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Everglades National Park Fishing Charters
Everglades National Park occupies the southern tip of Florida, encompassing thousands of square miles of wilderness and a wide diversity of habitats. Florida Bay is the part of the park found beween the mainland and the Florida Keys, a rich body of shallow water that’s both remote and also eminently accessible.
At the extreme southern tip of mainland Florida, Everglades National Park spreads out across the state in an array of divergent habitats covering almost 1.5 million acres. Most people think of the vast sawgrass marshes made famous in Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ seminal 1947 book, The Everglades: River of Grass when they envision the park, and while it is made up mostly of such terrain, there also exists a different part of the park that fishermen can’t resist.
Florida Bay, known universally among those who love to fish there as “the backcountry,” stretches from the southernmost tip of the mainland, south to the Florida Keys. The water in the bay seldom exceeds a depth of five feet, and in many places, it’s less than 18 inches deep for miles on end. Hundreds of mangrove islands dot the bay, and are ringed by shallow flats that make a perfect home for snook, redfish, spotted seatrout and lots more.
The mainland itself offers equally impressive opportunities along the shoreline, in the four shallow bights — Snake, Garfield, Rankin and Santini — carved into the landmass just east of Flamingo, the outpost at the end of the road stretching through the park from Florida City, or in several bays farther east. These bights and bays contain super-shallow water in a lot of instances, and can sometimes be fished only during high-water moon phases or weather conditions. But when you can get in there, the fishing can be spectacular.
At the extreme southern tip of mainland Florida, Everglades National Park spreads out across the state in an array of divergent habitats covering almost 1.5 million acres. Most people think of the vast sawgrass marshes made famous in Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ seminal 1947 book, The Everglades: River of Grass when they envision the park, and while it is made up mostly of such terrain, there also exists a different part of the park that fishermen can’t resist.
Florida Bay, known universally among those who love to fish there as “the backcountry,” stretches from the southernmost tip of the mainland, south to the Florida Keys. The water in the bay seldom exceeds a depth of five feet, and in many places, it’s less than 18 inches deep for miles on end. Hundreds of mangrove islands dot the bay, and are ringed by shallow flats that make a perfect home for snook, redfish, spotted seatrout and lots more.
The mainland itself offers equally impressive opportunities along the shoreline, in the four shallow bights — Snake, Garfield, Rankin and Santini — carved into the landmass just east of Flamingo, the outpost at the end of the road stretching through the park from Florida City, or in several bays farther east. These bights and bays contain super-shallow water in a lot of instances, and can sometimes be fished only during high-water moon phases or weather conditions. But when you can get in there, the fishing can be spectacular.
fish we may catch
Redfish
The most abundant and sought-after game fish in the park, numerous fish can be found tailing across the flats in northern and central Florida Bay.
Snook
Look for the fish in deep water cuts along mangrove shorelines throughout the park, or along Gulf beaches to the west. Eddies where water flows out of creeks on the falling tides.
Tarpon
There always some tarpon around Back Country and Florida Bay, throughout the spring and summer the tarpon migration brings the tarpon south along the Atlantic cost through the bridges as they move out alone the western edge of the National Park.
Spotted Seatrout
Can be found on the grass flats throughout the Florida Bay hold large numbers of Spotted Seatrout, In the winter time the trout can be found laid up in potholes in the bights and in the run offs on a falling tide.
Bonefish
The bonefish are concentrated in the southwestern portion of the National Park. Can be found tailing along the The prime Islamorada bonefish flats run along the Parks southern boundary.
Black Drum
The Black Drum can be found in areas of the National Park lots of time they are found in large schools back in the bights the schools can be found by looking for large muds.
The most abundant and sought-after game fish in the park, numerous fish can be found tailing across the flats in northern and central Florida Bay.
Snook
Look for the fish in deep water cuts along mangrove shorelines throughout the park, or along Gulf beaches to the west. Eddies where water flows out of creeks on the falling tides.
Tarpon
There always some tarpon around Back Country and Florida Bay, throughout the spring and summer the tarpon migration brings the tarpon south along the Atlantic cost through the bridges as they move out alone the western edge of the National Park.
Spotted Seatrout
Can be found on the grass flats throughout the Florida Bay hold large numbers of Spotted Seatrout, In the winter time the trout can be found laid up in potholes in the bights and in the run offs on a falling tide.
Bonefish
The bonefish are concentrated in the southwestern portion of the National Park. Can be found tailing along the The prime Islamorada bonefish flats run along the Parks southern boundary.
Black Drum
The Black Drum can be found in areas of the National Park lots of time they are found in large schools back in the bights the schools can be found by looking for large muds.
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