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| Posted: July 01, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello from steaming HOT southeast North Carolina!! Has it been hot enough for yall lately? Thanks God the fish has been just as hot. The last few weeks of fishing have been very good; lets talk about that in this fishing report>>>
The Spanish mackerel bite has been very good lately. Spanish mackerel are feeding well in the mornings and afternoons. We are catching most of the Spanish around the inlets, shoals, and up & down the beach strands; in twenty to forty feet of water. Look for ... |  |
| Posted: June 30, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Seems it's been nearly impossible to get a descent week in since Easter passed. This week was no exception. I ran one of the three trips I had on the books. Catching also continues to be a challenge.
A broken commitment on Monday, and big winds on Tuesday, kept me away from the water until Wednesday. It was my first trip with Rob Bibb and his son, Zach?, of Warner Robbins, Georgia, and I hoped I could put together a good one for them.
After a rough weather day on Tuesday, the weather w... | |
| Posted: June 29, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Lady anglers on the Mega-Bite are showing the guys how its done! The guys have certainly caught their fair share aboard the Mega-bite, but lately the women have been slaying em. The inshore trout bite here on the Panhandle has still been pretty good, nothing like it was in May, but we are still catching some quality fish. We finally got some much-needed rain and that really helped the inshore bite. The key to a successful trip is to start early and have the right baits. Just what are the right... | |
| Posted: June 28, 2009 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | Red drum are beginning to bite hard in the smaller creeks off the Cape Fear River,fishing with live menhaden on carolina rigs seems to be the best method right now.
Capt.Mike Dennis
Cape Fear Guide
910-619-0928... | |
| Posted: June 26, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | Today was one of those days. It was full surprises in many ways both good and bad. My day began like it usually does; up at 5am, on the water and underway by 6am in search of bait (Greenbacks preferably). After what seemed to be the net throwing marathon of a life time, I filled both wells full of really nice whitebait. Pleased with my results I took time to drink a bottle of water and clean up the boat before heading out to pick up my charter customers at Punta Rassa. It was a group of f... | |
| Posted: June 26, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 26, 2009
INSHORE:
So the song says.....Feelin' Hot - Hot - Hot! That sorta sums up the weather around the Treasure Coast this week. Getting out early in the mornings or late in the evenings has a more profound meaning lately around here. Look out for afternoon thunderstorms this time of year, too. The best bite will be at first light or late evening as things ease off a bit. It's summertime!
July brings hot weather, afternoon rains and Fourth of July parties. Oh....and lots o... | |
| Posted: June 26, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | This week was challenging in terms of weather, for sure.
Monday morning, 6/22, was the best weather of the week. I fished Estero Bay with the Matt Stanford family, including Matt, his wife, their two young children and the childrens grandfather. We had a good morning, using live shrimp to catch seven keeper mangrove snapper, three keeper sheepshead to 14 inches and a keeper whiting. We released two small snook, each about 16 inches.
Tuesday morning, Julie Brady, her son, Nick, and Nick's ... | |
| Posted: June 25, 2009 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Well , fellow anglers Im back, due to some unforeseen misfortunes Ive been off the reporting scene for the last month and its time to get the message out THE FISHING HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FANTASTIC FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER!!!!!
Inshore theres a host of fishing in the bay if youre not inclined to fish the Gulf. The Speckled Trout will not be caught in big numbers during the later day light hours, but the early morning top water action will be as good as it gets over the ... | |
| Posted: June 23, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | This week has proved itself to be more difficult than others to find decent bait on my favorite spots. Today I started my day around 4:30 am. I was on the water and underway by 6am. After a short ride out of Saint James City, I was soon on a well known bait spot called Picnic Island. I set up where I usually do and began to chum the water for Whitebait. Soon the water was alive with what I initially believed to be my bait of choice but soon discovered that the flat was full of Ballyhoo instead.... | |
| Posted: June 21, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | As I mentioned in last week's report, I was on a short vacation this week. But, I did come back to Ft. Myers to run a trip with an old friend, Dave Adair, of Cincinnati, and two of his friends Paul and Jeff, of Cisco Systems, from Colorado. I wouldn't miss a chance to spend a day on the water with Dave. We've known each other for ten years now, and he's a great guy, a laid back but passionate angler, and always fun.
Our day was Wednesday, and we had a descent tide with about a week to go t... | |
| Posted: June 21, 2009 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | King Mackerel have moved into the nearshore waters of Carolina Beach,N.C. fish are being caught at Carolina Beach Inlet,off the piers,and inshore reefs.I have had my best luck slow trolling live bait about 1 mile off the beach in the cleanest water I kind find.
Capt.Mike Dennis
Cape Fear Guide... | |
| Posted: June 20, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Hot, hot, hot! Air and water temps are unbelievably hot this week.
Tuesday morning, 6/16, I fished with Larry Battiste and his young son, Lorenzo, in Estero Bay. We used live shrimp to catch seven keeper mangrove snapper and a 14 inch sheepshead. We released smaller sheepshead, snapper and trout.
Wednesday morning, I fished Estero Bay again, with Cody Hennessey, on a catch and release trip. We released a dozen mangrove snapper and a 15 inch sheepshead. We hooked a big red but he got away f... | |
| Posted: June 18, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 18, 2009
INSHORE:
Summertime has arrived here on the Treasure Coast, bringing warm weather and calm winds to the area. A fantastic time to fish! The bite has been improving each day this week. The best fishing has been just off the beach lately. Cobia, snook, permit and assorted other species have been cruising the beach feeding on the baitfish. It has been one of the best cobia runs in many years. Hope you had a chance to get out fishing!
Mike, his dad, Dick, and son, Grant,... | |
| Posted: June 18, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | What an outstanding day, the weather was great, the water was great, and of course the fishing was great. As I started the day I quickly noticed the clouds building along the barrier islands of Cayo Costa and Gasperilla Island, however it wasnt enough for me to really take account. I got an early start around 6:30 am on the water and underway to my favorite bait spot inside Cayo Costa. Today was a little harder than most to get the bait required to beat up the Snook and Redfish, it seemed my se... | |
| Posted: June 16, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | What began as a full week wound up a three day work week. The fishing remained tough inside, but took an upturn late in the week.
The week began Monday with the great father-daughters trio of Harry Krukenberg, and his girls Aly and Katie. I've been fishing with them, as well as Harry's Dad, Herman, for several years, now. The girls, now 10 and 14, have grown a lot.
The fishing and the weather had been tough for a while, with early morning storms seemingly every day, and we'd had the ful... | |
| Posted: June 15, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Its been a great week of fishing aboard the Mega-Bite, especially with calm seas for the past 5 days days. Ive put fishing the flats for trout on hold and have been out in the gulf searching for some nice red snappers. The gulf has been so flat, that you practically glide across the water to your fishing hole. I havent caught any monsters yet this year, but we have caught some good quality red snappers along with some stud black snappers. Ive been fishing a few of my #s from last year, and... | |
| Posted: June 15, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello folks, I hope everyone is doing well. The weather has really turned to the summer trend in the last few days. Weve had some good fishing weather; hot temps and light winds. The fishing has been pretty hot its self! With that said; here is the fishing report>>>
We have been looking for Cobia on a lot of my trips lately and weve had some success. This last week we caught three, kept one and released two. They were not the biggest cobia Ive seen around lately but, still very good... | |
| Posted: June 14, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com
This week the fishing around Sanibel Island and near by passes produced,
Snook, and Tarpon.
Plenty of Snook are on the beaches feeding on almost anything.
There are also some large breeders.
The best fishing is still the Silver King!
The beaches and passes are full of these giants feeding on the outgoing tide.
The full moon has passed and the bite is later each day.
The biggest problem isnt hooking fish its dodging the ... | |
| Posted: June 13, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | June brings a steady flow of steamy weather and fishing. The Tarpon are thinning out after a lot of opportunities inshore, on the beaches and at the passes. The best bite going has been fishing the troughs at the beach. Snook have been very cooperative, although most are small. Trout, and Spanish Mackrel have filled in the card. I haven't found many Redfish, but if you move around and keep looking they are there.
If you are planning a vacation, include a fishing trip this summer, the k... | |
| Posted: June 12, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 6/8, I fished Estero Bay with Steve Sepan, his son, Ron, and his young grandson, Logan. We used live shrimp to catch two keeper sheepshead to 15 inches and a keeper redfish at 18 1/2 inches. We released small mangrove snapper, trout and crevalle jacks.
Tuesday was a full day fishing trip with Florian Kordas and son, Mike, so we headed out a good ways to 73 feet, about 36 miles out of New Pass. We had a good day with lots of action and variety. We caught and kept ten nice mangr... | |
| Posted: June 12, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 12, 2009
INSHORE:
The recent full moon and warm weather slowed down the fishing this week, but you can find some fish out there willing to bite. I was out this week and found easily 30 snook around one dock south of Fort Pierce that were just taking it easy and not in the mood to eat after the recent full moon. Most of them were slot size or bigger, but no takers. As the moon wanes, look for fishing to pick up on the flats.
