With a high falling tide through the morning hours the inshore bite was best from sunup through late morning then fell off with the afternoon low water and heat of the day.
Redfish and snook were caught on the high falling water under bushes and island points throughout Pine Island Sound ...
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The new South Cape Run Club will host its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Eight-Foot Brewing starting at 6 p.m. Founded by Cape resident Ariana Murillo, the club's first meeting will ...
Get your tackle and boats in order and hope for good weather and calm seas ahead for your upcoming red snapper and gag grouper outing.
Sept. 1 marks the first of 14 weekend harvest dates marked for red snapper with the final dates falling on Nov. 28-30. (Must measure 16 inches total ...
The water was so hot this past Wednesday afternoon that we had to put on a new soft plastic grub every third or fourth cast as they kept melting off the jighead!
Well, not really and anyway in this heat, I’m strictly on the night shift which makes it almost tolerable. If you must fish the ...
With so many different species available to the Southwest Florida angler this time of year achieving a Southwest Florida inshore or offshore “slam” is always a real possibility.
Most know that a fishing slam is an angler catching a number of different species or catching various members ...
There are several places to find your post-spawn tarpon this month as they are quite scattered and hungry. The passes, Captiva, Boca Grande and Gasparilla, still host fish. Fishing these passes before dawn will pay off as it shuts down early as the sun starts to shine. The deep holes in ...
What does a 40-inch backcountry snook do when the water temperature is near boiling, the sunlight is intense, there’s little tidal movement, while your lure zips by at “summer” warp speed? Probably nothing. But it’s summer and hot, their metabolisms are on high, they should be ...
Check the weather and leave early to take advantage of what’s left of red snapper season which ends on the 31st of this month. Anglers still get more chances at a good fight and a delicious meal when the season reopens for three-day weekends from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Kept fish must be at ...
Lately, Boca Grande has definitely been tarpon central, although the pass population has now thinned quite a bit with many more schools or pods moving along the coast both north and south of the inlet. Tarpon are also working the inside along the ICW throughout Pine Island Sound from Boca ...
July is the month summer weather settles in bringing hot humid days, often with little wind until early afternoon as a sea breeze kicks in, followed by thunderstorms. Most anglers opt for an early start to take advantage of calm seas and avoid the mid-afternoon heat and storms.
For those ...