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Capt Alex Zapata, fishing guide in Biscayne Bay, the Everglades and the Florida Keys. IFFF certified
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15/07/2024

Good day in the Everglades casting plugs with Leo from Texas.

03/07/2024

First time bonefishing for Matt was a success! great day in the keys catching both, numbers and decent size bones.

18/06/2024

01/04/2024

Always a good time fishing with good friend and client Joe.

28/03/2024

Recent frontal activity with lots of foul weather have forced some of my tarpon anglers to go after other targets. In March, you either hit the weather or the weather hits you….

09/03/2024

Recent trips. On to 3 months straight of fly fishing for big tarpon, welcome spring time!

01/02/2024

I always look forward to cold days with moderate winds this time of the year, so I can take my small vessel offshore. Here’s my friend Charles holding a very big kingfish, which gave him a heck of a fight. he also fought a sailfish and 4 more kings. Nice time out of Tavernier!

23/01/2024

Difficult weather but good times with Lloyd wruble and Richard Trotta.

09/01/2024

Another successful trip with repeat client catching both, quality and numbers.

31/12/2023

Successful last trip of the year with the Walsh family, always a great time with great guys.

Grateful for a great year, to all my clients and friends, may god continue to bless your lives abundantly in 2024.

30/12/2023

Traded the flats for the bluewater today. Nice change of pace fun fishing with my friend Robert.

28/12/2023

David Fass at it again. Difficult fishing….didn’t touch a fish until 5 hours into the trip. But once we found them, had steady action for 2 hours on snook and trout. That’s how it goes some days. Props to my long time friend Dave for not giving up.

20/12/2023

I often get lots of flyfishing clients requesting Tarpon, permit and bonefish trips during winter time (November-March). While I’ve had awesome days flyfishing for these species in the winter, with the right, “lucky”weather windows, it is important to remark that cold fronts are normal this time of year, unpredictable, and can totally wipe out your chances of fishing for “glamour” species, or any form of sightfishing on the flats. Flyfishing options can still be available, if the client is willing to adapt to the conditions, strategy and species.
Have an open mind and realistic expectations. After all, the main goal is always to have an enjoyable day out. It is also winter time in Florida!

Despite the cold weather, a good time was had throwing flies with with plenty of action from trout, redfish, mackerel, bluefish, jacks and ladyfish.

18/12/2023

Northerly winds and cooler water temperatures continue to produce an outstanding trout bite in the gulf, along with Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pompano, snook and redfish.

13/12/2023

Bad weather often means tough or impossible fishing…. A very true statement. However, sometimes, that same bad weather creates special conditions that lead to good fishing. Over 120 trout, 16 snook, 7 redfish, 1 tarpon, countless jacks and ladyfish. All artificial lures. Non stop rain all day long and a steady 25 knot wind. Wet and soared but their best fishing trip ever, Mike and Frank said.

10/12/2023

High numbers of trout, very good snook fishing and a couple of redfish with John and Christopher Brkick. Nice day overall

08/12/2023

Recent trips

30/11/2023

Nice time with Nick catching his first bone plus 3 more.

24/11/2023

Best bonefish day yet for regular client Ryan Starley down in the keys.

15/11/2023

I want to thank my friend for showing me an incredible time in Louisiana. Weather was tough, blowing hard every day, making the shots limited and the fishing very technical but we made the best of it and made it count with some nice catches. I am just blown away by this fishery, the amount of food on the flats and the size of these fish. Can’t wait to go back! Sooooo much fun!

31/10/2023

Ken Ford with a beautiful whitewater bay snook. Hard to tell that the wind was gusting 25 knots over the trees.

29/10/2023

Recent action. Dealing with a lot wind lately and working hard for every fish. It’s been a windy October!

12/10/2023

Recent action

09/10/2023

First bonefish and snook for Jeff.

03/10/2023

Busy afternoon with regular client Bill Martin and his girlfriend catching an assortment of species out of Miami. One of my favorite trips and options to offer to clients this time of the year.

29/09/2023

Islamorada, Back in May 2014, after a day of tarpon fishing, I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with this gentleman and had a blast listening to some of his stories. One of the last guides and pioneers from the keys’s golden area. Rip Capt Nat Ragland 🕊️

28/09/2023

Recents

05/09/2023

Schooling fish of summer.talford

25/08/2023

Summer time recents

13/08/2023

It’s been a great summer season so far, always grateful to all my loyal repeat clients, who come down to have a good time on my boat. Leo Farias, Luis Menocal, Robbie Wylei, Jeff Ruiz, Phil, Scott, Nico, Thank you so much!🙏🏻

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Great summertime tarpon and bonefishing with Jenkins Mann out of islamorada. #silverkingcharters #islamorada #happyclients #flyfishing #bonefish #bonefishing #tarpon #tarpononfly #bonefishonfly #seewhatsoutthere #miami #miamifishing #winstonrods

Always blessed to spend days out on the water with great people, Always #grateful 🙏🏻 thanks Betsy and Mary!@klein.marybeth@betsybullard #summertime #greatclients #bonefish #islamorada #flyfishing #snook #redfish #seatrout #seewhatsoutthere #floridakeys #miamifishing #flyfishingguide

