September is one of the best months of the year for fishing in the Everglades…
The summer rain starts to slack off and the bait moves in, making the fishing fantastic!
Snook can really start to get active, and I typically fish for them on a incoming tide along the beaches and outside points. The best bait that I like to use this time a year is live pilchards, which the Snook can’t resist. Snook have long been a favorite of Everglades fishing charter anglers as they are one of the best fighting fish in the area. Snook are know to pull hard and have a lighting fast run.
The Red fishing can also be red hot this time of year, with the best bait being a shrimp under a popping cork or a fresh cut chunk of lady fish. They can average anywhere from 2-12 lbs this time of year.
In addition, Trout is another I target in September. They start to move onto the grass flats, and provide great action . My favorite technique to catch trout is to drift over a grass flat in about 3-5 ft of water and bounce a root beer Riptide jig slowly across the bottom. Trout average between 2-5 lbs this time of year, and make for a great fish dinner.
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July fishing has had some great action. We have been leaving the dock at daylight to beat the heat, starting off by targeting the Tarpon that have been active early in the day. The Tarpon we have been catching have been averaging between 60 and 125 lbs . The best baits lately have been a live ladyfish or big pinfish. The Snook fishing has been strong, the best luck that we been having has been on the rising along the beaches. On one of my trips the other morning we caught several nice Snook that were in 10 lb range using live pilchards. The Redfishing has also great with a lot fish hanging around the oyster bars and mangrove islands.
Fishing here in Everglades National Park has been red hot… Plenty of bait fish (pilchards) are showing up and the Snook fishing is starting to turn on! As is typical for 
This years weather went from cold to hot. With the weather absolutely beautiful the fishing has been red hot . This morning when we left the dock the water temperature was warm 76 degrees so we decided to look for some tarpon for the first time this year . When we arrived at the first spot we saw several nice fish rolling and within minutes of casting a sinking mirrolure we hooked up with a nice tarpon in the 70 lb range after a 15 minute fight the Tarpon took its final jump and spit the plug . After fishing for Tarpon we decided to run offshore and look fish for some Triple Tail . After minutes of stopping at our first spot we spotted a nice fish in the 10 range and with a perfect cast with a shrimp we had fish for tonight’s dinner . Later on in the day we decided to fish for some Trout and Pompano so we headed for a grass flat that was in 3 to 5 feet of water . The bait we were using was a Rootbeer Riptide Jig that the Trout and Pompano can’t resist . On our first drift across the flat we scored with some big Trout in the 5 lb range with some nice Pompano mix in . On our way back to the dock we had some time left to we stop at an oyster bar were there has been some redfish schooled We decided to use a shrimp under a popping cork for bait and that seem to do the trick we caught 5 nice Redfish up to 5 lbs. We are coming into the time of the year were the fishing in the Everglades starts to get better day bye day and with spring time right around the corner the Snook will start leaving the backcountry and heading out to gulf and the Tarpon migration should be in full swing . Along with Snook and Tarpon fishing being hot the Trout Pompano Redfish Triple Tail and Cobia fishing will should remain great providing a lot of great action…
We rig up a live shrimp under under a popping cork this can be one of the most productive way of fishing for Redfish in the Everglades area. After a few minute of our first cast we caught and landed a nice 21 inch Redfish after several more casts the Redfish started to school up we had solid action for several hour catching and releasing many Redfish from 18 to 23 inches. Later on the afternoon as we were heading back to my dock in Everglades City we decided to fish a grass flat for some trout and pompano. On our first drift we scored with 4 nice pompano that went into the cooler for dinner that night. After catching a few more trout we decided to call it a great day of fishing and head back to my dock . The Everglades fishing charter action the last few week has been great with some nice schools of Redfish and Trout being caught.