Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug. 29, 2009

SNOOK season opens Sept 1 - so pick up the phone and book your trips soon

Today I fished Gary. He wanted to catch SNOOK and TARPON. Imagine that...the most fun and hardest fish to catch. Anyway, we started our day out with snook and the snook were winning the game with 2 (snook) to 0 (boat). Then Gary turned the score around to 2 to 2. These snook are running in the slot and nice size at that. The smaller one of the bunch seemed to put up the best fight...maybe that's the teenager in him. Then Gary got a hold of something really big that turned out to be a shark. The shark cut him off after a couple seconds so I handed him another rod that I had baited up to make another cast while I re-rigged the one he was using. Sometimes when the sharks move in it's time to change locations cause we can't seem to stop getting bit by them. Gary made a couple more cast before he got bit again by the big shark. This time was a little different. Gary had him on long enough for me to pick up anchor and start heading toward the shark so not to get spooled. He had him on for quite a few minutes when the line broke. I actually think Gary didn't mind that the line broke cause it was gonna be a long battle and he knew it. Instead of fishing for sharks, we decided to leave that spot to go find some tarpon. They were not showing well, my guess, it was because of the wind, but they were there. Gary got hit on his first cast right at the boat but we didn't get a hook up on that one, but got a good look at him. We got a laugh at that cause I had just reminded him that they (the tarpon) sometimes hit at the boat. Anyway, he did jump two that afternoon, but we didn't win the game as the score was 2 (tarpon) to 0 (boat). He had a good time and we got back to the dock before the rain started.

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 27, 2009

Well, it is still raining every evening here in South Florida and that's a good thing for two reasons. #1 It cools off the land making the heat a little more bearable and #2 it cools off the water a little and keeps the fish biting good. We are still having some good catches of Pompano (these are really nice big pompano), Trout (out on the flats), Redfish (around the islands), Tarpon (in the river and on the flats) and Snook (caught some in the slot today). Don't forget Snook Season opens on the 1st of Sept. So call and reserve your fishing trip soon.
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Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 20, 2009

What a fun day we had. I fished John(dad) Sam (son) and Judd (dad) Jack (son) We started the day with tarpon. There were a lot of tarpon around and we jumped 4 but didn't land any.... they just didn't want to cooperate this morning. So we left there with the score of tarpon 4 and boat 0 to go catch some trout and get some fishing action. That we did. Out to the flat we went as the weather was great and nothing to stop us. The birds were diving on fish striking so we stopped to see kind of fish were there. Ladyfish, ladyfish and more ladyfish. Then I saw some mackerel striking so we moved to catch mackerel, trout and more ladyfish. These guys were having a lot of fun cause it was hard to make a cast without catching something. Then all of the sudden it happened....the water just exploded and out came a huge Tarpon. We got 2 or 3 jumps out of that guy before he decided to throw the hook back at us. A BIG TARPON it was that I estimated to be 100+ lbs. Wow, what a thrill that was. We stopped on the way back in to try for redfish and snook. We didn't catch any redfish but we did catch 2 SNOOK. Jack and John we happy about that. (By the Way Snook season opens Sept 1) We did a 3/4 day and it is a lot of fun when you can catch fish with a fast pace like that. They also got a nice mess of TROUT and MACKEREL for dinner. The weather was good also, a little warm, but not too bad. Way to go guys, you did good. Send some pictures please and I will post them. Well, that's it for today. Sure am glad that Hurricane Bill is not coming here.

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 15, 2009

Today I fished Santa and William. Santa is here visiting from Columbia and wanted to try fishing. We left this morning for a 1/2 day charter cause the weather was going to break down this afternoon, as we have a Tropical Depresson coming in on us. The guys said that they would like to catch some redfish, and really just wanted to catch whatever is biting. We started out at a couple redfish holes, and zip. So went to another spot. We were they for a little bit when all the sudden Santa was hanging on to the rod as the line was screaming out when the water exploded with a Tarpon. He got a couple jumpes out of him before the Tarpon through the hook back at us. Wow, is that ever exciting, watching this huge fish come out of the water with his head just a shaking. This tarpon was about 60 lbs. and full of spunk. Oh well, we wil get that one next time. We also caught 2 pretty good size Jack Crevelle and 2 gag Groupers, one being almost keeper size and a lot of Mangrove Snappers (legal size) We found a pod of dolphins and they played behind the boat in the wake. The guys actually enjoyed watching them. We didn't see any manatees today, but saw a lot of wading birds and a few turtles. Not bad for a day when the weather was going to get real messy. Hope that William sends me some pictures....as I will add them to the blog.