Early morning is the prime time to be on the water. To... | |
| Posted: June 10, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | Lake Texoma elevation is 621.29 (just over 2 ft. above normal) and the water temperature is 77. The fishing is unchanged and they are still biting as fast as you can get bait down. I caught a 50 fish limit Sunday morning in about 45 minutes and probably released another 20-30 more fish. We had our limit by 8:30. The fishing slowed down around 9:00 AM but we caught fish until my group got ready to call it quits around 10:00. All my fish have been caught anchored in 40 ft. of water near the ... | |
| Posted: June 07, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was again a strange weather week, with early AM storms almost every day getting in the way of fishing. After canceling and rescheduling trips where possible, I was finally on the water Friday for a three boat trip with Dan Pease and his good friend Rev. Frank Roe, and four more friends, of Elkhart, Indiana. Dan and I first fished together back in February of 2008, and had a tough weather day, but caught some great fish. Dan was a super nice guy, and a very good angler, and I was looking f... | |
| Posted: June 05, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Tuesday, 5/26, I fished central Estero Bay with Wayne Hawkins and his niece, Lauren Mullinax, both from Cumming, GA. We used live shrimp and popping corks to catch three keeper trout to 18 inches and release lots of smaller trout. We also caught two keeper sheepshead, and we released a 23 inch snook.
Wednesday morning, I headed out of New Pass to 43 feet to fish offshore with George Noonan and his two sons. We fished with shrimp, hoping to catch some nice mutton snapper, like I had last week.... | |
| Posted: June 05, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | Anyone who says they dont like fishing has never fished in Southwest Florida during the months of May or June. I cant imagine a better bite than what I experienced today. I started the day early, around 6:00am with a good buddy of mine Mark Mulligan. We put the boat in at Pineland Marina and headed to Cayo Costa for bait. After chumming the water with my personal chum recipe, we were quickly surrounded by bevy of white bait. It took no more than three throws of the net to black out both live... | |
| Posted: June 03, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 3, 2009
INSHORE:
There is something about the arrival of summer fishing that I look forward to each year. Calm waters and lots of bait around the river has the fish in the mood to eat. It makes for great days fishing around the Treasure Coast and provides a variety of ways to fish the river. It's great to live and fish here!
I had the pleasure of having Frank and Rick on the boat this week. Frank was celebrating his 50th birthday and the fish were cooperating to make it a wond... | |
| Posted: June 03, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I had three trips scheduled during the week ending May 30, 2009, all over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. But, as things worked out, I only did one trip on Memorial Day with my old buddy Terry Ryan, and his neighbor and side-kick, Bill.
I was to fish with my life-long friend Don McDaniel and his grandson, Kyler, on Sunday, but as luck would have it Kyler had an accident and broke both (yes, both) of his wrists, and was not expected to be healed in time to fish. Actually, as you will see, ... | |
| Posted: June 01, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | Today I had the pleasure of guiding 3 men from New England, Barry, Jeremy and Kevin. We started the day a little late at 9am, but quickly made up for time. After a very short run to a snook spot I dropped the Power Pole and as soon as the first bait hit the water, we were hooked up. Its hard to imagine, and I almost cant believe I am saying this, but we got a little bored with the Snook and decided to try our luck at the Silver King. I pulled up the Power Pole and headed to Boca Grande Pass, ... | |
| Posted: May 28, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | The falling water level has defiantly improved the fishing. Lake Texoma water temperature is at 69 and the elevation is now at 625 (7 ft. above normal) and falling. They are currently releasing water at 30,000 CFS at a constant rate which is dropping the lake about 6-8 per day. All the boat ramps and campgrounds should be opened back up in a couple of weeks.
I have always heard people say that when the lake elevation is falling the fish stop biting. I never listened to those people an... | |
| Posted: May 28, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 28, 2009
Aside from the usual rainy weather we have had lately, the mornings have provided some great fishing opportunities for anglers throughout the Treasure Coast. As the close of snook season fast approaches, you can find lots of fishermen out trying for that last chance at a slot snook. It has been a fantastic week for fishing around the area.
The redfish bite picked up this week with some nice sized fish being taken on the flats. Mike Lasorik and his dad joined me again this y... | |
| Posted: May 28, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello from southeast North Carolina; the wind is finally not blowing and the fish are biting!!! Finally some nice weather on a holiday weekend; (a fishing guides dream)! We had a great week of fishing and those goodole Cobia have started to really show up here. Lets talk about that in this fishing report>>>
Well if you know me at all, there is one fish that drives me crazy besides Tarpon; its Cobia! I love to fish, catch and eat them. We saw good numbers of Cobia the last fives days o... | |
| Posted: May 27, 2009 by Captain Chris Herrera - Palm Coast. St. Augustine, FL
http://www.PalmCoastFishing.com | | knowing how to adapt with the change in weather is the key to success. Fishing over flows or small creeks that are flooded that dump into deeper water are areas that will concentrate the bait which brings in the fish. Snook, Tarpon, Redish and Trout are the usual suspects hanging in these locatations waiting for bait to be swept in their direction.
Exude Jerk baits in darker colors like Golden Bream or Mangrove Red rigged on a Daiichi 5/0 Butt dragger hook is a proven setup that will put fish... | |
| Posted: May 27, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | The rainy season arrived early, as a late season cold front and a tropical low pressure center just off the east coast of Florida combined to make it a lot of wet, stormy, and often threatening weather. We needed the rain, but it wasn't good for business.
I laid listening for what seemed hours early Monday morning to thunder and watching the lightning lighting up my bedroom. I finally crawled out just before 4 AM and fired up the technology center to check several different radars and weath... | |
| Posted: May 23, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 5/18, Tim Guthman and his six-year-old son, Tyler, had hoped to go fishing offshore. But the time-line on an approaching weather front was uncertain and had me concerned about rough seas offshore for the little guy so I recommended we fish the backwaters. We did well with shrimp in central Estero Bay, and Tyler caught a keeper redfish at 18 1/2 inches. We also caught four keeper trout to 19 1/2 inches, and we released a three-foot bonnethead shark, a three-pound crevalle jack, an... | |
| Posted: May 21, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 21, 2009
INSHORE:
Much welcomed rain dampened the ground, the temperatures and the minds of anglers this week around the Treasure Coast. I have to say it was nice to see some green grass for a change and a milder climate. It gave me a chance to catch up on the honey-do list and do some work on both the boat and tackle. And soon, it will be mowing grass for a change as well!
Although, we have had some wet conditions, many snook anglers have braved the winds and rain to get a chanc... | |
| Posted: May 21, 2009 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Inshore - Its been awesome fishing (catching) for the first two weeks of May. I like it when a plan comes together. Inshore fishing is off the charts right now and should continue for the next three or four weeks. The Specks are on the move, finding their way out of the deep waters onto the flats in search of lots of food to fatten up for their first spawn of the season. Stay close to deep structure for the big fish, the big females will make their way onto the flats; you just have to be at th... | |
| Posted: May 17, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com
Tarpon fishing around Sanibel the month of May is great!
Every year I have a trip where clients come for the first time and have the time of their lives.
This year they are Scott and Sally Lundgren and their friend Tim Bradley from PA.
They stayed at the Tarpon Lodge and fished with me 2 days.
I picked them up at 6:45 am both days after getting bait in the dark.
We drifted some white bait watching POONS roll all around with no hoo... | |
| Posted: May 16, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 5/11, was one of those days that is bound to happen about three times a year and, fortunately, not more than that. The party for the gulf trip I had scheduled did not show up and did not call me or answer my calls. So, after purchasing the day's bait, I remained in port.
Tuesday, I headed out in calm seas with Todd & Bob Miller, Sherman Heazlitt, Cathy Moses and Bob Conrid to depths of 43 feet, out of New Pass. Todd caught a nice, 38 inch king mackerel, free-lining shrimp on the surfa... | |
| Posted: May 15, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I wound up running two trips this week. Both were with my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, in Orlando. We had progressively tougher tides as the week progressed, and predictably the fishing got tougher, as well. But, we always have a good time out there.
I met John at his dock Tuesday morning at 7 AM. We had no moving water in the Sound until almost 9 o'clock, so we weren't in a big hurry to get started. John wanted to be in fairly early, though, so we had to make our time count. Our ... | |
| Posted: May 14, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | The water is still rising and the big fish are biting. Lake Texoma water temperature is 64 and the elevation is 628, which is 12 above normal and still rising. Weve been having to improvise getting to the boat but weve got it worked out now and Ill be able to fish no matter how high the water gets. I like the lake being high because the lake is not near as crowed as normal with all the boat ramps shut down.
I had a 2 boat trip today of 8 guys and both boats did awesome. Each boat cau... | |
| Posted: May 14, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 14, 2009
INSHORE:
Wonderful weather has prevailed over the Treasure Coast this week, providing some warm, sunny days to enjoy being on the water. The fish have been hungry after the full moon and we had lots of fun out there on the Indian River. It's a great time of year to go fishing.....or just enjoy the outdoors!
