On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:03:37 -0400, Alex wrote:

I presume most of them. I still get a Florida fishing magazine, and
there are plenty of articles about fishing the everglades off a kayak
or flats boat.


That's in Florida Bay. Part of Everglades National Park but not the
REAL Everglades...

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Our main experience with the Everglades has been via Little Shark
River inlet and the backcountry beyond. There are quite a few flats
boats fishing that area, not many kayaks however since there's no
nearby place to launch them. We were exploring in our dinghy once and
came upon a disabled flats boat who was unable to make contact with
his buddy in another boat. We ended up towing him several miles back
to the chickee hut where his friend was. SeaTow took him out the next
day. You can get in real trouble back there since there is virtually
no cell phone service and marine VHF reception is spotty unless you
have a very good antenna.

Another time we were headed north on the big boat, 3 or 4 miles
offshore from that area, when we heard a mayday call on the VHF. A
group of people with a Boston Whaler had run themselves hard agound in
the backcountry and couldn't get unstuck. They couldn't reach USCG or
the park service because their radio was a small handheld. We were in
no position to help them but relayed their plight and location to USCG
in the Keys.

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