Today was another good day of peacock bass fishing with Elmer Branson from Louisiana. Elmer drove all the way down from Orlando, Florida today, just to go out and do some serious peacock bass fishing. When we met up I told him he was going to get his arm ripped off today, he laughed and said, “I’ve heard that one before.” He just laughed with me when we started in the canal system, he could not imagine fishing like this!

I was a little concerned once we started fishing, as it was a little slow at first. The water had dirtied and made the areas much harder to fish. But as the day went on and we moved around to different locations the peacock bass started to come up to the shorelines. Now the fight would begin, we caught a mess load of fish from 3 to 5 pounds. Elmer was surprised at how hard the peacock bass fights, especially because he fishes for small-mouth bass.

When it was all said and done, Elmer turned and said, “my arm does hurt a little from fighting these fish, but is still attached” as we both laughed mostly about the ones that got away!

Looking forward to seeing Elmer in 3 months again.

See ya real soon,

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Day two with the Rinaldi Family was a adventure, it started off in the Florida Everglades . Which turned out really bad , “I know fishing guides are not suppose to say that, but tell the way it is,” The recent rains from tropical storm fay have just got the bass in the Everglades all spread out with all the water that has fallen.

When we got to our first location, I saw immediately how much the water has came up in the Everglades. So, I said “I have something better then the Everglades right now.” We headed to a private lake that we have and ended up catching really nice bass, “like the one in the picture to the right!”

We also had a fantastic day of peacock bass fishing and few tarpon which the boys had a great time with and so did I. It was great to watching everyone, especially the boys catching fish all day long.

Thanks once again to the Rinaldi family, the trips just seem to keep getting better!

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Today I took out Brian McCully and his girlfriend from Wallingford, Pa. Brian wanted to experience the Everglades flats fishing, so of we went way out in the everglades flats. Brian was mostly interested in try to get top water bites, so I we tied multi able different buzz frogs and some hollow body frogs as well..

Right at the very beginning Brian’s girlfriend had a “big” bass try to grab her buzz frog. This fish kept trying to get her bait all the way back to the boat, when it saw almost at the boat it turned and swam into a clump of weeds. Everyone got to see the fish turn and swim away, I would be guessing that it would have went 8 to 9lbs. The rest of the day was kind of slow but they wound up boating 5 or 6 largemouth bass.

With all of the recent rain the water came way up. I think once things stabilize out there the bite will be red hot in the flats!

Tight Lines,
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I took out long time repeat customer Philip Danial his son-in-law Tyson and Tyson’s friend Rick all from Huntsville, TN. Day1, we ventured way out in the glades looking for some trophy large-mouth bass. With all the recent rain we have had in the Everglades, it is much higher than normal. I expected a semi-slow bite and to my surprise the bite was much better than expected. The guys boated 19 large-mouth from 3lbs to 7 1/2lbs. What a great day it turned out to be, all the fish looked like footballs, fat and healthy.

Day 2 & 3 we were in Miami for the hard fighting peacock bass. The competition was on, they boated fish after fish for two straight days. For the two days in Miami they boated close to 70 peacock bass. What a amazing three days with these guys, a true summer freshwater slam.

I always look forward to fishing with these guys and I had a blast watching these guys go at it!

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Today I had the pleasure of taking out the Pagnotta family in the Florida Everglades. What a good day we had, we fished for everything that would bite from gar, bowfin, bluegill and of coarse largemouth bass. We caught it all, the kids were realy good at fishing and by the end of trip we caught over fifty fish of all types.

What a fun day of fishing with the kids I had!

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Today experience was a really cool one, the weather was anything but cool with water temps at 89 degrees. The cool part was fishing with the Crocker brothers, Ben and Jon.

Jon lives in Massachusetts and Ben in Africa, both are doctors and oh I almost forgot to tell you, they are twins. Ben was on his way from Africa to a training class and called Jon to meet him in Miami for a few days of RNR. 

Ben has fished in the Everglades before and really enjoyed it. Both brothers were good fishermen, as always it took them a few cast and bites to adjust to our fishing style. Unfortunately how many times has it happen, Ben’s first bite is his best opportunity at the biggest bass of his life. He had the fish on for a few minutes, then it gave him that traditional large-mouth bass wave as it shook loose and swam away. What a heart breaker, as everyone got to see the fish which was estimated to be in the 8lb class which only made things worse.

As all good anglers do, Ben had to just keep on casting in search of his next bite. His brother Jon on the other hand, proceeded to catch back to back a 4 and 5lb bass which for the moment made all of use forget about the monster that got away.

 I would consister the fishing a little slower then I like to see it, with the day high and bright, blue bird all day, water temps at 89 and no wind. We welcomed the rain shower as we were pulled the boat out of the ramp.

Overall, the day was a success, as we had 2 fish estimated over 8lbs on and several in the 5lb class and only two fish caught less then 2 pounds each, did I mention we also got to solve all of the world issues at the same time!…. lol 

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 Today I took out Peter Balis from Ill. Peter wanted to see the Everglades and catch a big largemouth bass. So, out in the Everglades we went.