The trout bite slowed a little for us this week, but the snook were feeding on the flats and we had several productive days once the full moon waned. Todd Dziak and h... | |
| Posted: May 12, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello folks, I hope everyone is enjoying this fishing season so far; except all the WIND lately!!! Man, one week of light winds and pay with two plus weeks of hard southwest! Take is North Carolina Spring for ya! The big (bar highs) will be here soon: I hope! Will lets talk about the windy weather fishing report>>>
The water has really gotten dirty with all the wind lately; when we find clearer water, we are finding the fish. Most of the Spanish and Blues are biting Clark spoons troll... | |
| Posted: May 10, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | May is here and the Tarpon are finally in the sound in big numbers. Last month had cooler than normal nights with the water temperatures staying at 72 to 74 degrees. I have fished 3 days for tarpon and hooked up each trip, brought 2 to boat side and lost 3. Ben and Jennifer from New York joined me for an exciting fight with an estimated 150 + Tarpon. Ben brought it to the boat after a 2 hour battle. Sometimes they give up after 20 minutes, but this fish would not stop. Congratulations B... | |
| Posted: May 09, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I ran three trips this week, and save for still fighting off the flu, it was a great week with old friends, and the fishing was pretty good with Slams all round!
First up on Tuesday was my old friend Jim Turman, of Manchester, Iowa. Jim and I have been fishing together for five years or so, and he is one of my favorite fishing buddies. He is usually here earlier in the year, while it's still very cold back home, and Slams aren't as important as catching fish because it's winter here, too. ... | |
| Posted: May 09, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Saturday morning, May 2nd, I fished Estero Bay with brothers, Steve and Howard Potash, and their wives, Loree and Bonnie. We caught three trout, two of which were keepers at 17 inches, and we released two undersized snook and mangrove snapper.
A morning of catch and release fishing in Estero Bay with Paul Oleff on Monday yielded trout, Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper, all on shrimp.
Tuesday morning, I was back in Estero Bay, this time with Bill Henry and John Kakatsh, fishing the o... | |
| Posted: May 08, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com
Tarpon Fishing this week is much better.
We landed 3 fish with 10 hook ups.
The wind is starting to lay down and water temperatures are on the rise.
The tides earlier in the week were good for feeding Tarpon.
Yesterday and today the incoming tides are a little slow.
Today Im going to focus on the falling tide in the pass with the setting sun and full moon.
There was a monster Hammer Head Shark caught this week.
See ya on the wate... | |
| Posted: May 07, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | Lake Texoma water temperature is 63 and the elevation is 9 above normal and the water is stained. The fishing is about as good as it can get right now. Once you find the fish, they are biting like crazy. When Im on the fish we are catching a limit in about 30 minutes as fast as I can take fish off the hook and re-bait. Im fishing with bait on anchor in 30-40 of water. Most have been coming off of the ledges near the river channel. It is best to avoid the muddiest water and fish the st... | |
| Posted: May 07, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 7, 2009
INSHORE:
This week has a significant meaning for me, since it happens that my birthday is this coming Saturday and it's one of those we refer to as the Big One.......60th. I can still remember digging up a can of worms to go on that first fishing trip with my dad, so many years ago. It has been lots of fun years fishing and I still get excited at each trip on the water. It's been great!
It's the time of the year to be out fishing. Dolphin, trout, redfish and a host of ot... | |
| Posted: May 04, 2009 by Captain Pete Root - Naples, FL
http://www.naples-fishingcharters.com | | Gettin hotter
For the past two weeks as the water temps climb into the 80's the snook have really turned on. The area I fish is typically between Naples and Marco island. Over the last week and a half I have not had to leave the Naples area as the snook seem to be on every point that has water moving across it. Bill Bevan of Boston had a stellar day with 36 snook all caught in the first two bays of Naples, known as Dollar and Shell bays. One point in particular had tiny glass minnows being swe... | |
| Posted: May 03, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing with Tarpoons.com.
The wind is finally starting to lay down, and the water is now at 78 degrees.
The Tarpon are here and sometimes they feed and other times they dont.
Im hoping the full moon will bring more fish that like to eat!
Snook, Redfish, and Trout, are still hitting the top water plugs, but now I will have a problem with too much grass, or WEEDS!!!
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
www.tarpoons.com
239 822 5698... | |
| Posted: May 02, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday and Tuesday's winds and seas of 2-4 feet scared my anglers away. Wednesday, 4/29, I headed offshore to about 40 feet with John Holtman and three of his friends. Winds were easterly but still pretty strong and seas were hefty. The group caught a few dinner fish, including a lane snapper, Spanish mackerel and grunts, all on shrimp. We also released a dozen gag grouper shorts. We used heavy tackle and double-baited blue runners to catch and release a couple of goliath grouper, one about five... | |
| Posted: May 01, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 1, 2009
INSHORE:
April turned out to be one of the windiest months I can remember. We had some calm days, but most of the time it blew unending day after day. This week was no exception. I finally was able to get out with Mark Amorello for a fun day with a good friend. Even though the winds continued to blow, we had a good day on the water. The bait schools are thick around the river and that means lots of the predator fish are out there feeding. The coming weekend promises to be... | |
| Posted: April 30, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello from Southeast North Carolina, I hope everybody is having a good fishing season so far this year! Ive had a good one so far myself; the water temps are going up so fast this year. We are two to three weeks ahead on water temps at this time last season. It has showed too; good catchs of Spanish mackerel in April! On that note lets talk fishing!
The real winner for me lately has been those Spanish mackerel. My charters have done very good in the last few trips, with catches of thi... | |
| Posted: April 28, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was to be a six day work week, but it seems it's been impossible to get a full week in this season because of the constant fronts. This week was no exception!
First up on Monday were John Hanson, and his friend Wes Iijima, a couple of great guys from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. It was my first time to fish with them. I could tell right away these were good guys to have in the boat, and knew we'd have fun.
Suffering from pulled tendons in my left elbow from throwing the castnet full of s... | |
| Posted: April 27, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | Spring fishing has indeed arrived! Lake Texoma water temperature has now climbed into the 60 range and the fishing is just about as good as it gets! Im just starting to see the 1st stages of the shad spawn which means the first topwater bite of the season has begun and will last for the next 3-4 weeks or so. Im catching my limit in about an hour right now and catching and releasing until we run out of bait. We brought back 110 fish yesterday with a 2 boat trip and we probably threw back a... | |
| Posted: April 25, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 4/20, after a previous week of high winds and seas, I made the mistake of believing the predictions for 2-3 foot seas near-shore, with winds calm first thing in the morning. I headed to the Wiggins five mile reef with Tom & Dawn Wolfe and their son, Jordan. About 9:30 AM the wind picked up to about 15 knots and the seas ahead of the weather front moving in kicked up to four and five feet. The fishing near-shore was almost as slow as it had been in the backwaters Saturday, but we ... | |
| Posted: April 18, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | To say the week ending April 18th stunk, would be an gross under-exaggeration! You can probably still smell it from where you are! First, it was a week of poor tides, which by Thursday and Friday were reminiscent of a flat-lined heart monitor. I generally don't book tides like that! I had Monday through Wednesday booked, but circumstances conspired to eliminate Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday, we had a 31 knot wind howling, which was enough for me to cancel my trip with Todd Masley, down fro... | |
| Posted: April 22, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 22, 2009
INSHORE:
It certainly has been a fantastic week on the water without worrying about temperatures, winds and weather for a change. We had some productive days fishing the Indian River and I for one am thrilled that Spring is here to stay......finally! I had some friends return for a fishing adventure along with new friends. It has been fun out there with an assortment of species around the river.
Chris, Al and Ryan joined me this week. Keith and Megan were back to batt... | |
| Posted: April 21, 2009 by Captain Chris Wilson - Charleston, SC
http://www.charlestonflyfishingguide.com | | Spring has arrived and has brought some Great Fishing into the Low Country. My clients have been having some great days on the water.Redfish have been biting good on the flats and around structure.They have been catching 8 reds or more a Trip with some double digit days. this past weekend I had two angler for both mornings and they caught 39 Redfish between 24-33inches on topwater plugs and 1/2 blue crabs fish on the bottom.Fly anglers the Tailing tides are here from now to the end of OCT.Speck... | |
| Posted: April 19, 2009 by Captain Wilmington Fishing Charters - Wrightsville Beach/ Wilmington, NC
http://wilmingtonfishingcharters.com/ | | Spring time is in full swing. I think everbody I know fished yesterday. What a great day to fish sea's were clam and the weather was great. Most of my crowd headed offhsore to hunt for tuna, wahoo, and bill fish.
We found all of above and then some. We ended finding a nice temp break down south right on the break away from the fleet and crushed the fish all day long. My charter now has fish to eat for a month!
Near shore was also good with a good report on sea bass and king mackeral.... | |
| Posted: April 18, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 4/13, the winds kicked up againa familiar story here for the past three weeks or so. With seas offshore building four to six feet, I recommended inshore-fishing for George Flanders and his son. The bay has been tough recently too because of muddy conditions in parts of it and grass that has blown in, but at least there are no rough seas to worry about there. We caught and released a couple of snook, sheepshead and mangrove snapper, fishing with shrimp along the tree-lines of the central... | |
| Posted: April 18, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Windy conditions have made Sanibel Fishing difficult some days.
The fishing is good, but getting to the fishing spots can be a little wet.
