Had the day off got to fish with my guide buddy Adam Skaggs down in Marathon and pole him around. We got 22 tarpon to eat and landed 3. Biggest one we hooked was probably a 40lber. Very fun morning.

Awesome three weeks fishing and exploring out in Florida Bay, and The Keys. Got to fish the Herman Lucerne Tarpon Cup out of Islamorada with a good friend of mine and had a lot of fun. Day 1 we found two laid up Tarpon asleep next to some shallows. My angler Chris casted once and put the fly right in front of her face. The fish woke up and moved off not biting the fly. about 2 minutes later the two fish circled back and Chris made another great presentation and the fish garbaged it! As Chris was clearing the line a giant knot ripped through all the guides and after a few jumps Chris handlined his fish for about 2 minutes while I worked on the knot. It was so bad the knot stripped the coating off the flyline core. We eventually got a face grab on the fish and all was right with the world. As far as the other species in the park; The snook are staging now and starting to spawn so the big ones are definitely around in certain places. catching a snook over 30" is definitely a trophy sized fish. one over 35" and your pushing the limits to how big they can get in the Everglades. I've seen 40 inches and larger but have not been able to catch them. The redfish have been difficult to find but hopefully with more rain we'll start seeing some bigger schools and tailers out in the really skinny water. The trout fishing has been fairly good and we've been catching a few nice ones every day. The big tarpon seem to be not as abundant as last year. The only ones I've caught were in the tournament itself. On a recent trip we caught and landed the biggest bull shark ever caught off of my boat. It was about 7 1/2ft long and weighed probably 250lbs. The snapper bite recently has been really good we found some good size ones in a few areas and that's been a lot of fun. Besides fishing there's a lot of other cool wildlife present in the park. I saw some water moccasins crossing the road on the way out one day. The crocodiles are also around on the low tides. The dolphins have been working the mullet out in the bay. The Everglades is a special place. This time of year is really good fishing. If you'd like to book a trip let me know.

Lots of fish around in the park right now. Highly recommend booking a no-motor-zone trip as this is the most productive time of year for those areas. On the last charter which was a full-day we almost got the slam with some nice snook, a trout, a few redfish, and 4 bites from small tarpon. The snook bite has been really good with the full moon. Saw some water moccasins on the road heading home and also ran into quite a few big crocs as well. The fishing's been great!

As March fades into April the waters are getting warmer. Right now we are at the end the dry season. By May we should be getting daily isolated thunderstorms and rain on the daily. All the more reason to make sure you have good rain gear. A good Gore-Tex Jacket and light rainproof pants make an otherwise uncomfortable day into a good time. April is a great time to target peacock bass, mayan cichlids, oscars, and largemouth trapped in ponds and canals as the lower water level in the glades congregates them into deeper areas. I run trips into the interior of the glades this time of year but those are all canoe based trips only. Down in Flamingo this time of year I often catch sea trout but also Snook and tarpon. The fishing out of the canoe is also usually red hot. Redfish are also a possibility. Over this past week I had the pleasure of running two NMZ trips that went fantastic. We left the dock in the dark to make it to the launch point right at sunrise. The bugs weren't bad because the wind was blowing 20kts. I was able to put my clients on lots of snook and they had a blast. The next day right after a really bad front pushed through I went out with a different group and they managed to land a 8-10 year old snook along with many other smaller ones. It was also a pleasure to guide one of them to their first ever tarpon on fly. Check out the pictures and videos to prove it. I highly recommend booking a NMZ trip this time of year it is very good fishing.

This week was a tough week we had a huge cold front push down hard and fast. This caused the waters to get all muddied up and definitely put the fish off the bite for the first half of the week. We made due with what we had on Tuesday's trip and managed to get a few jumping spinner sharks on the big rod. Seeing those things jump is very cool! On Thursday the bite started off slow with some big fish biting in the morning with many break offs and none landed. Later on in the day though we managed to get on a good Spanish mackerel bite and ending up catching 9 different species of fish out in the gulf. On Thursday morning I passed by some Tarpon spots to see if they were there and they are starting to show up. You can already feel the temperature starting to change and get more hot which is perfect conditions for tarpon. Looking forward to what the next few weeks fishing will bring.

Started off the morning targeting BIG snook on fly in shallow water. The fish were uncooperative today, showing up always when we had the fly stuck in a branch or mangrove tree, or spooking just before we could get in range. We had 3-4 eats from larger snook that did not end up getting hooked and we saw a handful of very large snooks that made our adrenaline rush but no takers. We did manage to get two small snook on fly which was an accomplishment as they were Steve's first snook he had ever caught. On the way to our second spot a tarpon jumped into the boat and smacked me in the thighs. After a quick picture we let him go. We ended up seeing lots of crocs and alligators and a bald eagle. It was also my first time ever seeing a Red head duck in the park so that was cool.