Breezy Conditions Mean Redfish

Another good everglades fishing day.  It was a half day of fishing for Bobby and Jim, Naples.  Breezy conditions kept us in the backcountry north of Everglades City.  It was a morning of redfish, snook, trout, mangrove snapper, and other species.   Pictured above are Jim with a 28 inch snook, Bob with a 29 inch redfish, and Capt. Tony with a nice flounder.  These were caught on jig and shrimp or cut ladyfish.

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Cool Front Heats Up Everglades Fishing

It started out slow for Jim and Bobby, Naples, but once the cool front went through the action picked up.  Pictured is Bobby with a couple of nice reds caught on shrimp and jig near the Rogers River.  Some snook, trout, black drum, sheephead, and black tip shark were also caught.  Also, a pair of 3ft juvenile sawfish were observed working a mud bank.  A rare site.  It was a good everglades fishing day.

Capt. Tony Polizos
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October Great for Everglades Fishing

This month has been a very good fishing month for all the species.  Even though the Everglades NP was closed we could still go into the 10,000 Islands and catch reds, snook, goliath grouper, mangrove snapper and other species.  These photos, Steve from Crystal River, and, Ron from ND,

 show happy anglers with a 28 inch snook and a 25 inch red.  The red was caught on a shrimp and popping cork and the snook was caught on cut mullet.  Several more were caught this day.  A good everglades fishing day.

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Everglades Cobia

This day was a day on the wrecks which are about 7 minutes offshore.  There were cobia,  goliath grouper, red grouper, lots of spinner and black tip sharks, and other species today.  Pictured is Cory, Iowa, with a nice 13 pounder.  The wind laid down and made for a nice ride.  A very good everglades fishing day.

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Late Summer Everglades Fishing

Late summer and early fall bring into the western Everglades an abundance of redfish, black drum, sheephead, snook, and trout.  That cooling of the waters turns the fish on.  On this date Kevin and Rob, Ft. Lauderdale, caught some nice reds and black drum.  The red measured 25" and the drum 24".  Both are good table fair.  They also caught some very respectable trout on the grass flats near Lostmans River.  The trout were caught on new penny rubber jigs and the reds and drum were caught on cut bait and shrimp.  Everglades fishing will get even better when we get into October and November.

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Grouper in the Everglades

Red grouper can be fun to fish for when you use light tackle heavy enough to get the grouper out of their rock holes but light enough for them to pull drag.  Red grouper can be caught using live bait such as pinfish, ladyfish, and white bait and also on artificial such as heavy jigs (6oz) and lures large enough and with lips which can take them to the bottom (30' to 50').  Pictured are 2 red grouper which were about to be filleted.  Don't forget to cut out the cheeks!  One was 8lbs and the other was 10lbs.  These fish were caught in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Everglades National Park about 25 miles out of Everglades City. 

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Big Everglades Trout

Big trout are around in the everglades.  May and June are tarpon and snook months and provide some very good everglades fishing.  Noui with friend Pam, Ft. Lauderdale, however, got into some nice 20+ inch trout while fishing for reds and snook.  The trout in the picture was nearly 24 inches.  Nice! 

The fish were caught on cut bait on the bottom near Chatham River.

Capt. Tony Polizos
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