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…
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…
It has been a while since my last report and I apologize about that. I have been on the water almost everyday fishing down in Flamingo, Everglades National Park. I had a last minute cancellation today and finally getting a chance to let you know what is going on down there. The baby tarpon fishing…
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…
Light Tackle Tackling a tarpon or any other large prized game fish is all a matter of who breaks first. You may be in for the fight of your life, signaling hours in the horizon trying to wrestle with this giant. Sooner or later, one of you will have to give in. Usually, it’s the…
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…
Some great tarpon and redfish action he last few days. Lots of baby tarpon rolling in the morning and trailers in the afternoon. We are getting multiple shots on these fish and getting a lot of bites. It is hot and buggy but the fish are chewing. I have a few openings next weeks.