Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted September 27, 2023 Been booked to fish the saltwater portion of the Everglades recently... Here's a few pics when we were fly fishing... We ran in darkness for nearly 14 miles to hit this spot... this time of year we're on the water and running an hour before daylight to beat the heat Once the sun was up it was fish after fish for about thirty minutes - a mix of speckled trout, ladyfish and others with one angler using his 8wt and his Dad working a spinning rod - double headers over and over... This speckled trout ate a popping bug - after we tired of catching and releasing them on clousers.... this one was so eager to feed that it was hooked - in the nose (and every one of the thirty or so trout were carefully released to fight another day...). Later on that day in rainy conditions -here's a first tripletail on a clouser (we caught and released two of them at this spot). I tell my anglers to expect a fish that looks like a crappy... that's been living under a nuclear power plant... At the end of that day we stopped at a grouper hole and hooked up on this "baby" goliath grouper (not on fly gear at all...). These guys live in all the rivers that drain out of the Everglades in 8 to 13 feet of water and you fish them straight up and down with the stoutest gear on my skiff (and sometimes - just get torn up instead of succeed...). As always - carefully released in good condition... Most of my anglers after one or two of these grouper - aren't eager for another since they really take you to school at point blank range... Just nothing like the 'glades - that day we were fishing out of Flamingo in Everglades National Park... "Be a hero... take a kid fishing" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted September 27, 2023 Nice set of pictures and fish. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted September 28, 2023 23 hours ago, Capt Bob LeMay said: Been booked to fish the saltwater portion of the Everglades recently... Here's a few pics when we were fly fishing... We ran in darkness for nearly 14 miles to hit this spot... this time of year we're on the water and running an hour before daylight to beat the heat Once the sun was up it was fish after fish for about thirty minutes - a mix of speckled trout, ladyfish and others with one angler using his 8wt and his Dad working a spinning rod - double headers over and over... This speckled trout ate a popping bug - after we tired of catching and releasing them on clousers.... this one was so eager to feed that it was hooked - in the nose (and every one of the thirty or so trout were carefully released to fight another day...). Later on that day in rainy conditions -here's a first tripletail on a clouser (we caught and released two of them at this spot). I tell my anglers to expect a fish that looks like a crappy... that's been living under a nuclear power plant... At the end of that day we stopped at a grouper hole and hooked up on this "baby" goliath grouper (not on fly gear at all...). These guys live in all the rivers that drain out of the Everglades in 8 to 13 feet of water and you fish them straight up and down with the stoutest gear on my skiff (and sometimes - just get torn up instead of succeed...). As always - carefully released in good condition... Most of my anglers after one or two of these grouper - aren't eager for another since they really take you to school at point blank range... Just nothing like the 'glades - that day we were fishing out of Flamingo in Everglades National Park... "Be a hero... take a kid fishing" Nice looking fish! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2023 Booked to fish there again this weekend - but if there’s a government shutdown we’ll be locked out of the Park… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2023 On 9/27/2023 at 3:37 AM, Capt Bob LeMay said: Been booked to fish the saltwater portion of the Everglades recently... Here's a few pics when we were fly fishing... We ran in darkness for nearly 14 miles to hit this spot... this time of year we're on the water and running an hour before daylight to beat the heat Once the sun was up it was fish after fish for about thirty minutes - a mix of speckled trout, ladyfish and others with one angler using his 8wt and his Dad working a spinning rod - double headers over and over... This speckled trout ate a popping bug - after we tired of catching and releasing them on clousers.... this one was so eager to feed that it was hooked - in the nose (and every one of the thirty or so trout were carefully released to fight another day...). Later on that day in rainy conditions -here's a first tripletail on a clouser (we caught and released two of them at this spot). I tell my anglers to expect a fish that looks like a crappy... that's been living under a nuclear power plant... At the end of that day we stopped at a grouper hole and hooked up on this "baby" goliath grouper (not on fly gear at all...). These guys live in all the rivers that drain out of the Everglades in 8 to 13 feet of water and you fish them straight up and down with the stoutest gear on my skiff (and sometimes - just get torn up instead of succeed...). As always - carefully released in good condition... Most of my anglers after one or two of these grouper - aren't eager for another since they really take you to school at point blank range... Just nothing like the 'glades - that day we were fishing out of Flamingo in Everglades National Park... "Be a hero... take a kid fishing" Great pictures. Looks like a great time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2023 Thanks.. been a tough month when it seemed that all my few bookings.. we’re on bad weather days. True to form this week I’ve cancelled three trips again due to high winds (two nights and a day). Hope the weather lets up next week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