When the wind does lay down for a bit, Ive seen some Tarpon.
I can't wait to catch that 1st tarpon of the year!
The top water action is still good over the flats.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
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| Posted: April 16, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 16, 2009
INSHORE:
Wonderful spring weather has provided us with some great adventures on the water this week and many more to come as the winds finally begin to slow down. We had some fun fishing on the Indian River and caught a variety of species. I had the pleasure to have some friends back on the boat and some new anglers to share the fishing experience. Tom, Josh and Kyle Lukat were back for a fishing adventure. Chris, Tina, Kristina and Garrett Helseth came out for their fir... | |
| Posted: April 16, 2009 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | I have fished Carolina Beach Inlet for the last two weeks flounder,red drum,black drum,blue fish,are beginning to show up.Last week the black drum were on biting really hard,yesterday the red drum were biting better.
Water temperature is now 63 degrees,spring time fishing has started if you make your way down to Cape Fear Region give me a call let's do some light tackle fishing.
Capt.Mike Dennis
Cape Fear Guide
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| Posted: April 16, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Dust off your sunglasses and hook up the boat, because the wind has died down and the rain has finally let up. The next 7 days look to be great here on the panhandle. The water quality is still very murky, but thats ok; the redfish dont seem to care, as the bite has been on fire. Ive been putting my new Quantum Boca reels to the test, and let me tell you, they are great reels. The drag system is top notch, and if any fish is going to test these reels, its going to be a redfish. The bite in t... | |
| Posted: April 14, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Good day to everyone. The weather is starting to finally get right; we are having more warm days than cooler ones. The forecast has warmer days for the rest of the week. Wind wise a little better everyday, weve finally started to get out on the ocean and start looking for those Bonitas. Lets talk about that.
Those high speed Bonitas should show up any day now; there has already been a small push of Spanish in the last few days. I think this is a push of fish and warm water; these fi... | |
| Posted: April 13, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | Due to the cold weather that has been off and on the past couple of weeks, Lake Texomas water temperature remains at 58. The fishing has picked up a bit but it remains hit and miss due to the sporadic weather patterns. We are still catching some big fish here and there but most remain up river spawning at this point. We are catching a lot of smaller fish but if you pick through these small ones then you can keep a limit of good fish. I expect the fishing to explode any time now when the fi... | |
| Posted: April 13, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Sanibel Fishing has been hot!!. Snook Trout, Redfish, Tarpon and a Cobia. As the water warmed and the wind laid down the fish were biting everything. The bait has been great and the fish have moved to the islands and oyster bars to feed. Fishing in the first week of April produced good numbers of oversized Trout, a few Redfish, one Cobia, and the seasons first Tarpon. What are you waiting for.it doesnt get any better than this!!.
Captain Dave Andrews
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| Posted: April 13, 2009 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Fishing has been good, even with the full moon and winds. I have finally gone over to the dark side...(using white bait), being that I'm primarily a fly and arti fisherman. There is just too much bait around right now not to use it and its very funny how people look at you when you are loading up on bait when in a polling skiff.
I love my job, especially when you can be a part of people catching their first reds and snook. What an awesome job we have in being involved with making memories for... | |
| Posted: April 11, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Another big cold front and a week of full moon tides made this one of the slowest bites I've seen in a long time.
The week began on Monday with Jim Szabo, a great guy I fished with back in February. He brought along his friend Charley, whom he warned me was a real character. We debated canceling the trip because of wind, but with the last forecast calling for 20 knots, and no optional dates, we decided to go.
It was already blowing pretty hard when we left the dock, and once we were on th... | |
| Posted: April 04, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Wind was again a factor this week, as were poor tides toward the end of the week. By Thursday the forecast was for 31 knots, and that's just time to stay at the dock. It was bad enough Tuesday and Wednesday, blowing near 25 knots!
First up on Tuesday was my old friend Bob McGuire, of Line Lexington, Pennsylvania, and his Dad Pop, who is a wonderfully spry 83 years young. Bob and I have been fishing together for more than ten years, and have had Pop out twice before. But, it's been years... | |
| Posted: April 11, 2009 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | April is an exciting to fish inshore because it marks the coming of the summer. Like in anytime of year, finding the right water temperature is crucial. Water temps are warmer on the ebb tide and are warmest the further inshore you go. The dark mud and shallow waters in the salt marsh peak in temperature during the last couple hours of ebbing. In fact, I have noted water temperatures fluctuate six degrees during the tide change.
Inshore fishing this month has been consistent, despite an earl... | |
| Posted: April 11, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Just ahead of another cold-front predicted to come through our area Monday evening, Bill Oswald and his eight-year-old daughter, Grace, fished Estero Bay with me Monday morning, 4/6. We had some gusts of wind but nothing like the winds expected on Tuesday, and it was a generally pleasant and productive morning in the backwaters. We kept two sheepshead and six mangrove snapper and we released about an equal number of smaller ones. Grace was keeping score on the number of fish caught and proudly p... | |
| Posted: April 10, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 9, 2009
INSHORE:
What turned out to be a real topsy-turvy week of weather, we enjoyed some great fishing action along the Indian River. It seemed that we had just about everything but snow this week. Once this last cold front passed, the winds died down and the sun came out to warm up the Treasure Coast. We had some fantastic days of fishing.
Trout continues to be the staple on the flats. Lots of trout in two to five feet of water. Mike and Delia Bove' caught their share of t... | |
| Posted: April 08, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | Wow what a difference a day makes. Toaday's weather was just perfect, 75 degrees and a light breeze. We started out the day at my favorite bait spot, after filling the well with 5" to 6" white bait we were off again. Toaday's menu, Snook. It didn't take long at all to find some really nice slot size fish, however the real big broozers were hiding. First few hours of the day were spent in the back country working the flats. Great trout action on mirror lures, and the occasional red. Reds on plu... | |
| Posted: April 07, 2009 by Captain Chris Herrera - Palm Coast. St. Augustine, FL
http://www.PalmCoastFishing.com | | Tie on your favorite topwater plug and get to casting, gator trout will be lurking around the bait pods along the ICW. First light, outgoing tides and schools of mullet is the formula for a successful morning outing for trout. Working topwater and sinking plugs parallel to dropoffs and around creek mouths will guarantee success! Dont over look deeper creek holes as Gator Trout can be taking residence.
Redfish will also be patrolling the shell banks of the ICW working the bait pods during l... | |
| Posted: April 07, 2009 by Captain Jason Marsh - Cape Coral, FL
http://www.anglerschoiceoutfitters.com | | Sanibel Fishing and Anglers Choice Outfitters. Mom said there would be days like this. As a professional fisherman, I don't know of anything that bothers me more than a windy day. With a little persistence, the day paid off. After sneaking back into some covered areas, we were able to find scattered pockets of Snook and Redfish. It was a slow bite, but a consistent bite. Good bait is always the key. White bait is spread out all over Charlotte harbor, so its not hard to find. So stop whatchin TV ... | |
| Posted: April 04, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 3/30, looked like it might have to be an inshore day when I heard the marine forecast the night before. But by early morning, the forecast had changed and it was looking calm enough to head to the reefs. I fished there with Dave Kempston, his sons, Alex, Brennan and Connor, and Alexs friend, Griffin. Using shrimp, we caught a dozen keeper mangrove snapper to 17 inches, most of them in the 14 to 17 inch range. We also kept five sheepshead, all about 15 inches. We almost had a red grouper... | |
| Posted: April 03, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing with TARPOONS.COM.
Another great day of fishing with Father and Sons.
Ryan Gaibler took his boys Spencer and Keaton out for a day of fishing after some bad luck days of his own and they hooked into some big Snook and Trout!
Captain Greg Hood
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| Posted: April 02, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 2, 2009
INSHORE:
Great fishing awaited anglers most days this week. Springtime weather provided us with fishable conditions most of the week and we took advantage of the opportunity. Winds have lightened their strength and allowed us to fish a large area of the river lately. It's a great time of year to fish the Indian River!
Trout fishing took off this week and we had several days that clients caught 30 - 50 trout on the flats. While most were schoolies, they did manage keepe... | |
| Posted: April 02, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello folks, well the weather is still a bit up and down; but it is really starting to get better. Fishing is picking up as well! Hopefully the pollen will be out of here soon and it will be easier to keep the boat and car clean. To the fishing report>>>
There are some Redfish in the ICW and channels just off the ICW. We are starting to see a few smaller Reds 14 to 21 in some of the creeks on warmer days. Most Reds are hitting mud minnows and fresh as you can get shrimp. If you woul... | |
| Posted: March 31, 2009 by Captain Brian Prichard - Lake Texoma, TX
http://www.stripersinc.com | | March has been hit and miss, which is normal for March fishing because the striper make their run to go spawn. However, as the water warms up, the fishing is getting better. Lake Texoma water temperature is currently 58 and the striper fishing is good and soon to get better. We have caught our limit the past two trips with some big fish of up to 8lbs mixed in.
It was very windy today but fortunately we were able to get out of the wind and catch a limit of nice fish. The fish have moved ... | |
| Posted: March 30, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing today was great after 4 windy days!
Once again the top water action paid off.
