn’t turn and after a few seconds broke us off . On our second cast we did much better landing and releasing a nice 12 lb Snook.

As the rest of the day went on we caught several more Snook with some nice Redfish mixed in .

With the cool October and November weather the fishing in the everglades should remain good with a lot of great action. It’s the perfect time for fishing charters, so lets go catch some fish.

Capt Glenn Puopolo

For the last several days in The Everglades, fishing has been all about the Redfish. Typically, we’ve been heading out from my dock at Glades Haven (just between Everglades City and Chokoloskee) at daylight and running south to the mouth of The Chatham River on the rising tide for some hot and heavy Redfish action, along with a few decent Snook mixed in. Redfish have been averaging all different sizes anywhere from 18 to as large as 30 inches. The primary bait I’ve been using that seems to be working the best is a fresh cut Ladyfish, my secret weapon,  or rootbeer Riptide jigs fished very slowly on the bottom.

Snook season is closed, however, you are still allowed to have fun catching them but all must be safely released. In addition, we have also been catching some nice size Trout and Pompano over the grass flats in about 3-5 ft of water on the higher tides.

October fishing has been excellent. It’s one of my favorite times of the year to take my fishing charter customers out into Everglades National Park, as both the action and weather are fantastic. This is an excellent time of year for anglers of all skill levels to enjoy a fishing trip.

If you would like to book a fishing trip please give me a call!

And thanks for checking out my website.
Captain Glenn 239-280-9085

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!

Thanks for checking out my Fishing The Everglades website.
Captain Glenn