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Not-so-Secret Fishing Spots ( 1 ) Secret fishing spots often get passed from father to son through the generations  Secret fishing spots - some call them honey holes - often get passed from father to son through generations. Of course the reality is that our secret spots probably aren't as "secret" as we think they are. We may only get to them every few weeks while other anglers visit them in between without our knowledge.I had some LORAN numbers at one time off South Florida that I thought no one else knew. I fished the area on a number of occasions, taking care not to let anyone mark my spot. I even went so far as to pick up and move if a boat headed in my direction. Maybe you have done the same thing. Maybe you have done as I have when I saw a drifting or anchored boat with a hooked fish. I moved as close as I dared and then hit "mark" on my GPS. I would come back later and investigate the area looking for structure and live bottom. There are, however, some fishing spots that never required a LORAN or GPS. Some were (and still are) back in Whitewater Bay in Everglades National Park. At least some of them are in small creeks that I may never again be able to fish. I remember one in particular that saved many a trip on bad day. When the winds howled and there was no way to fish "out front" of Flamingo or in the Gulf of Mexico, this is one place we could count on to catch fish. I'll tell you exactly where it is, because as of the last rule changes in the park, it is officially now a no-entry area. My first experience with this particular fishing hole came on a day when we had caught nothing and had reverted to some exploring. We were half way across Lake Ingram inside Cape Sable very close to the only island in the lake. Ingram is a saltwater tidal bay completely enclosed with an entry canal on each end. It’s easy to find on any map. East Cape Canal enters the lake on the south side and Middle Cape Canal enters on the west side. Both of these canals were dug in the thirties to help in the foolish and wasted effort to drain the everglades. The tidal flow into and out of the lake has kept both canals deep and navigable over the years, although the lake itself seldom exceeds four feet in depth. A single channel, marked with small sticks makes its way across the lake from end to end. On a good day with clear water, you simply follow the prop path that has been made by boats running the channel. On the west end of the lake, the remnants of a concrete wall marked the entrance to Middle Cape Canal at one time. My father used to tell me stories about a man he called "Old man Brown", who, with his family, lived in a house there on the canal. He caught shrimp for a living and, according to my dad, a small seaplane used to land in the lake and pick up the shrimp he had to sell. If you have never been in this area in the summer time, me telling you about how bad the mosquitoes are is fruitless. I can't imagine in my wildest dreams living with them. The southwest tip of Florida gets my vote for the most populated place in the world for saltwater mosquitoes. I guess it was another time and it took a different breed of individual to live there. (part 2) « Home
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