Fishing Reports by Capt. Alex Zapata

Tarpon season Flyfishing report - The tarpon fishing continues to heat up in the keys. The fish have been plentiful in most backcountry and ocean side areas from Miami down to Key west. Calm weather days have been spent mostly out in the backcountry, throwing flies at laid up tarpon more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay

Tarpon Season 2018 - Tarpon season is on! My favorite time of the year is here and with it, waves of anglers coming from all the over the world to try their luck at the mighty silver king in south Florida and the keys. I started to see the first schools of migratory ta more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay

Biscayne Bay and the keys - Stable weather patterns with little to no cold activity produced great fishing in south Florida during February and March so far. Hot water temperatures had all the glamour species such as bonefish, permit and Tarpon ready to eat our offerings. I ran more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay

Tarpon time - Tarpon was the main target of most of my Everglades trips during February and March so far. The fish were around in big numbers but there were some very windy days in February that made fishing challenging. The fish were still there despite the wind, more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Flamingo

Winter time fishing at its best - It is safe to say that we are in full winter time mode! About 2 weeks ago, we were greeted by the first substantial cold front of the season. Dropping the air and water temperatures in the low 60s for almost a week, this cold front triggered some more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Flamingo

Fall fishing report - It's been a great couple of weeks fishing out of flamingo in the everglades national park. The highlight has definitely been the amount of Tarpon we have been on and also a good snook bite along the west coast. The tarpon have been everywhere a more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Flamingo

Fishing after hurricane Irma and fall season report - The entire estate of Florida just went through one of the worst natural disasters to date in recent history: the Hurricane Irma. After causing havoc and total destruction in the Caribbean, The Giant storm entered the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hu more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay

Fishing is as hot as the weather - It is very hot and buggy right now but the fish are bitting in full force. The weather has been very calm for the most part and my clients have been having some very good days of fishing out of flamingo. There have been plenty of snook and baby t more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Flamingo

The best time of the year for flats fishing in south Florida - Summer time is here, and with it comes the best fishing of the year for most flats and backcountry species. Almost everything works in the summer: killer permit fishing through Biscayne bay and the keys, great bonefishing, lots of baby tarpon, great more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay

Tarpon season 2017 update/ Fly casting advice - Well, it's been a while since my last report and I just have a chance to catch up. The tarpon migration in south Florida is on and I've been out on the water everyday since the first week of April. The majority of my clients book me for flyfishing more...
Capt. Alex Zapata - Biscayne Bay