Hello to all my fellow anglers and future anglers. As we come into the late summer and early fall coming into October, the snook are making there ways back up the passes and inlets. Heading back into the rivers and backcountry to feed and live in the small creeks and rivers. To me October is one of the best months to fish down here in Everglades city and Chokoloskee area! Redfish love to eat a fresh live shrimp hanging down about 6 to 10 inches from the bottom suspended by a simple popping cork hooked with a number 3 or number 4 circle hook, or my favorite a regular old hook lol suspended off of about 3 to 4 feet of 30 to 40 pound floral carbon leader, depending on the depth and structure your fishing at the time? Permit have been another reason October is always one, out of 4 of MY favorite months to fish in Everglades city/Chokoloskee area! Fishing is great in the winter as well but nothing like October! As far as catching permit. It’s as simple as easing around and looking along the flats for there fins about 4 to 10 inches out of the water and any type of structure or bait as you make your way into deeper water. It never hurts to have some live baby blue crabs on a number 6 circle hook with 40 to 50 pound floral carbon leader when it comes to permit, also cobia and triple tail have been eating crabs as well but they will hit a live shrimp or a soft jerk bait at any given time and 9 times out of 10 if your looking for permit, your going to run into a few cobia and or triple tail. And of course the trout are still all over the grass flats as usual. Popping cork and a shrimp or cast a soft rubber paddle tail and you can’t miss a sea trout in these waters! Of course the Goliath grouper have been another super fun fish to catch anywhere from 5 pounds all the way up to 250 pounds! They are all over the place in the rivers and passes, mostly juveniles 5 to 20 pounds on 7ft medium action rods with 20 to 30 pound test and of course 3 or 4ft of floral carbon leader line, but we can always drop down a live 10 pound jack on the heavy Goliath grouper rod and see if we can get a 250 plus pounder to the surface? That’s always super fun and because it is October these fish will be in the area for a while. I hope I was able to help my fellow anglers, so anytime your ready just call and let’s get you booked with ME a 6th generation local native of Everglades city, FL Captain Travis Freeman Steady fishing, an Everglades Tradition.