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Everglades National Park

Securing a charter

Almost all my charter reservations begin with an exchange of emails.

sightfish@embarqmail.com

A deposit of $150.00 is required for each day reserved. I'll refund it if something happens and you have to cancel, down to 30 days before the trip. If we have to cancel due to weather, or any other unforseen glitches in our plan, (today, while we were casting to a school of midget tarpon in a waybackcountry creek, an alligator bit my push pole, twice,) I'll take you on another day if we can, or I'll return your deposit.

You can send a check to me at,

Captain Ned Small

P.O. Box 294

Everglades City, FL,

34139

It's harder to reach me by telephone but the best times are probably six in the morning and again six in the evening, or leave me a message and I'll call you back.

239-695-4993

Even more useless is my cell phone, 239-398-6075

Directions

Everglades City is about 35 miles from Naples, 25 from Marco Island.

Route 29 south, the main road into Everglades, crosses both Alligator Alley and the Tamiami trail.

From the flashing light at the intersection of Rte. 41, the Trail, take 29 south for about a mile and a half until you see the 'Welcome To Everglades City,' sign.

Turn right at the sign onto Dupont Rd., proceed around the dogleg and go another fifty yards to where the pavement ends.

My place is on the left, where the road turns to sand, #941.

There's a stand of giant bamboo in my front yard, and a sign over the carport that says, "Back Country Charters."

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Everglades Sight Fishing
Everglades City, FL

With shallow water everywhere, backcountry fishing in the Everglades requires a highly specialized craft and we have it in the Maverick HPXT, the Mirage. It's a seventeen foot "technical poling skiff," capable of running in just a few inches of water and poling in about six. It's designed for a guide and one or two anglers and it will cruise easily at thirty miles an hour. The quiet four stroke Yamaha motor and the long range capability, over a hundred miles per day, make this the ideal skiff for stalking the flats of the Everglades.

Charters are for one or two people and are either five or eight hours. You will need to bring a lunch, (I'll have a cooler with ice on board,) polarized sunglasses, sun block, bug spray, the best is Repel Lemon Eucalyptus, a rain jacket / windbreaker and boat shoes, unless you choose to go barefoot or wear socks. Please don't wear street shoes or cleated hiking sandals!

You're welcome to bring your own tackle or use mine, I use Tibor reels, Sage rods and Royal Wulff lines. I've got all the flies and terminal tackle too, but I'm always curious about what other people are fishing, so bring flies too. A good weed guard is almost essential in the Everglades, you're almost always casting around obstructions. A fishing license is not required when fishing with a guide in Florida.

A five hour trip is $400.00, and an eight hour trip is $550.00