NORTH FLORIDA REDFISHING from SHALLOW WATER EXPEDITIONS on Vimeo.

For Spring Break I went to Chokoloskee island with a buddy of mine to fish. Here are some pictures and a video of a compilation of all the pictures.

Chokoloskee Island is a remote island in the everglades national park. It is "real Florida" just mobile homes, 1 restaurant, a post office, and a bait shop. There is a grocery store in nearby Everglades city, where a few restaurants are found as well. It is quite an experience, and there is a plethora of islands hence the name 10,000 islands.

View Larger Map

We camped at the Chokoloskee Island Park, it was full of friendly people. The park has a boat ramp, a dock (that you can fish off of) that can accommodate a boat with a beam of 7ft or less and under 23ft. They have live bait as well as tackle.

It is a remote area where you will usually wont see another boat the whole time your out. We did not take the kayaks down as the weather was not supposed to be the greatest as wind forcast was 20 knots but of course it was 0 knots and beautiful. Enjoy the pictures

-Dave-

Two members of the hardcore kayak anglers club have been asked to do Free seminars at Tampa Fishing Outfitters on Osborne Ave in Tampa for February and March. They are very knowledgeable and have a lot of useful information to share! Come on out and enjoy the free Seminars and learn alot!

Seminars http://www.tampafishingoutfitters.com/activity.html

* When: Feb. 16th, 2010
* Time: 6:00pm
* Topic: Picking the Right Inshore Rod
* Who: Jose Chavez of Hard Core Kayak Club .

* When: Feb. 23rd, 2010
* Time: 6:00pm
* Topic: Redfish Tactics
* Who: Peter Poletti, aka "MAKO", of Mako Kayak Fishing.

* When: March 2010 (Exact date will be updated soon)
* Topic: Catching, Handling & Releasing Gamefish on Artificals
* Who: Jose Chavez of Hard Core Kayak Club .

* When: March 23rd, 2010
* Time: 6:00pm
* Topic: Tarpon & Kingfish
* Who: Peter Poletti, aka "MAKO", of Mako Kayak Fishing.


Tampa Fishing Outfitters is located at 3916 West Obsorne Ave. Tampa, FL 33614

Alex and his friend David wanted to go fishing, So we headed out on to the gandy flats on a overcast day. It was a super negative low tide as high tide was not till midnight. We ventured out working a drop off on the flat. David and myself caught a hand full of lady fish. Alex had a few hits but no takers.While we are busy catching ladies, Alex had a good size snook take his Exlude Dart in Gold color just before he was going to take out the lure, and lost it soon after. It was around 25" inches. We all had enough of ladyfish so we moved on to the flat as the tide moved in alittle more. We paddled to a barrier island and had no luck. We paddled on to the grass flats and spread out. I caught one lady fish and a small trout.
We were greeted by white pelicans that were visiting from further up north for the winter. We kept working the flat and had no more luck. Dave had to leave early so he headed off the water and Alex and I continued to work the flat. We then moved over to a drop off and the wind stopped all together, the water tuned slick and the bite turned on. Alex casted caught a lady fish. I casted hooked a trout and lost him at the boat. Alex hooked and released a nice trout. I snapped a picture and then took one cast and boated a trout as well. We continued fishing catching two more lady fish each and called it a day. The lady fish were out in force today which was fun, but wish we caught as many snook as we did ladyfish. Overall it was a great day to end 2009 and ring in the new decade. Going to be fishing more before i got back to school so look for reports!