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Capt. William H. Faulkner
Florida Fishing Report for:
Naples, 10,000 Islands and Everglades National Park.
Updated: November 15, 2004.
Winter Fishing Favorites
Fishing report for the 10,000 Islands and Everglades National
Park
When I was younger, I can remember always thinking how I couldn't
wait for summer to come 'round so the fishing would get good again
... Little did I know that one day, 20 years later, I would be
anxiously awaiting winter's first cold fronts like a young boy
on Christmas morning.
Summer is a great time to fish the Everglades, there's no debating
that.
Snook swim five feet to smash topwater plugs, tarpon are abundant
in almost every backcountry bay and creek and there's almost always
a few redfish milling around the outside points.
But, for me, winter is where it's at!
Big fish in shallow water, sightfishing all day long and cool,
dry weather that makes fishing full-days a pleasure.
Last week, Doug Thomas stopped in for a couple of days of flyfishing.
It was windy, but somehow Doug's Big Fish Karma always shines
through.
Tuesday we jumped two 20-plus pound tarpon in les than 2 feet
of water and added a couple of small snook for good measure.
Wednesday was windy enough that we decided to put the fly rod
away around 9 AM.
However, that didn't mean the fun was over.
Despite some pretty tough conditions, Doug did manage to make
one perfect cast to a 38-inch snook that seemed less interested
than the 3o-incher we caught blindcasting a white Rip Tide Flats
Chub.
Fishing is definitely a day to day thing right now. Some days
it's good, some days it's great. Others you feel guilty taking
payment for your services at the end of the day!! Ha, ha!
But seriously, winter fishing can be a bit touch and go, but,
if you do catch everything right, fishing during the cool weather
months can be as good as it gets.
Over the next month or so, look for the fish that summer on the
coast to move further inland and expect the big NE winds to start
blowing fish out of the Glades into the backcountry creeks and
bays.
I'm anxiously awaiting the days of seeing 100 keeper snook in
a single bay, even if we do only cath one or two of them.
December should prove to be a good month this year as the storms
that effected so much of the state seem to have effected the fishing
in our area more than anything else.
(All my best to those effected more dramatically by the storms
this summer.)
We certainly seem to be a little behind right now as far as getting
into our fall and winter pattern of clean water and lots of fish
on the shorelines, but another week of good NE wind and the backcountry
bays will be olooking like crystalline waters I remember from
my youth.
Rememeber, fishing guides all over the State are depending on
this season to help them recover from a pretty terrible summer.
So, if you've been thinking about traveling to Florida to do some
fishing, this would be a great time to do it.
Thanks for all your support.
See you soon!!
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