Time to Repair the Everglades The final straw in the divide between man’s needs and restoring nature’s balance came in 1981 when a 200-year event, a massive drought, took place followed by, two years later, by massive flooding secondary to hurricanes. By this time, it was already apparent that everyone must consider all the problems…
The weather the past few week has been pretty incredible for December. 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 70’s, which is ideal for tarpon. The tarpon fishing in the backcountry of the Everglades has…
It has been a while since my last report, so I just wanted let you know what is going on in the Everglades. We had a great late tarpon season, but now with the water temps dropping below that magic number, the tarpon have moved offshore. Good thing is, in between these fronts that push…
Project Florida Bay Restoration: Saving the Sponges Today, Florida Keys is nothing but a mere shadow of how it used to be. A little more than 25 years ago, the sponge community was full of life, like an underwater city filled with fish and other invertebrates. Divers could not just see the shrimp, they could…
The tarpon fishing in the everglades continues to be very good. There are lots of fish still around as the temps are still above that 72 degree mark that they like. When you can find these fish, they are all over the schools of mullet and other baitfish. We have been fishing these guys pretty…
The last few weeks I have spent most of my time fishing Everglades National Park out of Flamingo and Chokoloskee, but have also squeezed in a few night trips chasing snook and tarpon in Miami. So far, the New Year has brought us some mild weather in South Florida, which most of the time means…
The Tarpon Quest It is generally regarded that Samuel H. Jones was the first to ever catch the silver giant tarpon using only a fishing rod and reel way back in March 1884. This claim was published in the 1945 volume of the Salt Water Fishing penned by sportsman and well-portfolioed author Van Campen Heilner.…
Everglades Tarpon Tips If you have all the time in the world to catch these mighty jumpers off the waters of the Everglades, then you may have to rent a houseboat for a more relaxed and more enjoyable tarpon fishing. This is particularly useful if you are a bunch of folks looking for a really…
It is hot this time of year and usually some afternoon thunderstorms. The key is to get out early and beat the rain. The fishing out front of Flamingo has been great. Each morning starts with fishing baby tarpon and then we switch gears to tailing redfish. Lots of shots on both species. The big…
It has been another really good couple of weeks of fishing in Flamingo. I spent a couple of days fishing the flats outfront with some outstanding tailing redfish action. I participated in he Redghost tournament out of Islamorada, FL and watched my 16 year old angler pick off 9 redfish on fly. It is amazing…