Instead of chasing bait, I went straight to the holes and found the snook eating.
Man, its so cool to watch a big snook explode on a plug!
I'll be back in the morning.
I know bait works great, but this time of year, I'll hit 3 holes before the bait guys show up!
Captain Greg Hood
www.tarpoons.com
239 822 5698
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| Posted: March 30, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | How quickly the weather can turn a full week into crap! We fished for three days is wind gusting to 25 MPH. By Thursday morning the wind was out of hand. Some of us put our boats back on the trailers and went home. Others went out to try to get their trips in, and came back later saying it was just too nasty to fish. And, then. There are those who are going to fish regardless!
I managed to get two of my five trips in before the wind went off the charts. First up was my old friend Joe T... | |
| Posted: March 28, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | With gusty winds and high seas Sunday morning, 3/22, Stuart Norris and Mike Holers took my recommendation to fish the backwaters. We fished central Estero Bay with live shrimp, where we caught a 23 inch black drum (see photo) and five keeper sheepshead. We released lots of smaller sheepshead and crevalle jack.
Eight-year-old angler, Alex Goodall has been fishing with me yearly since he was three years old. He, his dad, Joe, and two family friends, Dave Bixby and Fred Irish, fished Estero Bay ... | |
| Posted: March 26, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 26, 2009
INSHORE:
March winds continued to blow strong again this week. Some of the brave dared to venture out some days, including myself. If you can stand the wind, you can catch fish! Look for more blustery days ahead, but the sunshine and warm temperatures will surely tempt you to head out. Luckily, this week I only had to fish a couple spots to find some nice fish on the Indian River.
The most exciting catch this week was a 21" bonefish on the Fort Pierce flats. What a s... | |
| Posted: March 21, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Very poor tides and a trip to Port Manatee to fulfill my TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) requirement cut the work week a bit short.
First up on Sunday was my good friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF. He was over from Orlando for some quick R & R, and was returning on Monday. We had no moving water for most of the morning, but would have to be back in fairly early so that John could get his boat dried out. John's primary interest was taking a nice limit of top 'o the slot tr... | |
| Posted: March 26, 2009 by Captain Capt. Richie Lott - Saint Simons Island, GA
http://www.charterfish.com | | Spring Sightcasting to Triple Tail on the Georgia Coast
Capt. Richie Lott
March 24, 2009
St. Simons Island - Saltwater Fishing Report
Spring Targets in Coastal Georgia
As I mentioned in my last report, spring is definitely here. The water temperature here on the S.E. Georgia Coast has risen to 66 degrees. That is a 13 degree incline over 2 weeks ago. This is the news we are looking for!
Already, the local anglers and charter fishermen who target great eating Whiting off the beach/nea... | |
| Posted: March 25, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Top water action on Pine Island Sound!
There is nothing like a big hit on the surface from a big fish!
That is exactly what the sound has right now.
Snook, Redfish, and Trout.
POW!POW!
Check out this Redfish!
Capatin Greg Hood
www.tarpoons.com
239 822 5698... | |
| Posted: March 23, 2009 by Captain Mark Lewis - Richmond Hill, GA
http://www.inshore-georgia-charters.com | | Only a month ago the water temps on the GA coast were in the high 40's and the fish were slugish. With a good Spring warm up the past few weeks the water temps are now in the low 60's and the bite has been great. Jim and Darren took their 2nd trip with me on March 7th. We departed Kilkenny Marina in Richmond Hill early and upon arriving at the chosen location Jim's 1st cast was rewarded with a nice 17" speckeled trout. Jim and Darren continued to catch trout up to 20" with a few reds and black d... | |
| Posted: March 23, 2009 by Captain Captain Butch Foster - Southport, NC
http://www.yeahrightcharters.com | | 3-19-09
Today we headed offshore with Darren, and Rose Ellis, from Westphalia, Kansas along with Raymond Head also from Westphalia,KS and Vance Hodgden and Jodi Bollig from Chanute,KS.
We headed towards the tower in hopes of avoiding most of the sharks that inhabit the waters closer in this time of year.
We did avoid the Spiney Dog Sharks, but that's not to say we were able to hide from the Atlantic sharpnose sharks.
It seems these guys are virtually everywhere and the To... | |
| Posted: March 23, 2009 by Captain Capt John Leech - Orlando, FL
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| Posted: March 22, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Fishing with Lynn and Margie Harned and friends Dave and Jeannie Jenkins on Monday, 3/16, we had a productive morning in 45 feet out of New Pass, using live shrimp. We caught six keeper mangrove snapper between 15 and 17 inches, a dozen whitebone porgies to 15 inches and a 14 inch sheepshead. We released lots of smaller snapper, gag grouper shorts and a small hogfish, along with one unusual catch that Margie hookeda rock beauty, which is a beautiful, ornamental fish that takes its name from i... | |
| Posted: March 21, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | They say that March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. Well, whoever came up with that, must have known something about the sheepshead bite here on the Panhandle. The sheepshead bite is finally on fire. On a few of my last trips, we hooked up with some nice 4 - 5lb black and white striped sheepies. Not only are we hooking up quality sheepshead, but we are also catching some big redfish. This has also been a great season for large black drum. These hard fighting fish are a blast to c... | |
| Posted: March 19, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 19, 2009
INSHORE:
The Treasure Coast has come alive on the flats with trout, snook and redfish along with many other species to be caught. The wind was a small factor this week and a few days were tough to get out on the water, but overall.....good weather and great fishing. Spring has finally arrived! The water continues to warm up and so are the fish.
Trout fishing has been good on the flats south of Fort Pierce. Turner and Frank Mullins both caught nice trout in the shallow... | |
| Posted: March 18, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Save for one day, it was a great week of fishing. The big yellow-mouth sow trout are thick in the right places, and there are some nice snook eating, too.
The week began with Jim Olson and his good friend Gary, of Superior, Wisconsin. We had managed to continue a warming trend through the weekend, and the morning dawned calm and beautiful. The water temperature was finally breaking the 70 degree barrier. It was time to look for bait, and time to fish for snook with it.
I was to pick Ji... | |
| Posted: March 16, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello everybody, I hope spring is treating you well! Not to bad around here, two days warm then one day cool. Hey thats spring for ya around the Carolina coast! One day breezy, two days calm sometime its the other way around! Thats why I love the Carolina coast we have real seasons around here! Enough about weather, to the fishing report we go!
On some of the windier days when its been hard to get out on the coast to fish weve been doing a little bit of fresh water fishing. The larg... | |
| Posted: March 15, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Sanibel Fishing
This weeks Sanibel fishing Charters were warm and fishy. This week the bait moved in as the water warmed up. It has been like throwing on the switch. Spanish Mackrel have been cutting my leaders, while we are Trout fishing. Redfish are getting better, Ive seen one big school already. Snook have started to bite and we even saw a group of really nice sharks. I expect to see the Tarpon starting to show up in the next 2 weeks, so Im carrying a tarpon rig just in case. Do... | |
| Posted: March 15, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Great Sanibel Fishing Time
The water has warmed up and the weather is perfect! Now is the time to catch fish. Its so nice to see so many fish. The best part is theyre chewen!
This last week and the next week, all species of fish are in a feeding pattern.
King and Spanish Mackerel on the beaches.
Cobia around Charlotte Harbor.
Snook moving out of theyre winter hide out towards the beach.
Redfish schools on the sound.
Trout moving to the beach.
And BIG Sheephead near the pa... | |
| Posted: March 14, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | What a treat Monday, 3/9 was offshore! For the first time in a very long time, seas were dead-calm and the fishing was good at the same time. I fished in 46 feet out of New Pass with brothers Mike & Paul Conneally and their friends, Rodney & Kass Bromm. Using live shrimp, we caught five nice mangrove snapper to 20 inches, none of them less than 15 inches. We also kept five of eight sheepshead we caught, to 19 inches, and a 15 inch whitebone porgie. We released silver porgies, porkfish, grunts, S... | |
| Posted: March 12, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 12, 2009
INSHORE:
Spring finally arrived on the Treasure Coast and none too soon for us. This week has been fantastic on the water for both fishing and sunny, warm weather. Light winds have prevailed and allowed anglers to fish both inshore and offshore with success. Looks like next week is a lot of the same conditions, so it's time to get out fishing! Spring is here and no more complaining from me!!
There has been lots of activity all around the river. The jetties and inlet ... | |
| Posted: March 11, 2009 by Captain Chris McCubbin - Naples, FL
http://www.Naples-PangaFishing.com | | With water temps finally staying at 70 degrees the fish are really chewing. Pilchards have been the go to bait and are still on the wrecks. I have had a great week of fishing with snook, trout, bluefish and big jacks. Fishing the passes has resulted in good action for bluefish, jacks, mackeral and snook. Look for the snook fishing to improve this week as water temps approach the mid 70's. The docks have been where I have been catching most of my snook. Fish are laid up under the boats on lifts... | |
| Posted: March 11, 2009 by Captain Pete Root - Naples, FL
http://www.naples-fishingcharters.com | | Although we are not out of the woods completely with the potential of one or two late fronts coming down, it appears that the winds of March have blown away the majority of the winter cold fronts. Warmer water has been allowing the jigs and shrimp to stay put in their respective holding tanks. With the bait being in such large supplies, I have been able to target snook and redfish on all my charters. For the past two weeks, the upper parts of the tides have been most productive.
