I spent the last few days in the Everglades, one day fishing out of Islamorada and the other out of Flamingo. It has been very windy and fishing has been kind of spotty. There were plenty of fish around, but very spooky. On Saturday, I had Pete and Tyler from Orvis on the skiff…
The winter fishing in the Everglades can be a challenge at times with the wind from passing fronts, and the extremely low negative tides that we have on the new and full moons. That being said, the North/Northeast wind clears the water up and sometimes if it is a strong enough wind, it will keep…
We broke the new skiff in right last night. Les joined me for a night of tarpon fishing in Miami. We started off with a couple of bites that resulted into nothing. We made a move which resulted in our first tarpon in the new boat. An 80lber at that. Can’t think of a…
I am picking up the new boat today and am very excited to start fishing out of a Hell’s Bay Professional. It has been an absolute pleasure going through the build process with everyone at Hell’s Bay. The Professional is the ultimate skiff for fishing out of Flamingo. I promise you will all be spoiled…
Sunrise in the Everglades….
We are getting some cold weather down here this winter which usually is good for tarpon fishing the following spring. Our early season in the Everglades typically can start as early as late Feb and into the first part of March. It all depends on the weather for exactly when our early tarpon season will…
I have been spending alot of time deep in the Everglades backcountry due to some windy days that we have had recently. Sometimes you have to get out of the wind and hide a little bit. Hammering the mangroves with flies has been our best bet. When the son gets high enough for us to…
The new season of Captain’s Tales has already started. I was lucky enough to be able to be apart of one of the shows for this season. We filmed back in July for tailing redfish and some laid up snook action. It was deffinitely one of those days where everything came together. I can’t wait…
The fronts are rolling through every few days now with some mild calm days in between. That’s the tough part about predicting the fishing conditions this time of year. The fronts will slow down the fishing for a few days with the stiff north winds that usually come with them. If you can get enough…