We fished hard today and started with Everglades trout near Plover and got some 20 inchers. We also fished south of Plover and got more. My party, Joe and Evan, Georgia, enjoyed those everglades trout but we wanted everglades snook and everglades redfish to go along with the trout. We went after bait and got some mullet near Bird Key with a cast net and went to "chunkin". This means we cut up the mullet into bite sized pieces for those everglades snook and redfish. We put them on a 3/8 ounce jig and a circle hook and proceeded to "chunk" them out there. Well, nothing. We moved and moved and moved. All the way to Rogers River and nothing. Everglades fishing let us down? No way. The waters were beautiful, green clear and some chalky color. This was excellent color. I hate clear water as the fish can see the boat from 100 feet away. Everglades fishing, everglades fishing, everglades fishing, did you abandon us? No! Well, the wind shifted and went from 10 knots to 20 knots out of the southwest. Misery! What a ride! Three foot rollers does not agree with a 20 flats boat. We slowed down and started fishing one mangrove clump at a time. Success. We got into some nice everglades snook and some nice everglades redfish along the beaches from Lostmans River all the way to Graveyard Point. What a happy Everglades fishing charter this turned out to be. We ended up with some very nice everglades trout and some nice everglades redfish and snook. I will repeat this again tomorrow, only I can do this closer to home. Call this everglades fishing guide.
Capt. Tony Polizos.
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