hopefully it will recover from the hard freeze this winter...I was there last week and it sucked almost as bad as my own water these days...all the canal spots that I fished for the last few yrs are 100% dead and most have funky grass plugging the flow entirely...I checked everything from Choko thru Marco and all secret spots...hell, there wasnt even any signs of life at Whooten's and if you have ever been there you know that place is Grand Central...I have a friend in Everglades City and I couldnt even get him out of the house...this is not to discourage you because it will have hopefully rebounded by then...I cant say the same for Miami...just be warned and ask the right questions to the right people...Capt Wright would be one of those right people IMO...I say that because it seems no guides tell it like it is because it is deader than dead right now