Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Report Jan 28/2010 after the Cold Blast

Okay here were go.....It has been one heck of a ride with the cold weather we had here in South Florida. We actually beat records set back in 1927. Okay that's a long time ago, so what do we do now. Well, Mother Nature can be really cruel sometimes and this time she did her job and did it well. You know that fishing is all a matter of personal feelings, and that's what makes every guide (person) different as it is what he/she believes in according to his/her experience on the water. Well, I believe that Mother Nature know what she is doing. That whatever she did/does she did/does for a reason. Maybe there is not enough food so she has to thin out her stock. Maybe she has a lot of weak or sick fish that just aren't going to make a strong future stock. Okay then how does she take care of this.....with Red Tide or below normal temperatures is a couple ways. I really think that because of this we will have a better, stronger stock now and with in the next couple years to come. Okay what did I see during these record temperatures, quite a lot of big snook, huge snook to say the lease, baby tarpon, and lots of small bait fish, like pinfish, silver jenneys, ladyfish etc. Oh did I say catfish....lots of dead catfish.

So, what has the fishing been like since the cold. Actually it has been pretty good. The fish are not (my opinion) in there normal places, so we just have to hunt for them a little harder. I really believe that a lot of big snook went offshore and they will be back inshore at their normal time to come inshore.

I will say that the fish have quite a appetite since the cold. We are catching Redfish, and Large Trout. Every Redfish I (customers have caught) since the cold have been keepers and are fat at that. We are catching limits on Redfish and also Trout. The cold didn't bother sheepshead or blackdrum either, at least I didn't see any dead. Haven't really caught any, but haven't tried either, as my customers have been happy with Redfish and Trout. Oh, I almost forgot there are also Grey Trout and Sugar Trout to help in the table food and fun in catching.

The weather is back to normal and it is so beautiful. Today was another chamber of commerce day with temp in the low 80's and clear sky's.

Here are some pictures taken since the cold spell so enjoy looking them over and like I always say

"What are you waiting for, pick up that phone and give me (Captain Becky Campbell) a call (239-695-2029) for that fishing experience of a lifetime cause the fishing is great and so is the weather"

Customers......please email/mail me pictures of your trip as I would like to have them all....thanks

Everglades Fishing Charters Fishing Reports Jan-2010

This is a picture of one of SW Florida beautiful sunrise. This was taken with no filters and no touch-ups on Jan 8, 2010 in the 10,000 Islands






















Man, is it ever cold down here this week. Since the week before Christmas the weather has been touch and go. I have been fishing in nice weather and fishing in very cold weather. Have we been catching fish? You bet'cha. I think the fish have finally got use to the cold but hope it doesn't get any colder as we might just loose some snook do to extremely cold water temp. Trout season opened on the 1st of Jan and it has proven to be a very good season for nice BIG Trout. We are also catching Redfish, Snook, Baby Tarpon, Whitting, Gray Trout, Silver Trout, Sheepshead, Blackdrum, Snapper, Ladyfish, Jacks and Flounder.

The North wind has been blowing for a couple weeks, but it seems like forever. This blows the water out of the back waters and doesn't let the tide bring it back up to normal. When this happens we start to fish our winter holes. Different types of fish come and go through these holes as the tides flows in or out. This type of fishing can be very exciting cause you never know what you are going to catch or get ahold of in these deep spots. It might be a 100 lb tarpon or a 10 lb snook....ya just never know.

Okay, we just got good news that the weather is going to start getting warmer in a couple days and will be back into the mid to high 70's by the end of the week. (Jan 16)

I am posting some winter fishing pictures including New Years Eve camping trip for you to enjoy. These will give you an idea of how the weather here in SW Florida, Everglades National Park/10,000 Islands bounces up and down, but more days than not the weather is quite nice and sunny.

So what are you waiting for...get out of the cold....pick up that phone, give me a call (Capt. Becky Campbell 239-695-2029) and make those plans for that fishing experience of a lifetime.