Catches & Reports
A warming trend
Well, it looks like we are starting to warm up a bit! Forecasts show high 70’s and even a few short stints in the 80’s over the next week. The nicer weather should bring lower winds with it; thus, water will start to clean up nicely in the back bays. As the process of...
Redfish, snappers, sheepshead
Good weather kept fishing going. Although we had to be aware of the continued Lake Okeechobee water dumping, when we did find clean water fishing was good. Nearshore the sheepshead, snappers, grouper, and occasional amberjack fishing was excellent. We caught a bunch...
Fishings getting better
Finally some nice days brought good fishing! The backcountry bite was pretty good most of the week for redfish, sheepshead, and trout. Redfishing was steady with most trips landing a few each day in the 17-25" size. Redfish continue to eat shrimp tipped jigs on the...
Redfishing Estero Bay
As we worked through the week windy days made for some interesting fishing. Between the cold fronts, charters were shuffled around and we still got out a few times to catch fish. Throughout the week we had to move around a bunch to find areas that gave us shelter from...
Winter fishing patterns
Finally a break in the rain and winds had anglers on the bite this weekend thru Wednesday. After the winds died down and the water began to loose the sediment it carried through most of the previous week, fishing got better. Sheepshead continue to be caught regularly,...
Fishing Winter in Fort Myers
Redfish, sheepshead, and trout became the targets all week as the nearshore waters produced very little all week. Sheepshead have begun there inshore spawn with fish up to 5lbs available in the skinny waters of estero bay. Fishing jigs with small hooks tipped...
Redfishing Estero
As the biggest cold front of the year came in on Monday, everyday before it worked out just fine. There was a lists of options depending on your needs this week from redfish, snook, and big jacks all the way down to bluefish, kingfish, and groupers. The diversity...
