Epic Islamorada and Everglades National Park Action

What an epic week of fishing! This week started the 2025 Golden Fly out of Islamorada! Thinking second time guiding in this amazing event! Such a privilege to have been asked by my client to fish this event two years in a  row! This tournament has some do the best anglers and the best of the best guides in the tarpon fishing industry! We were blessed with amazing weather and great fishing! 

These  days are long grueling days! We started pre fishing and hooked some great fish. We jumped around in the ocean coming across a hundred or so daisy chaining  tarpon here in islamorada! It’s always an amazing sight to see! These can be the hardest fish to get to eat a fly in my opinion but it’s so cool to watch them do their thing! We ran all over the place from middle keys to Everglades city and Everglades national park in search of happy hungry tarpon! 


The bite was incredible! The hardest part was getting the tarpon to stay hooked up on fly! But we had double digits eats everyday day! The most being 26 eats before noon! 


While tarpon fishing we did see a bunch of snook and permit swimming around although not what we are targeting it’s great to see the fishery is alive and happy! 


Will be fishing this coming week and getting ready for the 2025 Don hawley tarpon invitational as well! Stay tuned! 


Capt. Ryan Booth
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