Okay, looks like we will be off the water for a couple day, but stay in touch for some more fishing reports later.

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 14, 2009

It was a beautiful day and at the spare of the moment Diana and Mathew wanted to do a late afternoon charter. They are here from Germany on their Honeymoon. They just wanted to see what it was like out there and catch some fish. We had a okay day and they had a lot of fun. Diana had never been fishing before so she was please that she caught the biggest fish. We caught a good number of Ladyfish, Trout, Mackerel and big sail cats. Right at the moment it seems like the morning bite is a little better, but that can all change real quick. While we were fishing we saw lots of Manatees, dolphins, turtles and wading birds. Good luck Diana and Mathew and thanks again. By The Way...Please send some picture. Thanks

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 09, 2009

This is the first day I have been back on the water since my vacation. It was a very nice day as the fishing and the weather were great. Paul, Ray and John have been coming over for the last five years to fish with me for whatever is biting. These guys went to school together and make a fishing trip like a short reunion. The exception is that this year John's wife Heidi came along(great gal). So the four of them showed up at the dock early as to catch the tide right. Our first stop was the flat cause they love to take there limit of trout home with them. Surprise, surprise we started to catch nice big pompano. (10 of them) These pomps were 3-4 pounders and can put up a great fight. While catching pompano we also caught trout, ladyfish, mackerel and bonnet head sharks. I think today we actually caught the biggest bonnet head shark that I have ever seen. When that spot started to slow, we moved to try some snook fishing. By this time is was time for lunch. We gave snook fishing about 20 min. but nothing happening. We went over to a flat close by to try for more trout and did catch a couple and 1 pompano, but the water was dirty and we started catching quite a few cat fish. The rain started to build up for the afternoon and was getting close to us so we headed back to the north (closer to home) and went to the flat we were catching the pompano to start with. Wow, what a lot of ladyfish (poor man's tarpon). Ladyfish everywhere. You couldn't get a bait through the ladyfish to catch any thing else. Well, they did have fun trying to land them as they jump a lot and is a challenge to get them to the boat. We call them poor man's tarpon cause they look like a little tarpon and jump like a tarpon. Spending more time in the air then the water. The rain was right on our backs so we decided to call it a day. As we were headed back Paul say he sure was hoping for a redfish. With that in mind I stopped at the next island and said okay guys five minutes. They all jumped up grabbed their rods, baited up and Paul got one on the first cast. Nice keeper size redfish for the grill. Then Ray got one about the same size. We hated to leave but that storm was coming up on use fast and it's not fun being on the water in a thunder storm. We did get several pictures before the rain came in. So until next time "come on down cause the fishing is great and the weather is fine"

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 08, 2009

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Aug 06, 2009

Here is a letter I received from my July 22/09 charter.

"What a trip! What a day! What an adventure!
After so many years of fishing I feel I deserve to cherish some well earned memories. This trip was filled with so many good thoughts. The pictures by the way came out terrific. Love the way you make your blog entries. Funny, fishing in all that structure left me with 2 thoughts. First, what can go wrong....most likely will go wrong. The exception to the rule is landing the 43" snook of a lifetime. Second, it reminded me of the advanced level of a video game. This time the screen was now reduced from an open river, or ocean to the confines area of structures. The result was fast and furious. With your "help" I was challenged to my max. By the way, your heightened excitement gave me the adjustments I needed to pull my skills together....quickly and efficiently. Once again, I can only thank you for the fishing thrill of a lifetime and I so look forward to our next adventure together."

Regards,

Harold Fox