1 out of 2 good size tarpon sight casted on the flats on light tackle. Angler @gladesman1 #summertime #tarpon #tarponfishing #biscaynebay #flatsfishing #miamifishing #floridakeys #seewhatsoutthere #silverkingcharters #miami

Highlights of 2 good days catching bonefish in islamorada with Leo, including his first one on fly tackle. #summertime #bonefish #bonefishing #flyfishing #flyfishingforbonefish #bonefishonfly #onthefly #seewhatsoutthere #silverkingcharters #winstonrods

Bonefish are one of the main summertime targets on the flats of the Florida keys. Here’s Tom having a good day out of islamorada. #bonefish #silverkingcharters

Seth and Mark having a great time catching a bunch of bones and baby tarpon. Nice day with some of my favorite people 👌🏼@seth.l.sherman_md @marksherman24

Roberto from chile 🇨🇱 landed his first bonefish and tarpon. There is nothing more rewarding than watching my clients accomplish their fishing dreams😃@roberto_hillp

Jake at it again, such a fun day! A tarpon bite that we both will never forget, we just couldn’t stop laughing!! Great times

Setting the hook in the bony, and rock hard mouth of a tarpon requires coolness, low rod angles, the smallest/strongest sharp hook, and accurate hand/eye coordination. The more you do it, and the more fish you get to eat, the better your timing gets at keeping them on. Still, some stay glued, lots get off…. It’s fly fishing for tarpon, a game of repetition and refinement.

Gary and Jake have been working hard to develop their fly tarpon game……taking casting lessons with me in the offseason, and learning how to fight these fish, practicing with the pulley and the bucket. After 2 tarpon seasons, getting the hang on casting in the wind, feeding fish and setting the hook, things are now starting to click!! Nothing makes me happier than watching my clients get their angling skills to the next level! Good things happen to those who are willing to put in the work to reach a goal.

Such a fun week with my boy Peter, there wasn’t a day that we didn’t get bit, jumped them or grabbed them, including some very big fish. Always an incredible time with him and the fun gets better every season. Definitely a client who takes this game serious, puts the hard work at home and comes as a better caster every year, getting more keen and technical on feeding fish and getting more bites, incredibly important aspects in such a difficult and technical fishery for big tarpon like the Florida keys. The results say it all. Let’s go Pete!!

Always a blast to fish with my good buddy @captmaz

Lots of fun, laughs, and some serious tarpon angling with Keith and Eric 🙌🏻. @karkeith @eric_donnelly

Big congrats to Michelle White on a great catch! This fish made us work crazy hard…First, survived a big nasty knot on the fly line, that miraculously cleared the rod guides. Took me at least half hour running the fish down on plane, and grabbing the line to work on the knot until I finally got it undone. Then, once Michelle was able to start pulling, the fish took us to a series of man made structures and shorelines, and did everything she could to get away. Dragged us for about half mile before I was able to remove the fly from her face. For sure, one of the toughest and most stubborn tarpon I’ve ever seen hooked up. Fought on 20lb tippet, With a girth of 41 inches and a length of 72 inches, according to BTT’s formula, she weighs around 160lb, being Michelle’s biggest tarpon to date and the biggest I’ve brought to hand caught on fly tackle, only being surpassed by a fish I caught myself on spin tackle 10 years ago. Great Job! @akmtngurl

Tarpon season #11 with Mike McLean, always a pleasure to watch his progress over the years.

Another year watching Costner getting his ass kicked by a big poon. Love it! 🤣 @marksherman24

Dennys swing at the helm.

Poons never have it easy with Peter, great day!

Always tons of fun poon fishing with my boy Peter! 🙌🏻

Keys fly Tarpon Season: The good and the ugly… What’s the most crucial element of your fly tarpon trip: without a doubt, the weather. You can pick the dates, but not the weather. Not everything is tarpon jumps, high fives, singing drags, face grabs, hero shots, broken rods, sunny days, beautiful sunrises, happiness. While showing the fun stuff is great for marketing and entertainment, it’s also important to show the other side of the coin. Don’t get the wrong idea about the fly tarpon game. The weather is the biggest factor of your trip and it will either smile or get angry at you. Through the years, I have fished countless bad weather days with high winds, rain, clouds, wet rides, blustery cold winds…. those days have brought a few to zero shots at fish all day… for days, sometimes weeks, during long stretches of bad weather. Also, very important to say, I have also caught fish in the worst of the weathers. Some days, 1 shot caught 1 fish, and that’s all the action we had all day. Other days, had great fishing against all odds in totally adverse conditions. You never know until you go and you won’t catch them in the hotel or the bar. That can happen any month or season of the year in south Florida, not only in tarpon season. As far as tarpon, it doesn’t only happen in the pre-season winter months. I’ve seen wicked weather anytime during April, May or June, prime tarpon time, the same way that I’ve seen beautiful weather in any of those months. Every year is different. Weather patterns have changed worldwide and continue to become more and more unpredictable. As long as your guide considers the weather safe and still feasible to have a few opportunities , even if they’re minimum, GO! Sometimes you will get rewarded. Just do yourself a favor: set your expectations right. Get mentally and physically prepared

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