Everglades Trip

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volguy
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Everglades Trip

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Each summer i have been to the everglades for father's day weekend for the last five years. this years trip was a little different. my dad could not go this year b/c of work. i was going to wait and take him when he could go, but there was supposed to be a tourney down there this wknd so i thought i would go. a friend of mine accompanied me. the tourney was canceled, but it was a good thing b/c we got to fish more. man what a trip.

we landed over 50 snook each day and most were in the 5-7 lb range. we always catch a lot, but this year we caught a lot and they were ALL good size. first day was friday. we started off catching snook, jacks including this one (around 12 lbs) and a huge fish we thought was a redfish in a school of around 2000 big bull fish, but the more i look at it the more it looks like a black drum. it was very red however along with the rest of the school. either way, it was 20 lbs 14 oz which is HUGE for either fish. notice the shark that got the fish right after i fell in the water on top of the fish trying to net the fish for steven.

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we limited on trout (all over 18 inches) on friday in about an hour. then went and caught more snook.

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then the storms rolled in and i decided to take steven on a little backcountry tour. i think he was impressed.

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saturday was a repeat with my friend alex joining us from ft. lauderdale and three of us catching over 50 snook and total hookups close to 75 snook. we also tried for some very big tarpon that had been rolling around hooked up on one big one and a very big shark. no pics of these two beast that were photo shy.

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sunday was another amazing day with us catching around 40 snook, jumping a HUGE tarpon in the 100 lb class (he came completely out of the water before throwing the bait and he was big) limiting out on trout and catching a nice mess of mangrove snapper. we also went out about five miles or so and found huge schools of permit breaking the surface but could not get them to hit anything. finishing out the day with a beautiful everglades sunset. we were going to fish monday, but steven was just too sore to fish anymore. just kidding. we were both sore from all the fish we had caught. so we called it a trip and what a great one it was.

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Post by Eerman »

WOW :o That was a trip worth taking. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Excellent report, VolGuy. Great pics as well, particularly the sunrise/sunset. :thumbup:
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Post by Will_Fish_4_Food »

Cool pics 4 sure.

Were you guys using live bait? I'm south fl bound July 4th week for some tarpon/snook fishing. :thumbup:
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first day started out with arties b/c that is what i have always fished. however, for the first time, bait was EVERYWHERE and it was usually one cast with the net and the well was black. i am not a big bait guy but sat. my buddy from lauderdale fished arties all day and the bait outfished him 5 to 1. so i like bait a little more now and especially when it is that easy to get.
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Thanks for the 411.
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Awesome trip :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Most excellent :thumbup:
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Awesome report and pics. :thumbup:
I'm doing a backwater trip like that when I grow up.

BTW, bet it still don't beat Econfina. :wink: :-D
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Sweet trip! :thumbup: Lot's of fish and fun, what else can you ask for? :D
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way kewl :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by fish on!! »

Nice report.

That is a Black Drum.
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Post by downtimes »

Where in Flamingo where you???....Looks like Tarpon Creek from the pictures. We live in Miami and love coming up to the Port St Joe area to fish and vacation. Always check this site for whats going on up there.
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What type of boat is that? Nice pics and trip. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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we were fishing out of choko. never went to flamingo. have a buddy that fishes there all the time and we are headed down in july to fish with him.

my boat is a hewes 18 redfisher flats boat.
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