We are definitely in our winter pattern over the last few days. The water temps are in the 60s and every afternoon you might see 72-73 degrees. Not quite consistently warm enough for the tarpon to show up in numbers. When it does though, they show up and bring all there friends. We had a…
It has been pretty dry lately and with some negative low tides, the water levels are low. Recently, I have seen some water as low as its been in a long time. That is definitely a good thing for fishing in the backcountry. With the water temperature being under that magic number for tarpon, we…
It has been extremely warm down in here in South Florida so far this winter. Lots of tarpon around with this balmy December weather. The fish are happy and we getting them on flies and plugs. Here’s picture of a recent one we got….
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…
So far, it has been a soggy month of September down in the Florida Everglades. That can be a good thing because sometimes it moves fish around in some backcountry areas. I recently had a few trips where I fished in Whitewater Bay, out of Flamingo, and we have had some pretty good days casting…
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.…