The las... | |
| Posted: March 09, 2009 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Fishing has been a little tough with the recent cold front and the tournament boats burning shorelines and the flats. Despite the tough conditions I've managed to put customers on their first Reds and some Gator Trout.... | |
| Posted: March 08, 2009 by Captain Eric Adamski - Richmond Hill, GA
http://www.georgiasaltwatercharters.com | | We placed first in the Fort MaCallister Annual Sheephead tournament. 5 fish over 38 lbs. our big fish wnet 10 lbs.
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| Posted: March 08, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | March started with a strong cold front, but it quickly warmed into today's beautiful trip. Fishing Sanibel is always changing. The Fabini Family enjoyed a day catching Sheephead, Trout, and almost their first Snook. It's a pleasure to Guide the young boys and share the adventure.
Spring is upon us and the Tarpon will be here soon. Call today to book you Tarpon trip. 239-410-7194... | |
| Posted: March 07, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | March definitely charged in like a lion on my first scheduled day of the month. Monday, 3/2, brought extremely rough conditions offshore with seas to fifteen feet. The tide in the backwaters was low, and it was cold and windy. I cancelled my fishing trip. Conditions were somewhat better Tuesday but still not good enough, with seas of three to five feet predicted, so I spent a second consecutive day in port.
Wednesday, the tide was a little better in the bay and I fished there on a catch-and-r... | |
| Posted: March 06, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 6, 2009
INSHORE:
March has certainly lived up to its reputation of coming in like a lion. Lots of windy weather this past week has made it difficult and challenging to fish the river. The weekend looks a little more friendly for now and we can expect to see some warmer weather again. The water has cooled off some this week, but the sunny days will begin to warm it up again. Hope you get a chance to get out fishing!
The trout bite has remained good if you could find some areas ... | |
| Posted: March 04, 2009 by Captain Scott Yetter - Little Torch Key, FL
http://www.sightfishfloridakeys.com | | Finally warmed up and the fishing was great last weekend. I had the pleasure of spending the day with Tim and Rhonda. They were a blast.. It was their first time flats fishing. They said they did not care what we went for as long as they caught a lot of fish on fly.... OK.. Fly fishing in the Florida Keys is a lot more challenging then trout in a western stream, but we came up with a plan for lots of fish. First we hit some coral heads for snapper and grouper...then got some shots at permit.. th... | |
| Posted: March 03, 2009 by Captain Chris McCubbin - Naples, FL
http://www.Naples-PangaFishing.com | | The past few weeks have really been showing signs of Spring. The pilchards are still very easy to get on the wrecks and are getting bigger. Mackeral and bonita have been tearing up baits just off the beaches, bluefish are making there way into the passes along with snook, big jacks and snapper. The fishing has been great. This recent cold front has shut it down for a few days with cold air, strong winds and dirty water. This will probably be the last big one down here. Tempature are going to b... | |
| Posted: February 28, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Constant cold fronts and the wind and high barometer that comes with them, along with cold water, have served to make catching very tough this week.
I was supposed to fish on Monday with Bob Johnson, on what was to be the first of three trips. But the fishing last week was so bad, and yet another front was on us, and I recommended we reschedule our trip. That's the advantage of being local. You can pick your days.
There wasn't an option for my first trip Tuesday with Joshua Lobe, his wi... | |
| Posted: March 03, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Spring is Springing around Southeast North Carolina! Warmer weather is in the forecast and the fishing should start to really pick up. The weather has been nothing less then UP AND DOWN lately; Im ready for SPRING!! So give me a call and lets go fishing! Now to the fishing report>>>
With the weather getting warming the water temps are on the raise, which is a very good thing. Redfish are biting around docks and marsh grass drops in the water way and creek mouths. Most of the falling t... | |
| Posted: March 02, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Tarpoons.com Fishing Report for Sanibel Island, and Pine Island Sound
One more cold front.
Just as the water temperature gets near 70 we get another front.
I hope this is the last one. March is here and brought that lion with it.
The fishing this last week near Sanibel Island was good for 3 to 4 lb trout and 7 lb redfish. I heard some of the guides say they got into some snook also. Snook season opened on the 1st.
This week will be the same for me. Long casting with artificial ... | |
| Posted: March 01, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | February Fishing Report,
The last day of February was a great day for Joe and his sons, Damon and Anthony. Trout. Ladyfish, bluefish and pompano kept us busy all day. The weather was typical winter fishing, 55 deg. In the morning, warming to the mid 70s in the afternoon. The water has been real clear lately making the fish spooky and leader shy. I have been staking out a long cast from the fish and drifting in quietly. Top water action has been red hot with the trout. Redfish are still s... | |
| Posted: February 28, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 2/23 brought yet another windy start to this week. I headed out of new Pass with Jim Sistek, his son, Jim Jr., grandson and friend, Frank, in what was predicted to be two-to-three foot seas. We were barely out of the pass before we were contemplating turning back because of strong northerly winds and rough seas. But the wind calmed a little bit and allowed us to get to some live bottom in about 30 feet. We used live shrimp and caught eight keeper mangrove snapper, nine sheepshead to 20... | |
| Posted: February 27, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 27, 2009
INSHORE:
In spite of continuing windy conditions out on the water, the fishing has remained good around the Treasure Coast. With March looming ahead of us with its reputation for being another month of traditionally foul weather, anglers will be challenged for a while longer. Spring is fast approaching and the fishing will just get better!
Ed Whitman and his son, Chris, joined me this past week on what turned out to be a very windy day. We had fun around the inlet i... | |
| Posted: February 26, 2009 by Captain Scott Yetter - Little Torch Key, FL
http://www.sightfishfloridakeys.com | | Wind and more wind... The last week we have been faced with NE wind. This wind keeps the water temps cool, the sky blue. Cooler water temps make for some tougher fishing, but blue skies make for some great visibility when sight fishing on the flats. Fortunately here in the lower keys we have lots of leeward shore lines and protected flats to fish out of the wind. On the days when the wind has laid down a little we have been able to hunt baby tarpon. On the warmer days between fronts we are find... | |
| Posted: February 24, 2009 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | March is just around the corner and Im sure glad of it. February has been just a little too crazy for me; weather wise that is, record highs, record lows, gale force winds, six inches of rain in eight hours, weve had it all in the past three weeks! But, this is the kind of weather we need to jump start a great spring fishery. I always bank on a good spring when we get the right amount of rain in the winter, and to get the rain we have to have the warmer south winds blowing which warms the wate... | |
| Posted: February 23, 2009 by Captain Pete Root - Naples, FL
http://www.naples-fishingcharters.com | | The backwater bite in Naples this past week has been just about as cold as the water. Water temperatures in the mid to upper sixties have had a lock jaw effect on the snook until later in the day when the temperatures rise right around 70. Some successful remedies included: targeting Speckled Sea Trout feeding over large grass beds with small white bait fish and shrimp; and hooking good-sized keeper Pompano with orange jig heads with a short surgical tube tail. As I drifted the flats, the lad... | |
| Posted: February 23, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Problems with fog continued into the first of this week, prompting some schedule changes. My friend Andy Mount and daughter Rachel and I sat at the dock waiting on the fog to lift until around 9:30 Sunday morning, which was altering my plans for fishing a Sunday before a holiday. We finally tossed in the towel, and reschedule for Friday. Dittos for Monday. It was to be my first trip with Steve Cleary, and neither one of us had realized is was a holiday when we booked the trip. Between that ... | |
| Posted: February 21, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | With a small craft caution in effect Monday, I didnt venture too far from shore with Ron Baldwin and friends. Seas were three feet even close-in at the three-mile reef and winds were twenty knots. We caught five keeper mangrove snapper and five keeper sheepshead and a few grunts.
Tuesday brought persistent winds, but their easterly direction made seas a little calmer than they were the day before, at least near-shore. I fished at the Wiggins Reef with Tom Batchelor, Lee Larsen, Bud Glazer an... | |
| Posted: February 20, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 19, 2009
INSHORE:
We had a variety of weather conditions around the Treasure Coast this week. Calm, summer like days over the past weekend to downright blowing conditions later in the week. Some days it was really a challenge in getting out on the water, but we managed to do just that and everyone had a great time in spite of the blustery days we faced. It looks like we should have a decent weekend at least for fishing inshore. Water temperatures have varied each day. Warmer ... | |
| Posted: February 20, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 19, 2009
INSHORE:
We had a variety of weather conditions around the Treasure Coast this week. Calm, summer like days over the past weekend to downright blowing conditions later in the week. Some days it was really a challenge in getting out on the water, but we managed to do just that and everyone had a great time in spite of the blustery days we faced. It looks like we should have a decent weekend at least for fishing inshore. Water temperatures have varied each day. Warmer ... | |
| Posted: February 19, 2009 by Captain Jeremy Stewart - A Fort Myers, FL
http://www.CatchMeIfUCanFishingCharters.com | | Today I found some great whitebait 4"-6" and decided to go beat up some bushes, Pine Island held some nice release snook. At the next creek we couldn't even get our baits past the snappers, they where trying to eat baits the same size they where! The tide slowed down and we called it a day, back at it again on saturday.... | |
| Posted: February 19, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | The sheepshead bite has really started to pick up on some of the bridges, rock jetties, and rock ledges in the pass. Its not on fire yet like its going to be starting around March 15th, but the bite has been pretty good. Not only are we hooking a few nice sheepshead, but were also putting some healthy black snapper in the ice chest. As sheepshead start to show up, they help bring a mix to the fishing while were still catching white trout near 3-mile and Bob Sights Bridge.
