After not having any pressure for almost a month, the backcountry was full of life. There is a ton of freshwater pouring into the Everglades which is always much needed. The baby tarpon fishing has been excellent!! From Florida Bay to the backcountry of Flamingo has held a huge number of baby tarpon from 5lbs-30lbs.…
The great news from the weekend is the National park announced that Flamingo is back open. All the boats ramps on both sides on the marina are open and safe. That is the only thing that is open down at Flamingo. The store, visitor center, bathrooms, and camp grounds are all closed due to the…
The park road down to Flamingo is still closed at the moment but I believe they are really close to opening it up. I am still fishing out of the upper keys and running across Florida Bay to reach Flamingo. The fishing has been excellent out font on the flats for baby tarpon. We have…
I have always told people there is no need to travel out of the country to experience great tarpon fishing. Everglades National Park offers some of the best tarpon fishing in the world. You are able to fish for and catch fish of all sizes, ranging from 5 lbs-150lbs on fly and plugs. The Everglades…
The park road down to Flamingo continues to remain closed. They are working on getting it opened as soon as they can. Hopefully sooner than later! I continue to make the run from the Upper Keys over to Flamingo, crossing Florida Bay . It is a very scenic ride if you have never done it…
The park road still remains closed, so we are launching out of the upper Keys and making the run over to Flamingo. The winds have been down, which makes it alot more comfortable of a run. The baby tarpon fishing has been excellent with fish in the 5-25lb range. In almost every spot that typical…
It has been a tough couple of weeks for almost everybody in Florida with Hurricane Irma. My heart definitely goes out to people in the islands, lower keys, and SW coast of Florida as they got hit the hardest. I know they will bounce back stronger than ever. Before the storm, the fishing was excellent…
The weather the past few week has been pretty good for August. It has been warm and most days we have had light winds. With the air temps being so warm, the water temps are in mid to high 80’s, which is ideal for tarpon. The tarpon fishing in the backcountry of the Everglades has…
The fishing in Everglades National Park still remains the best option in South Florida for this time of year. The bait run really hasn’t happened yet up to the north. There is always plenty of bait down in the Everglades. The tarpon and snook fishing has been pretty darn good early in the morning. It…
We are in the dog days of August right now. It is hot and the thunder storms are popping up daily. The water temps are in the high 80s and low 90s by mid day. Its hot! One way we are dealing with this is getting out extremely early in the morning. Sometimes we have…