CHOKOLOSKEE (EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK) July is here and we can expect some of the best fishing of the year… if you time it right. Day time air temperatures are now hovering around 92 degrees each day, bringing the water temperatures up to 87 degrees. Here in Chokoloskee, the Everglades National...
It's summer. Summer is actually an abbreviation for snook, tarpon and redfish. After the brutality of this last winter, this summer is going to be extra pleasing. Snook The freeze of 2010 forced closure of the spring harvest season and it will not open again until September 1st. The bigger fish moved...
by Mike Stubblefield As we made the turn out of the creek connecting Mud Bay to the first of the two Cross Bays, I saw nothing but dirty brown water and knew we were in trouble. Les, in his East Cape Canoe Gladesmen with trim tabs, made it three-quarters of the way across, rooster tailing mud all the...
January and February are the coldest months here, as is pretty much true everywhere. While the Everglades National Park has, arguably, the best winter fishery in North America, spring is still very much welcomed. The winter produces some excellent fishing, but in comparison to the warmer months, the...
by Mike Stubblefield Three Dog Rick muttered and cussed to himself as he walked his biggest hound, a black standard poodle he was training to hunt, through the RV park. The big poodle--young but tuned to Three Dog's moods--kept the extendable leash out to the max length, thus giving herself plenty...
by Mike Stubblefield Chokoloskee Florida - 2009 "Winds ESE 5-7 knots; bay and inland waters a light chop; temperatures to 91 degrees; skies clear. Full moon low tide at 8:46 a.m." The marine weather forecast played in the marina office as Leaky Lou, 75 year old ex-dock master of Port O'...
Everglades National Park - November & December Capt. Charles Wright November and December bring big changes to Everglades National Park. The cooler water temperatures transition the entire fishery. November is very much like October, except better. All the summer species are still here responding...