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Everglades National Park - Flamingo
Capt. Bob LeMay
June 26, 2007
Flamingo - Saltwater Fishing Report
This past week the 'Glades out of Flamingo has had great variety with everything from baby tarpon inside to great snook action along the Gulf coast. On Friday our best snook weighed right at 13lbs on the boga grip. It was a great catch and release on light spinning gear and a small lure...
The next day our best snook was an inside fish, again on light spinning gear and a small lure...
Of course the fish bite really well when you've got to turn every one of them loose (snook season will re-open on 1 Sept....). Just a few minutes later Jason's brother Raymond jumped off a nice tarpon that looked about 50lbs. If you find the right interior shoreline in Whitewater Bay you never know what will jump on your lure or fly....
That same day I quit counting when we'd caught and released more than 30 trout at a nearby spot. We did save a few of them for dinner, though. During summer in the 'Glades you always have a chance at some really tough gag grouper in river mouths. These fish live right in the worst tangles, under downed trees or inside deep undercut banks. We managed one that was just keeper sized at a bit over 24". This fish snagged us up three times in less than two minutes, even though it was only 15' from the boat....
This one got invited home for dinner.
On Sunday night I switched gears and spent the night fly-fishing for baby tarpon in Biscayne Bay with Brian Cottle from New Hampshire. The baby tarpon, from 5 to over 30lbs, were just on fire! Brian put a dozen fish in the air on an 8 or 9wt rod using a Night Fly. Tarpon heaven, his first cast was taken by a solid 30lb fish that promptly broke off on the strike.... After being taken to school a few times, he went on to bring four of the twelve to the boat for a photo, then release.
When Biscayne Bay is on at night we go through lots of flies, tear up a lot of leaders, and just have a ball...
The action will last for most of the summer as long as it's a falling tide and there's a few shrimp moving. We're using a simple fly. It's called the Night Fly for obvious reasons.
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