Fishing Reports by Capt. Charles Wright

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Summer “Snook” Bliss I am often asked, ‘What is the best time of year to be here?”. That is always a difficult question to answer. We have a year round fishing season here in the sub-tropics and some species or technique is almost always “h more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Summer Snook Bliss I am often asked, ‘What is the best time of year to be here?”.  That is always a difficult question to answer.  We have a year round fishing season here in the sub-tropics and some species or technique is almost more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Fishing in the Everglades … Snook Trees, Turtles and Sundays While the winter season hosts more anglers in Everglades National Park (those avoiding the snow), it is the warmer months that trigger the REAL fishing season here. Beginning in April more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - How wonderful it is … Vickie and I had an opportunity to venture to the Houston area to visit with some guide/angler friends that we have there. The Texans were great … very hospitable and excellent hosts. Most fish from Houston on down the coa more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - New Page 2 February = Camping and Fishing   With the very mild winter so far, especially our mild January, the water temperature is much warmer than usual.  In winter, the warmer the water the better the winter time more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - 2005 -- Time to Restart It is the beginning of a new year … 2005, at last. Personally, I have always had a hard time getting upbeat in the beginning of the year. If there is a “low” time for me, traditionally, the first few weeks of January have more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - It is All About Oil Bonnie, Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jeanne … this is a group I think all Floridians would like to forget. The gang has changed a lot of lives throughout the State. Few have missed being affected. Those of us lucky enough to more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - The Yak Attack The season sub-tropical rains are definitely here.  While we have had lots of rain here, the upland area to the north of us has had even more.  This causes a massive influx fresh water to our fishery.  While this is t more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Summer Evenings in the Everglades June brought in the really nice weather of summer and summer brought in the start of really great fishing! July holds the promise of the same. Big snook, big permit and big tarpon are the games to play. The su more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City

Everglades City, Chokoloskee and Everglades National Park - Everglades/10,000 Islands - Hot Summer Mornings May, as usual, produced some very good fishing despite the winds. Most anglers have been able to getting into some nice snook most every trip. The trout bite remains steady. You can count on the re more...
Capt. Charles Wright - Everglades City