Red fishing has... | |
| Posted: February 18, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello to all, I hope everyone is doing well. It will not be long at all before spring will be here and that can only mean one thing spring fishing! I cant wait!! The weather has been really up and down lately, on the warmer and lighter wind are the days to hit the water and do some fishing. To the fishing report we go. >>>
Redfish are biting on those nice warm sunny days. We are looking for them along the ICW and mouths of creeks. The best bet for these guys is to look for them on flat... | |
| Posted: February 17, 2009 by Captain Jeremy Stewart - A Fort Myers, FL
http://www.CatchMeIfUCanFishingCharters.com | | This morning before my Charter I worked some skinny water flats and found some
thirty" +++ Redfish mixed in with some mullet. At noon I picked up the Fischer's from
Pittsford, New York. We started the day off with a Trout on the first cast. We moved to a creek and got into some nice Snook and even a 16" flounder, one of three caught today!
The tide slowed down so we went to the flats by the powerlines, caught some more decent Trout, then finished off by the boat ramp with one more nice Snook... | |
| Posted: February 17, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was my first full week in a long time. And, I mean full. Six days! Boy, am I out of fishing shape! It was the first week of good weather following the big cold spell we had, and we had pretty good tides to go along with the weather.
Monday brought my first of two trips with Carl Huber, of Woolford, Maryland. I knew from emails and talking to Carl that he would be great to fish with. Carl was staying on Sanibel, and had brought his 18 ft. Maverick so that he could spend plenty of time... | |
| Posted: February 17, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Tarpoons.com Sanibel fishing charters.
This week turned out to be great fishing.
With the long weekend and great weather clients from all over had fun.
This week has some wind, and another cold front.
Soon the water will warm up and it will be that great time of year for TARPON!
Enjoy these pictures, and see ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
www.tarpoons.com
239 822 5698
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| Posted: February 16, 2009 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | For February fishing I am focusing on Speckled Trout. In addition to schooling reds in the shallows, deep water Specs are the another year round fishery. As with anytime of year, a key factor in finding the fish is water temperature. Unlike the resident reds, winter specs migrate upstream away from the shallow salt marsh creeks and congregate into the deep, warmer waters.
I fish the waters from Coquina Lighthouse north past the Swing Bridge. Specs migrate within the estuary, as opposed to mo... | |
| Posted: February 14, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | The easterly wind on Monday, 2/9, laid the seas down nicely well offshore in 45 feet out of New Pass, where I fished with Ward Wester and his dad, Loren. We caught a keeper 23 inch red grouper (red grouper are still in season-see photo), a keeper hogfish at 13 inches, seven nice mangrove snapper to 16 inches, some good-sized porgies, porkfish and grunts, all on shrimp. We also released a 2o inch true black grouper, along with gag and red grouper shorts.
Ron Musick, Dick Arnett and Eddie Alfon... | |
| Posted: February 13, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 13, 2009
INSHORE:
The Treasure Coast was greeted to some fantastic warm weather this past week and it appears that we can enjoy similar weather in the coming days ahead. Winds have been light one day and blowing the next, but inshore fishing has continued to be improving with each sunny day. Water temperatures are climbing and the fish are coming in shallow on the flats. Hopefully, this is the coming of spring weather and those nasty cold fronts will be milder in the weeks ahea... | |
| Posted: February 10, 2009 by Captain Jeff Crumpton - Amelia Island, FL
http://www.redfishameliaisland.com | | That is School's of redfish! The redfishing is on fire with schools of 50-200 fish. Black drum are starting to show up which the weights can be 10-78 lbs. which will run till end of May then the push of cobia will be showing up along with tarpon by June. Book your trip early as these dates will fill up. Tight Lines! Capt. Jeff Crumpton... | |
| Posted: February 08, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 2/2/09, I fished near-shore at the six-mile reefs off Bonita Beach with Larry Dahlstrom and friends. We debated a while over whether to go or not, with rain predicted to usher in our next cold front and with rough conditions to follow. But it looked as though wed have a only a light drizzle at worst in the morning and that the worst weather would hold off until afternoon. We decided to head to the reefs, close in enough that we could make a quick run back for the dock, if necessary. We ... | |
| Posted: February 07, 2009 by Captain Jeremy Stewart - A Fort Myers, FL
http://www.CatchMeIfUCanFishingCharters.com | | COULDN'T STAY IN ANY LONGER SO WE FOUND SOME PROTECTED AREAS TO FISH.THE BAD NEWS IS THE WIND IS STILL ON AND THE WATER IS IN THE 50'S AND EVERYTHING HAS SLOWED DOWN. THE GOOD NEWS IS ON SUNDAY THE HIGH IS BACK TO THE 80'S AND SHOULD STAY WARM ALL WEEK .IF THE WIND PERMITS TOMMORROW'S TRIP WILL BE A GROUPER TRIP WILL BRING BACK SOME PIC'S
===============CAPT JEREMY STEWART 239 210 8339 =========================================... | |
| Posted: February 06, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Cold Sanibel Island Fishing
Bbrrrrrr!! This week has dropped the water to 54 degrees.
We managed to catch some fish on very windy days.
The temperature is on the rise now, and the forecast is great.
Soon we will be in the 80s again.
Im headed out this afternoon, with a positive attitude.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
www.tarpoons.com
239 822 5698
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| Posted: February 05, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 5, 2009
INSHORE:
Alright, I have finally figured it out. Sitting here with the wind and freezing temperatures outside has gotten me to thinking and I have came up with the solution to beating these cold fronts. Everyone should show up at the beaches on both coasts on Sunday and bring a paddle. We can all just row Florida a few degrees south and end these freezes for this year. It shouldn't take more than a couple hours........
Wind has been the enemy most of the week. Dayt... | |
| Posted: February 04, 2009 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Destin Florida, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key Florida inshore anglers fishing report.
January fishing can be cold, also very productive if you can find time to get out. Im catching lots of Red Fish sight fishing for them on the beach and very large schools of False Albacore out a couple of miles off the beach, this is what Fly-Fishermen live for. You just wouldnt believe the quality of Red Snapper on the structure in 45 to 65 foot of water. Trigger Fis... | |
| Posted: February 02, 2009 by Captain Michael Bales - New Smyrna Beach, FL
http://www.hotfishcharters.com | | The month of January has been interesting to say the least...With temperatures ranging
from 25-80 degrees on the Mosquito Lagoon and the surrounding area.. This has a
dramatic effect on how our inshore species will behave. Feeding aggressively in the
shallows during the warmest parts of the day, to sluggish and lethargic on those extra
cool mornings..Paying very close attention to water temperature is key when these
winter COLD fronts move through..Starting your trip a little later i... | |
| Posted: January 31, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was another abbreviated work week, but a week of great fun with some great guys, fishing cold water with artificials.
The week began Sunday with John Ford, over from Delray Beach. We'd been blown out by the big cold front that had come through a few days earlier, and it looked like Sunday would be a descent weather day. But, with the water at 58 degrees, I wasn't real confident that we'd find much that would actually be willing to chase a bait down.
We took off at 0730 hrs. and headed... | |
| Posted: February 02, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well folks, the days are getting longer and winter is more than half way over. Im really looking forward to this coming spring! Dont forget, this is a great time to check over all your fishing gear. Clean up your rods and reels, oil the reels and put a touch of wax on your rods. It also maybe time to put new fishing line on your reels and check those hooks on your artificial lures. A little work now; will make spring fishing a little easier on you! To the fishing report >>>!
With the ... | |
| Posted: January 31, 2009 by Captain Scott Yetter - Little Torch Key, FL
http://www.sightfishfloridakeys.com | | So much for my New Years Resolution of keeping current with fishing reports.. It has been 3 weeks.. Since my last report. Sorry...
The weather and the fishing was outstanding the first two weeks of January. We were finding tailing permit, rolling tarpon and bonefish on the in coming tides.. Then as is typical for this time of year we received a cold front, which dropped temperatures into the low 60's and even the 50's. Well, it is winter even in the Florida Keys..
A week later(felt like ... | |
| Posted: January 30, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 1/26/09, I fished offshore in 45 feet with Barry Pfleuger and friends. We caught fifteen nice mangrove snapper in the 14 to 16 inch range, two keeper pompano and a keeper hogfish. We released gag and red grouper shorts, porgies, triggerfish and a bluefish, all on live shrimp.
