January Everglades Fishing Report: This January is one of warmest we’ve ever had in S/W FL and with it being so warm the fishing in Everglades National Park has been red hot .The Red fishing still remains on fire we have been having our best luck on the rising tides the bait that has been working the best has been a riptide jig tip with a piece of shrimp. The Redfish we’ve been catching has been averaging between 4-10 lbs. The Trout and Pompano fishing has also been great this month . We have been having our best luck drifting over the grass flat on the high tides. A shrimp under a popping cork has been working the best for the Trout and a small tube jig bounced slowly on the bottom has been the trick for catching Pompano . Snook fishing has also remained steady. 
We have been finding most are Snook deep in the backcountry were the water is warmer. On one of my charters the other day we caught 11 Snook averaging between 5 and 12 lbs. Casting a Zara Spook over the shallow mud bottom has been working the best . On the days were the winds are light we have been running 2-3 miles offshore were the Mackerel have been . Mackerel are one of the best fighting and can provide some great fast action . The Mackerel we have been catching have been of nice size averaging 4-5 lbs.
February Everglades Fishing Charter Outlook: With the weather being so warm the fishing in February will remain excellent, with fish on both the outside areas as well as the rivers and backcountry. The Snook fishing will still be good deep in the backcountry were the water is warmer and the bait fish are plentiful. The Trout and Pompano fishing will also remain steady on the grass flats Trout and Pompano provide some great and fast action and can make for a great fish dinner. The Redfish fishing over the last 2 years have been some of the best I have seen in my guiding career. Redfish are a great fighting fish and when we find them school up it can provide hours of great action. Tarpon usually don’t show up till march but don’t be surprise if see a few in February with the weather being as warm as its been.
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Everglades fishing charters in September started off red hot and finished even hotter. The Redfish fishing was some of the best I have ever seen… They were all over the place and on the bite. We had several days were we caught up to 50-60 fish!! The Redfish we were catching averaged all different sizes anywhere from 18 inch to 35 inches the bait that seem to work the best was live pilchards or fresh cut lady fish. The Snook fishing was also fantastic with the average catch between 23 t0 38 inches. Most of the fish we were catching were along the beach-front on a rising tide, and again on the falling tide around the mangrove islands that had and oyster bottom. Trout fishing also started picking up in September with Trout moving in from offshore and moving up onto the grass flats on a rising tides. We had the some great action using jigs bounced slowly along the bottom most of the trout have been catching have been averaging between 2-5 lbs.
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.
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.