Everglades Fishing – Captain Ned Small

Beautiful weather, calm mornings, variable winds into the afternoon followed by the shore breeze and a few thunderstorms. Tarpon are showing more all the time and there is a sudden push of smaller fish, 50 pounders, among the giants. The arrival of these tarpon will open up a number of bays and coves favored by the smaller fish giving us more room to move and a greater frequency of targets. It is very quiet on the water, snook season is closed and there is little traffic in the islands. As though waiting for the season to end, the snook are now on the bite, look for glass minnows and tiny whitebaits among the mangrove roots on the falling tide and match the hatch with appropriate imitations. Small flies, number 2-6, in white variations seem to work well. Tie some with weed guards for casting into the trees.