A Beautiful Everglades Fishing Day

The abundant sunshine and calm breezes made for some fine everglades fishing.  Today, Mike and sons, LaBelle, caught some nice reds and trout.  The trout measured up to 22 inches and were caught on jigs and rubber smoke and rootbear tails.  The reds up to 23 inches were caught on shrimp and popping cork.

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Reds and Trout

It was a good everglades fishing day for Elmer, Phil, and Bill, Bradenton.  They caught many trout up to 24 inches on the grass flats from Chatham River down to Rogers River on Rip Tide jigs and popping corks.  The reds were caught on cut bait and popping corks.

A good everglades fishing day.
Capt. Tony Polizos
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A Good Everglades Fishing Day

A good everglades fishing day for Robert and Don, Naples.  They got their share of trout, redfish, and sheephead.  All were caught in the rivers between Rogers and Chatham.  All were caught on shrimp, jig, and popping cork.  Cooler waters tend to get fish to bite natural baits. 

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Reds and Trout

There are reds and trout in the backcountry, the mouths of rivers and creeks, and along the outside shorelines from Fakahatchee Bay to Harney River.  Bring a bag of shrimp and a popping cork and you will not be disappointed.  Everglades fishing is as good as it gets.  Few tarpon around due to cooler waters and the snook are in the backcountry.  If you can get into some brackish waters you can bring some live bait in the backcountry and get a snook.  Or, you can plug cast for them with anything you want.  They will bite.

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Tarpon Abound

There are tarpon on the grass flats, passes, mouths of rivers and creeks in the everglades.  There are some smaller fish up to 20 pounds in the everglades backcountry bays but mostly in the small creeks.  The waters are turning fresh but there is some salt to support fish there.  You can have fun with these everglades tarpon on jigs, spoons, live crabs, bait, and crank lures.  Some of these fish can be up to 150 pounds.  Use light tackle such as a 5000 or 6000 series spin reels with 50 pound braid tied to about 42 inches of 30 pound mono and about 12 inches of 80 pound flouro.  Seven foot medium heavy to heavy rods are all you need in tight quarter everglades fishing.  These past few days we saw several fish on the flats in the 80 to 100 pound range while fishing for trout.  We also fished for everglades tarpon in the creeks and had jumped numerous fish.  Most were 50 to 80 pounds ( smaller fish).  My anglers caught just a few.  These fish have bony mouths and are hard to set a hook in.

I have been an everglades fishing guide for over 20 years and I can say everglades tarpon fishing is just as productive and just as many fish as 20 years ago.  Some years there are more and some less but overall just as many fish.  Many of our everglades tarpon have migrated north but there are more migrating from the south and some stay all summer long.  

It very productive to fish in the everglades in that if you cannot find tarpon you can fish for everglades snook or redfish along some of the same territories you fish for tarpon.  These fish don't need live or cut bait.  Lures such as a spoon, Rip Tide jig, or, Mirrodines have produced more fish since plug casting allows you to fish more shorelines and when you find them anchor or powerpole down and catch fish.  What a deal.  Don't forget the trout on the flats.

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Capt. Tony Polizos

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Trout, Snook, and Redfish

It is now a common day to have a swamp slam (trout, redfish, and snook) all in one day.  This is what Alex, Nick, and Kevin, Chicago did today.  The largest snook was 29 inches, largest red was 26 inches, and the largest trout was 23 inches.  Pictured are the trio with a fine mess of trout and redfish.  The snook were released.  Also hooked into some tarpon on the flats.  A fine everglades fishing day.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Everglades Tarpon

This has been a good month for everglades tarpon.  Many migratory tarpon have shown up in the Everglades and many have been jumped and caught.  Arnold and Greg, Mass., caught some today up to 130 lbs.  Pictured is Arnold with a "little" 75 pounder.  The fish caught on a lure and was released to grow up.  Fishing was done in the Shark River.  A fine everglades fishing day.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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May Good for Reds and Trout

Will (West Palm Beach) and Max (New England) caught some nice trout and reds today. The grass flats have been producing some nice trout up to about 25 inches and reds (shorelines) up to about 27 inches. These anglers kept only a few for a fine fish supper tonight.

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Great Everglades Fishing

Some good everglades fishing for reds and trout.  Lee and Mike, Naples got their limits.  Most of their catch were on the upper side of the slot.  The fish were caught on jigs near Mormon.

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Capt. Tony Polizos

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Everglades Snook, Trout, Reds

It was another fine everglades fishing day for Peter, Pete, and George  (Tampa Bay area).  They got a "Swamp Slam" which consists of reds, trout, and snook.  Pictured is a 34 inch snook and a 26 inch red.  A few large trout were kept  up to 22 inches.  Also some reds joined them for dinner.  The fish were caught near Chatham River.  Call this everglades fishing guide.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Great Trout Action

May is a great time for trout.  The average size for everglades trout measures 18 to 22 inches.  It is not uncommon to get them up to 28 inches.  This couple caught a nice one.  Everglades fishing at its finest.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Everglades Tarpon

Everglades tarpon are here!  I did not take new photos of caught tarpon since it was too important to revive a tarpon than getting photos of it.  All the tarpon this week were released alive and well.  All were caught on lures, mostly yellow and red.  These are musky lures.  All were fished near the Shark River about an hour and a half south of Everglades City.  Harsh weather did not stop the tarpon from slamming our lures.  Winds up to 35 knots made for some interesting fishing.  However, all fishing was done in protected waters.  Some fine everglades fishing.
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Everglades Redfish

A very slow day did produce some trout and redfish for Eliot and Mark, Marco Island. A cool front 2 days earlier slowed things down but some action took place near Lostmans River. Pictured is Eliot with a nice over slot redfish. The fish was released in good health. Call this everglades fishing guide.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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More Trout

Charlie, Christopher, and dad, Michael, NH, were into 47 trout today. Pictured is Christopher with a nice 20 incher. The fish were caught near Chokoloskee Pass. A fine everglades fishing day.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Trout

These anglers caught their limit of trout and most were between 18 to 20 inches Pictured is Greg, Naples, with a fine 22 inch trout. These fish were caught on RipTide jigs. The fish were caught near Chatham Bend. A fine everglades fishing day inspite of the 20 knot winds.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Everglades Reds and Trout

A common everglades fishing day again. Go out and catch a limit of reds and trout again. Bob and Bob, Naples, did just that. They let go several trout over 20 inches. Keeper reds were about 22 to 24 inches.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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Great Fishing

Mike and family, Ft. Lauderdale, had a great everglades fishing day. They went home with a bag limit of trout, 4 were over 20 inches and most were over 18 inches. They also caught some nice reds today. Pictured are William and Robert with some nice trout at 20 inches each. Also, Robert with a nice redfish. All were caught on jigs near Chatham River.

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Capt. Tony Polizos

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Everglades Fishing

Linsay and Tom, Tampa, got into some nice everglades redfish, trout, and snook. Tom got his swamp slam (red, snook, trout). Many of the snook are small due to the freeze kill 2 years ago. Many survived. Pictured is Linsay with a nice slot size (18-27 inches) redfish. They caught over 20 redfish (many slot size) and 19 trout today. Also some nice black drum were caught up to 5 lbs. Fish were caught near Lostmans River on jigs.

A fine everglades fishing day.

Capt. Tony Polizos

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