Tamiami Trail.

[redneck_billcollector]

At the end of June I fished the Tamiami Trail and a number of its spur roads with my fly rod. It was rather fun...caught a million Mayan Cichlids and half a million Oscars. I would see a tarpon or a snook or a peacock bass, make a perfect cast and one of the two above species would come out of nowhere and grab the fly.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Looks like fun! I've heard that those oscars are good eating.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

That's a trip I'd like to take. Is there a limit on those things?

 

[smoothie]

Good Job man!

 

[Geffellz18]

So ironic. Just this past week, my 3yo niece caught a fish that we couldn’t identify while fishing a neighborhood pond in Homestead with my brother.
My brother being new down there thought it may have been a juvenile peacock, but I knew differently. Searched and searched and sure enough she caught a Mayan Cichlids.
While reading, it stated that those oscars are a sure enough fighter, making a peacock seem like child’s play pound for pound.
Hoping to run into some when down there Labor Day weekend.
Nice job and thanks for sharing!

 

[KyDawg]

Are those things displacing Bream and Crappie in the South Florida fishing waters? Of that is the case, it is a das thing.

 

[trout maharishi]

You are a bad man down there walking around in flip flops.

 

[sasmojoe]

Thanks for the post, I believe I’m going to try that , maybe in the fall.

 

[redneck_billcollector]

You are a bad man down there walking around in flip flops.

Grew up barefoot in southwest GA and one of the least populated areas (at the time) on the Florida coast. Never worried about gators or snakes, unless I wanted to catch one.....I wet waded back into big cypress on this trip with a fly rod, my son was afraid of the gators.

 

[redneck_billcollector]

Are those things displacing Bream and Crappie in the South Florida fishing waters? Of that is the case, it is a das thing.

I was seeing a lot of bream in the swamp, never saw any speckled perch, I know the Big "O" still has a lot of both.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

I was seeing a lot of bream in the swamp, never saw any speckled perch, I know the Big "O" still has a lot of both.

Did you do better off the spur roads? I fished the trail some in February of 2020 and it was pretty tight to fly fish where I stopped a lot of times.

 

[Para Bellum]

Cool stuff!

 

[Clarksville snit]

Brings back one of my few good memories of S Fla as I lived in Miami from ‘75 to ‘81. Fished the Trail many times and had good luck landing old bucket mouth. Also caught my PB gar there!