When we left my dock early this morning we decide to head deep into the backcountry to fish for Snook . The conditions were clear blue skies, calm, and cool, basically a typically day for this time of year in Everglades City. I knew the Snook would be meandering around the shallow flats of the backcountry, sunning themselves, which would provide some nice sightfishing opportunities. The first spot we stopped at was a shallow water bay with a lot of cover, like branches, in the water. I’ve been finding fish here over the last few days, so it was the perfect place to start.  Within the first few minutes of working down the shoreline I saw the silver flash of a Tarpon rolling about 100 yards ahead of us. This time of year they live in the warm backcountry waters. I moved the boat to within casting range and Cory hooked up using a grey MirroLure MR20, which imitates a Mullet. As the rest of the morning went on we caught and released several Snook to 7 lbs. In addition, we headed to the grass flats were we caught some nice Trout and Pompano. With the sunny weather, forecast to be in the 80s this week, it is the perfect opportunity to spend a  day enjoying an everglades fishing charter. Call or email me for available fishing dates.

When we left my dock in Everglades City today the weather was cool with a light wind so we decided to head to the grass flats and fish for Spotted Seatrout, often targeted by Everglades fishing guides during cooler weather. With the water in the mid 60’s our bait of choice was a 1/4 ounce jig with a Riptide root beer colored body, tipped with a small piece of shrimp. On our first drift we scored with several nice Seatrout up to 5lbs, and as the morning went on we caught several more, including some pompano mixed in. As the day progressed I decided to fish some oyster bars I knew should be holding Reds feeding on the rising tide. No disappointment, we found several decent Redfish and Mangrove Snapper that were willing to take a jig.

Back at the dock I cleaned and bagged the catch, and pointed my fishing charter customers towards a local restaurant were they had the fresh fish prepared for a great dinner.

This week fishing in The Everglades was good, the weather is really warming up and the fish were on the bite. Early in the day we bounced Riptide jigs slowly along the bottom of the deep passes for Trout. Most of the Trout were in the 20-24 inch range. The Redfish have also been quite active, going for live shrimp under a popping cork on the rising tide.

As the day continued to warm up we also ventured deep into the backcounty were we caught several nice Snook to 8 lbs.

With the weather continuing to get warmer the fishing should keep getting better.

With the weather in the Everglades still holding warm and sunny we decided to fish for snook and redfish using plugs and jigs. With a rising tide we decided to work the boat along a beach front full of blown down trees and snags and within minutes scored with a nice 35 inch snook. As ther morning went on the snook continued to bite along with some nice redfish. This time of year in the everglades with the weather getting warmer and warmer is a great time to fish.