South Florida Fly Fishing advice please

Best experience I've had down that way was hitting dock lights at night with Captain Q So much fun just cruising around the intercoastal sight fishing to docklights. We hooked into a lot of snook, moonfish, jacks, etc.. really good time and a damned bargain at $400 for 4 hours.

If you drive over to Chokoloskee, and are fishing by foot, I would recommend fishing the canals along US 41. They are loaded with snook and juvenile tarpon (up to 35-40 lbs). Will probably be more productive than fishing around Chokoloskee itself, unless you rent a kayak or something.

Most notably, stop and fish in Carnestown/Ochopee along the Tamiami Trail/41. There is a visitation center, I thinks its the "Nathaniel P. Reed Visitor Center", loaded with tarpon. Turn into the main entrance and drive past the visitation center, follow gravel lot/road on the left side of the road and there are places cut in the mangroves to cast from. You can fish from the walking bridge as well that’s to the front left of the building with a little gravel lot to park in.

Also drive a little further west past the visitation center and you'll find some larger ponds (across from the airboat tours) that are all connected to the canals - lots of snook/tarpon there too. Park in their lot or side of the road and walk over. Lots of gators though so beware haha.

If you pass over a bridge where the water is flowing out stop and fish it. Rather large snook hang under them and eat the bait that gets pushed out. Some are too big to catch lol.

Youll see what I'm talking about on Google Maps if you search Ochopee FL.

Early mornings right at daybreak is the best, late evenings are good too. I like a black and purple clouser minnow, black/purple tarpon bunny, basically anything that imitates a small baitfish less than 5inches. Gurglers will be good in Sept as well - those tarpon will crush a gurgler popping on the surface.

Nothing less than 40lb fluorocarbon bite tippet.

Good luck!!