Everglades Fishing Report – May 26th, 2010

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

Everglades Snook caught while fly fishing — 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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May 17, 2010

Everglades Fishing Report – May 17th 2010

Snook fishing from south of Lostmans River in Everglades National Park Despite sunny skies the winds in Everglades City were cranking this morning. Our game plan would require that we were able to find clean water to fish that would be in “the lee” (out of the wind) of the 25 mph easterly winds… So we decided to head south of Lostman River and fish for Snook and Redfish. Our first stop was on a shoreline that had solid oyster bottom, which is basically a fish feeding station. I rigged up our rods with light braided line, 40 pound leaders and live pilchards that I had netted first thing in the morning. First hookup was within minutes, and produced a decent sized Redfish. We continued on for the next hour catching a nice mix of Redfish and Trout.

We had to wait until later in the afternoon when the tide started falling to get into the Snook action. I setup on a small creek south of Lostmans that emptied in the Gulf. As the tide started draining the action started, and the more it flowed the more the Snook were feeding, catching several nice Snook up to 8 lbs.

The weather has been perfect for fishing in The Everglades. Be sure to give me a call well in advance to reserve your fishing charters!

Tight lines!
Capt Glenn

May 6, 2010May 6, 2010

Everglades Fishing – May 6th Report

Everglades Fishing for Snook This morning was typically hot, normal for Everglades National Park this time of year, and so was the fishing. The bait that we were using today was live pilchards. I headed south, in the vicinity of Lostmans River to fish the outgoing tide. I setup on an outside point, free lining the baits on the back side of an eddie. The Snook action was immediate, and we caught several in the 28 to 33 inch range.

When the tide switched, so did we and our next spot was and oyster bar were the tide was falling. We quickly scored with a nice 7 lbs Redfish, then a mix of Mangrove Snapper and Redfish.

We finished off the day by heading out to the “grass flats” to catch a few trout for dinner. Fishing the grass flats is a relaxing way to have fun while drifting in about 3-4 ft of water with steady fishing action. We scored with several nice trout that we in the 3-5 lb range .

With May finally here the Everglades fishing is good and should even get better.

May 5, 2010May 5, 2010

Everglades Fishing – May 4th

Snook fishing in The Everglades 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.

April 17, 2010

Everglades Tarpon Fishing – April 16th

Each year April is when the Everglades fishing really starts to heat up. It’s typically when the large Tarpon arrive, and so it begins! Live baits and calm winds, combined with water temperatures moving up into the 80’s really gets the fish in The Everglades turned on. Tarpon can average 60 to 150lbs are roaming the bays and creeks, looking to rest and feed on their annual migration. Also, the Snook fishing really kicks in as well as they move out from the deep shallow bays of the backcountry to the mangrove islands that blanket the edge of The Gulf. Snook this time of year can average anywhere from 5-25 lbs, and will put up a fight to be remembered. In addition, fishing for Redfish this month will continue to hold steady as we catch them in the same locations as Tarpon and Snook.

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