Everglades National Park Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Eric Reynolds
Homestead, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Patch reef fishing has been great and will just get better as the winter time fronts keep pushing down. Plenty of action with a large variety of fish. Snapper, and grouper are the targets but there are plenty more mixed in. Last trip we got some nice mutton snapper and...

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Eric Reynolds Homestead, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Patch reef fishing has been great and will just get better as the winter time fronts keep pushing down. Plenty of action with a large variety of fish. Snapper, and grouper are the targets but there are plenty more mixed in. Last trip we got some nice mutton snapper and some grouper.

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Eric Reynolds
Homestead, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Swordfishing between the cold fronts on a calm day are very productive. Last trip we caught 4 out of 6 bites. Some big ones around and one of my favorite fish to eat. They call them the gladiator of the sea for a reason! Fish on average weighing in at...

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Eric Reynolds Homestead, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Swordfishing between the cold fronts on a calm day are very productive. Last trip we caught 4 out of 6 bites. Some big ones around and one of my favorite fish to eat. They call them the gladiator of the sea for a reason! Fish on average weighing in at around 200 lbs. so make sure to bring a big cooler for your fillets.

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Scott Grenfell
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton snapper fishing inshore on the patch reefs really could use some charters boss it is slow

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Scott Grenfell Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Mutton snapper fishing inshore on the patch reefs really could use some charters boss it is slow

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Eric Rodriguez
Key Largo, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Fall fishing is in full swing with water temperatures dropping plenty of fish showing up from small tarpon to Goliath groupers and snappers mixed for dinner at a local restaurant this was a 4hr trip landed 3-4 tarpon 6 snooks 6 Goliath groupers 1 red fish and a limit of

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Eric Rodriguez Key Largo, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Fall fishing is in full swing with water temperatures dropping plenty of fish showing up from small tarpon to Goliath groupers and snappers mixed for dinner at a local restaurant this was a 4hr trip landed 3-4 tarpon 6 snooks 6 Goliath groupers 1 red fish and a limit of snappers for dinner

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Eric Scoble
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

The weather’s been beautiful in Islamorada Florida. Great time to go Snook fishing. The Snook have been biting back in Everglades national Park and the surrounding islands. Live bait has been a better choice, but still catching lots of Snook on artificial‘s. Also, in the same area, we are finding...

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Eric Scoble Islamorada, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

The weather’s been beautiful in Islamorada Florida. Great time to go Snook fishing. The Snook have been biting back in Everglades national Park and the surrounding islands. Live bait has been a better choice, but still catching lots of Snook on artificial‘s. Also, in the same area, we are finding the Speckled Sea Trout in large numbers. They are fun fish to catch and good eating too!

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Jon-Paul Haydocy
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Weather and water temps have been hot along with redfish and snook bite!

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Jon-Paul Haydocy Islamorada, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Weather and water temps have been hot along with redfish and snook bite!

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Eric Scoble
Islamorada, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

With the fall season upon us, the heat has broken and the weather is nice. We are getting a steady catch of Speckled Seatrout of nice size. We are also catching the juvenile Tarpon around the same areas. The Snook are biting pretty good you just have to get them...

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Eric Scoble Islamorada, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

With the fall season upon us, the heat has broken and the weather is nice. We are getting a steady catch of Speckled Seatrout of nice size. We are also catching the juvenile Tarpon around the same areas. The Snook are biting pretty good you just have to get them to the boat before the sharks can get them. Overall, the keys are pretty quiet as far as tourist go, so we have lots of fishing grounds that are virtually private to us this time of year.

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Chris Parthemore
Tavernier, Florida
Reported: 2 years ago

Calm seas have left us with great opportunities on the reef , wrecks and off shore . The yellowtail Vite had been pretty good with several flags caught along with some other species like trigger fish , cero mackerel and our favorite yellow Jack . Off shore mahi has been...

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Chris Parthemore Tavernier, Florida Reported: 2 years ago

Calm seas have left us with great opportunities on the reef , wrecks and off shore . The yellowtail Vite had been pretty good with several flags caught along with some other species like trigger fish , cero mackerel and our favorite yellow Jack .
Off shore mahi has been hit or miss but when we hit we managed multiple keeper fish and occasional heavy lifter and gaffers . Tunas have been active at the humps in addition to some great amber Jack bites . Overall it has been a great summer so far and it's only getting better .

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