Flats Fishing is where hunting meets fishing. Imagine being in a serene environment away from any other fishing boat. Most often, the closest boat you'll see while flats fishing the Lower Florida Keys is on the horizon. This is because most experienced flats fishing guides want to put their customers where gamefish have not yet been disturbed. Countless hours spent trying to perfect one's ability to catch these gamefish, only to let them swim away after a brief photo once caught.
They say the evolution of a fisherman ends with flats fishing. This says allot about the industry. In other words, we may start off fishing from shore. Graduate to trolling, then more complicated reef and wreck fishing. Eventually ending up traveling the globe in pursuit of challenging shallow water gamefish on fly. Why? Because some people always chase something greater.
Patience is a huge factor, but the sense of accomplishment an angler feels after catching these sought after gamefish from a shallow depth of water is almost euphoric. This is as far from bottom fishing as you can get.
At the end of the day it really doesn't matter how many fish you catch while flats fishing. More so, what did you catch and how did it all unfold. A kind of quality over quantity type of experience. These are the memories that flats fishermen take to the grave.
