Finally!!!! We got our first front of the year. We have been waiting for this for a little while now. The fishing in the backcountry should start to turn on in the next few weeks. Some NE wind will provide us with some great sightfishing in some of the back mudflats. Other than tarpons season,…
Looking for the Highly-Prized yet Elusive Tarpon Being a class of giants, the tarpon is a very hardy game fish species that can survive brackish waters as well as waters of varying pH. They can thrive where no other fish can because of their unique swim bladders, giving them the advantage of inhabiting waters that…
Tarpons on the Beaches Looking for tarpons in beaches will be almost similar to searching for them in the backcountry, albeit with a few striking differences. Chief among these will be the stronger currents associated with the waves in beaches. As such tarpons will be constantly on the move and would seem to go somewhere…
Working the Country We stopped at several mangrove islands on the way to Islamorada, poking and probing the edge of the mud flats with skiff, particularly paying attention to the white potholes, as large as they are, dotting the lush green carpet just beneath the water surface. It seems that the ‘muds’ near the flats…
Over the last week or so, the Everglades has been invaded with Tarpon. We got a nice push of tarpon in the 40-80lb range, with a couple of bigger fished mixed in. We found them schooled up, rolling, and tailing. Definitely some of the most exciting fishing you can experience, whether using fly or spin…
Shallow Water Fishing off Florida Bay and the Everglades National Park When people talk about the Florida Everglades, the think about what Marjory Stoneman Douglas has written in her very influential 1947 masterpiece entitled ‘The Everglades: River of Grass’ – sawgrass. While there is some truth to it, with the Everglades National Park consisting of…
The way people fish in the Ten Thousand Island and Everglades National Park can be best described as nothing less than a spectacular super slam. For those who may be dreaming, envisaging, of connecting into the otherwise indescribable Backcountry Slam, now is the golden opportunity to finally set that notch in the grip of your…
I have been fishing almost everyday out of Flamingo. The fishing remains pretty good most days. We have had some great weather, with some awesome sunrises. This is the time that redfishing picks up along the Gulf Coast and in the backcountry. We have had some pretty incredible sight fishing opportunities on some big redfish…
I have spent the last 3 days down in the Everglades fly fishing in the backcountry. Fishing still continues to be pretty good for all 3 species, snook, tarpon, and redfish. There is a ton of bait on the coast right now, and a lot of fish are out there working those baits. We had…
Spent yesterday fishing the backcountry out of Flamingo with Matt from California. We were fly fishing all day and the wind was 20 mph out of the north. We stayed tucked up in backcountry all day and landed 6 snook and 3 baby tarpon. You can always find a place to hide in the Everglades…