Everglades fresh and saltwaters, 25 February
Feb 25, 2024 11:36:50 GMT -5
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Post by lemaymiami on Feb 25, 2024 11:36:50 GMT -5
We were on the water three days this past week (bad weather claimed my two night bookings). Our first day was local, in the canals west of Ft. Lauderdale, with two anglers aboard switching off between fly and spinning gear. A good day - the very first cast was a nice peacock bass...
a bit cool that morning but the fishing was pretty warm...
For about an hour and a half it was peacock after peacock on both spin and fly gear - along with a few small bass and one nice oscar on the fly.
a small yellow and white clouser style fly got this oscar's attention.
This peacock also liked that same clouser...
Here's a pic of our best peacock that day - in just a five hour trip.. we caught and released 20 to 30 of them...
The next day I had the same two anglers - down at Flamingo for some backcountry saltwater action. Both Jim McIntire and his partner Mike from Tennessee had a great day....
Although the waters were too cold for the big tarpon to make an appearance we found snook, trout, and redfish all day long... Early on it was the speckled trout on both lures and flies...
We found good numbers of trout in several different spots - this one took a small lure and was carefully released
Later that morning Mike scored his best snook ever - a 31" fish...
this big girl was caught and released on a lure- just after we missed another one on the fly... the backcountry is heating up...
Finally we hit some nice redfish in Whitewater Bay that afternoon... with both Jim and Mike scoring slot sized redfish...
note the dark red/brown colors - classic backcountry redfish... with this release Mike had his first backcountry slam (snook, trout, redfish in the same day...).
Jim, using the fly rod - had strike after strike, including our best red of the day... come loose after the hook-up before he finally landed this one..
most of our fish on fly that day attacked a pink and white clouser style offering...
I suspect I'll be hearing from Jim and Mike again - it was that kind of day...
In the coming week the big tarpon should begin to show up in Whitewater (all that's needed is a few days of warmer weather) and they'll be the main attraction as we move into spring (along with everything else....). Just nothing like the Everglades backcountry (and the freshwater canals into the 'glades as well...).
Tight lines
Bob LeMay
(954) 309-9489 cell
"Be a hero... take a kid fishing...
a bit cool that morning but the fishing was pretty warm...
For about an hour and a half it was peacock after peacock on both spin and fly gear - along with a few small bass and one nice oscar on the fly.
a small yellow and white clouser style fly got this oscar's attention.
This peacock also liked that same clouser...
Here's a pic of our best peacock that day - in just a five hour trip.. we caught and released 20 to 30 of them...
The next day I had the same two anglers - down at Flamingo for some backcountry saltwater action. Both Jim McIntire and his partner Mike from Tennessee had a great day....
Although the waters were too cold for the big tarpon to make an appearance we found snook, trout, and redfish all day long... Early on it was the speckled trout on both lures and flies...
We found good numbers of trout in several different spots - this one took a small lure and was carefully released
Later that morning Mike scored his best snook ever - a 31" fish...
this big girl was caught and released on a lure- just after we missed another one on the fly... the backcountry is heating up...
Finally we hit some nice redfish in Whitewater Bay that afternoon... with both Jim and Mike scoring slot sized redfish...
note the dark red/brown colors - classic backcountry redfish... with this release Mike had his first backcountry slam (snook, trout, redfish in the same day...).
Jim, using the fly rod - had strike after strike, including our best red of the day... come loose after the hook-up before he finally landed this one..
most of our fish on fly that day attacked a pink and white clouser style offering...
I suspect I'll be hearing from Jim and Mike again - it was that kind of day...
In the coming week the big tarpon should begin to show up in Whitewater (all that's needed is a few days of warmer weather) and they'll be the main attraction as we move into spring (along with everything else....). Just nothing like the Everglades backcountry (and the freshwater canals into the 'glades as well...).
Tight lines
Bob LeMay
(954) 309-9489 cell
"Be a hero... take a kid fishing...
