Catches & Reports
Early start times
The water has cleaned up well since our torrential rains the week previous. We had an entire week of low winds and the continuance of hot days. There were some tidal days when we were forced to start a bit later in the back bays and near shore waters, based on no...
Summer fishing
It has finally begun; the summer fishing pattern begins. We got rain this week that was much needed and that is going to be the normal for many months moving forward. The rains will make back bays, creeks, and rivers less salty and the fish will respond to that....
Waning moon
The waning moon is going to make fishing the morning tides tough on anglers this week. We will have long periods of slow-moving water so look at your tide stations and chase those tides to get the best results. Snook fishing in the rivers has been great and should...
Best fishing is here!
This is a great time of the year here in Southwest Florida. Weather is just perfect, and so is the fishing. There’s lots of options ranging from the offshore waters all the way into the skinny back bays and creeks. Tarpon fishing is now outstanding, as it started up...
Shift your fishing time!
Your best bet this week will be to fish those afternoon in-comings and certainly the evening outgoing tides. Snook along the mangrove shorelines as well as redfish will be fantastic on artificial and certainly live bait. The back bays will have plenty of water in them...
Keep rolling
We have got some strong winds starting from our South moving clockwise to the North thru Wednesday. The chance off going out deep this week does not look good. Tarpon fishing off the beaches was good all week, but the shift in the wind will make things tough till we...
Still great
The strong winds will most likely keep most from entering the gulf till at least Tuesday. Tough timing for many anglers looking for tarpon and permit, as fishing was great all week. It’s all good though as the best tides and times to fish, will be mid-week on for both...