 What a great guy, we talked and fished all day (ya know that old saying time flys when your havin fun) it surly did today. By the end of the day, Peter boated between 15 to 20 fish with 3 of the bass being between  5 to 6lbs and lost a couple good ones also. It was a really good day for Peter and myself.

I am looking forword to taking Peter out again in October.

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What a good day we had today in the Everglades with Tony Miresse, his son Mark and his friend Eric Burton.

When Tony told me it was Eric birthday today and he ask, “how’s the fishing.” I said, it was a little slow in the Everglades but were still catching fish. I suggested to them, that they may want to go after the peacock bass simply because they have been more consistent. They said, “let’s go out in the Everglades I like the idea of the alligators and bird watching over urban development.

So, we decided on the Everglades and it turned out to be a good day the pictures tell it all!

This was also Eric’s first time bass fishing, “not bad for his first bass.” The fish today were caught on a good variety of fishing lures, although the bigger fish were caught on crankbaits.

I think we had as much fun as I hope all of you did. Till next time, tight lines!

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For the last two days we were very fortunate to be fishing with Michael Shore and his group of friend from the Dallas, TX area once again. The two days were a whirl wind of laughs and stories to say the least, especially for those guys.

They flew in Friday afternoon to Ft Lauderdale airport, then headed over to the Hard-Rock Casino and Resort in town where we would pick them up at 6am the next morning. This group of fishermen are probably the most versatile group we get to spend time with, they adapt well and just have a lot of fun. This years trip had several highlights, but none more then the “ball gazing games”…and of coarse the big fish that were caught.

On Saturday we headed to a spot known for big fish, but not often fished due to the long dirt road travel to access the fishery. As expected we fished three boats all day long with not a sign of another. The fishing was tougher then I would have like to seen it with the resent rains. It did not help matters that we were dealing with bite blue bird skies also. The one hope I had for the location, was that it would be consistent as in the past and give up a big trophy bass.

Today was no different then most summer fishing days you just had to find the fish, then sloooooow down and fish. That’s what our boat did after a slow period in the morning we got right in the grove. We did miss a lot of fish at first, then we figured out the fish were biting very softly. Around 11am our boat hooked into a monster bass which was pulled drag like crazy and then jumped over the net twice. In the end we landed her and WON the big fish battle. She weighted just around 9lbs, this fish had a 10lb head with a 8lb body and was a very long fish. In the last 10 minutes of fishing Michael hooked into another quality fish, maybe 5 or 6 pounds. It all happen really quick, the fish just jumped and gave him that largemouth bass wave as she came out of the water. I think she simply was giving him a “ball gaze” either way she got off to be caught on another day.

On day two we headed the complete opposite direction, wanting to provide a new experience and at the same time put these guys on more fish. After about a 1 hour ride we arrived with a sprinkle of rain already on us, I was worried knowing the forecast called for 60 present chance of rain. But, as the fish gods quite often do for us they let it rain everywhere but on us today. With the overcast sky’s we started with topwater and as the day goes without staying, we stayed with it all day.

Today worked out pretty good, as the picture shows above everyone caught fish with a couple over 5 lbs and one or two that just took my breath a way when they hit the lure.

All in all, a GREAT bunch of guys to fish with. I really want to thank Michael and his friends for spending a couple of days with us.

I think we had as much fun as I hope all of you did. Till next time, tight lines!

Capt Brett

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Water modification to improve Everglades and Miccosukee tribal lands

By Daily News staff

WEST PALM BEACH — Thousands of acres of wetlands will be returned to a more natural state through a project requested by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and supported by the South Florida Water Management District.

Construction of a water-control weir in the L-28 canal near Interstate 75 in Broward County will improve rainfall retention in the wetlands, re-hydrating about 8,000 acres within a triangular area bordered by I-75 and two canal levees, according to the water district. The SFWMD Governing Board this week approved $220,000 in additional funding for the project, on top of $600,000 previously approved in October 2007.

“This project represents cooperation between the district and the Miccosukee Tribe to benefit the Everglades and South Florida’s environment,” said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Eric Buermann. “It is an opportunity to return another section of Everglades wetlands to a more natural state.”

The L-28 canal runs under Alligator Alley. A pump station moves water into the water conservation area but also has impacted drainage within the triangular wetland area. About 800 acres of the property is within the Big Cypress Preserve, while the rest is owned by the Tribe.

“The Miccosukee Tribe is voluntarily restoring over 8,000 acres of land, which could have been developed, back to the Everglades,” said Gene Duncan the Tribe’s water resources director.

Water managers and the Tribe believe the land will be improved by installing a weir in the canal south of the pump station, according to a water district news release. The device, a simple wall across the canal, will hold water in the triangle at depths closer to historical conditions but will allow water to flow north to the pump station during extremely wet times.

The Tribe is responsible for the final design, permitting, construction and monitoring of the project. The project is expected to be completed next year.

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