The snapper bite was on in 70 feet Tuesday, when I fished with Ron Musick and Dick Arnett. We caught twenty-one nice mangs to 18 inches, using shrimp. We tried some cut bait, but shrimp was definitely the bait th... | |
| Posted: January 30, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 30, 2009
INSHORE:
A few nice days of weather in between windy and cool periods found a good bite this week on the Indian River. The water temperatures began rising and that got the fish in the mood to feed. With the next cold front already moving in the area, it looks like the nights will continue to be cooler and winds to blow most of the week. Welcome to winter in Florida!
We began our days by fishing deeper water for trout. Finding cuts and channels that were six feet and... | |
| Posted: January 29, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | The fishing this week on Pine Island Sound was a little tough after the coldest front of the year.
Redfish were bunched up for a few days and then started to move around, making it hard to stay on a school.
The best action on the sound was the trout.
Like last year some big 4,5,and 6 lb trout got up on the flats to feed on finger mullet.
Using a topwater plug has turned up great numbers of big fish with a big " Packow "
With the weather turning cold again, this action will be on the sound f... | |
| Posted: January 26, 2009 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | With a break in the cold weather, I was finally able to get out and do some fishing. My clients Bob and Randy from Canada were here for a couple of weeks, but were unable to get out the first week they were here, because it was too cold, well, at least too cold for me and the fish. It was ranging between 22 - 28 degrees for a few mornings. Of course, Bob said when he left Canada, his hometown got down to a negative 45 degrees! What are we complaining about?
Getting back to the fishing report... | |
| Posted: January 24, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 1/12/09, I fished offshore in 43 feet with Ed & Margie Bock, who fish with me several times each winter. We departed in a dense morning fog, with visibility of about 200 feet (thank goodness for radar) and in very low tide conditions. We headed out of New Pass to 43 feet, where we used live shrimp to catch eight keeper mangrove snapper, all about 15 inches, and a 14 inch yellowtail snapper. We also kept six whitebone porgies that were all about 14 inches. We released smaller snapper, po... | |
| Posted: January 23, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 23, 2009
INSHORE:
As I look around outside and see brown grass....frost scorched plants & trees and my poor tomato plants....we sure did have one cold front move through this week. The days haven't been so bad, but the nights have chilled the water and made it more challenging to fish on the river this week. Look for a fantastic weekend ahead to get out and do some fishing!
I was out over the past weekend, just before the cold front hit so hard. Ray Boyd and his son-in-law, M... | |
| Posted: January 20, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | (Snow day): A good day to sit at the house; drink coffee and write a fishing report! Well folks here is some of that you never know weather in North Carolina. Freezing cold and dry one day; the warm and wet another; bam snow! Go figure!! With all this crazy weather sometimes we ask; are the fish still biting? Yes they are; to the fishing report>>>
Ive really had a mixed bag of fishing lately; a little fresh, salt and brackish water. We did some Speck fishing on 8-1, with some great suc... | |
| Posted: January 17, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Constant cold fronts cut a three day work week a bit short. What's new?
First up on Monday was my good friend and fishing buddy, Dr. John Hitt, of UCF. His friend, Jim Heekin, also of Orlando, joined him for the first time. Our mission was keeper trout for the cooler. John and I had done a recon mission during New Year's Week and previously, and had a pretty good lock on where the big trout were. We weren't really interested in trout that weren't well into the slot.
We headed straig... | |
| Posted: January 16, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 16, 2009
INSHORE:
Looks like the latest c-c-c-cold f-f-f-front has invaded the T-t-t-treasure C-c-c-coast and brought some cold nights and cool days for a few days. Staying warm is part of preparing for your trip on the water. I broke out the ol' long handles this week in order to make fishing a little more comfortable. I called the Fishing Center in Fort Pierce to see if they stocked ice augers!!
Fishing will change as the water temperatures drop rapidly over the next seve... | |
| Posted: January 14, 2009 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Mondays are usually back to work days for everyone. Last Monday's Charter with Norm Rick and Steve was a departure from the grind. After a great run of balmy weather we now have our first real cold front. The Trout will be moving to deeper water as we cool off this week, making them a target for my trips. Keep an eye on the weather and you can work the fronts to your advantage.
Take a kid fishing,
Captain Dave Andrews ... | |
| Posted: January 12, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Island, Ft. Myers Fishing Report
Warm weather ahead of the next front is producing some great fishing.
In my last report I stated that this time of year is great for artificial bait.
2 days ago was just that!
5 Snook, 4 Redfish, 5 trout, all on top water plugs.
There is nothing like casting and working a that top water plug to see the explosion when a great fish hits.
I find it so addicting to keep casting for another Big Hit.
This week the Sanibel area has another co... | |
| Posted: January 11, 2009 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | I have been down in Florida fishing, so this report is not as specific to local catches. I did go out for a few hours yesterday and did more scouting than casting. We had a full moon and it was dead low tide, perfect conditions. This is great time to go out and look for bottom structure, otherwise not seen during a regular low tide.
I took along the camera and photographed several newly discovered oyster reefs that should hold fish when flooded. I have been interested in finding more of thes... | |
| Posted: January 10, 2009 by Captain Chris Herrera - Palm Coast. St. Augustine, FL
http://www.PalmCoastFishing.com | | Creek fishing for Seatrout is about as sure as it gets this time of year, jigging for Trout in creek holes with a ounce Slayer Jig and Fish Bites Extreme paddle tail will get the attention of every schoolie in the hole. Most Trout will be on the small side but if numbers is your game, creek hole fishing is the place. Small Reds also occupy the same creek holes and can be caught with live shrimp; small split shot and a Daiichi 1/0 circle hook.
Red fishing on the flats isnt an early morning ... | |
| Posted: January 10, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 1/5/09, I fished offshore in 43 feet, to the north of New Pass with Alene Haug, Scott Kempfort, Loren Heintze and John Reardon. The snapper bite was hot all morning and we caught twenty-two of those to 19 inches, none of them smaller than 14 inches. We also caught a big whitebone porgie and a 14 inch hogfish. We were cut off twice by big king mackerel and we released some smaller mackerel, triggerfish, gag grouper to 21 inches and red grouper shorts.
Tuesday, seas began building mid-... | |
| Posted: January 10, 2009 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Happy New Year!!!
Its that time of the year that business is down to a minimum and the fish are hungry. Theres a world of fish around the three mile bridge structure in Pensacola Bay; we were up there a couple of days ago using half ounce jig heads with a Big Bite Bait shrimp lure, I think we must have caught 200 fish in three hours, mostly White Trout but we also caught a slot Red Fish, Red Snapper, small Grouper, Black Sea Bass and several other speci... | |
| Posted: January 09, 2009 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 9, 2009
INSHORE:
Well, here we go beginning another new year and looking forward to exciting adventures on the water. We have already had some great days out there in spite of windy conditions a lot of the time. The fish are feeding on the flats and you can find an assortment of species around the Indian River this month. We have had lots of fun out there recently.
I had several friends return to fish the Indian River. Robert Strang and Denise were down and Denise topped off... | |
| Posted: January 03, 2009 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was to be a two trip holiday week, but one canceled at the last minute after changing the details on a daily basis. So, that left my favorite fishing buddy, Dr. John Hitt and I to spend a day getting ready for trout season. He will be back to fish speckled trout on January 12 and 13, and we wanted to get a lock on where the big trout are.
We left John's dock at 0645 hrs. and headed down the river to the A span for bait. It was a beautiful morning, and bait once again came easily. In fo... | |
| Posted: December 27, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I managed two trips during Christmas week. Could have worked Christmas Day, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The two days were Friday and Saturday, and the fishing was great!
I met my old friend Dr. John Hitt, president of UCF in Orlando, at his dock Friday morning at 6:45. The forecast was for a beautiful day with winds to about 10 MPH, and a high of 80. Glorious! But, John and I had both decided a light jacket was in order for the early morning ride.
We headed out with the... | |
| Posted: January 06, 2009 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Folks, its a new year! Gas prices are down, weather has been pretty warm around these parts and fishing has been pretty good too! I hope fishing will be as good this year as it was last year; but with better gas prices!! I think that would make a lot of us happy; for this up coming summer fishing run! Lets talk fishing, to the fishing report>>>
Those Cape Fear River stripers are still biting well. Most of the stripers have been in the 18 to 28 range with a few bigger stripers mixed ... | |
| Posted: January 05, 2009 by Captain JERRY BROWN - Auburn, WA
http://www.columbia-river-fishing-guide.com | | Cowlitz River Late Winter Steelhead
Angler activity has been picking up the last few days. Fishing has been fair at times and poor at other times. Most of the steelhead being caught are being taken in the Blue Creek area and some sea-run cutthroat are being caught near the new outlet at the hatchery. My sources inform me that late winter steelhead (B run fish) will be more productive that early winter fish due to a change this season in plants. WDFW planted our early winter steelhead as f... | |
| Posted: January 05, 2009 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Fishing forecast for the Sanibel, Ft. Myers, Pine Island Sound region.
Predictable cold fronts for the next few weeks is the normal weather pattern.
Bait will be hard to find in most cases.
This is that time of year to head into the local tackle shop and pick up artificial bait.
I choose 3 different kinds, one on top of the water, one in the middle of the water, and one on the bottom.
My top water choice is no secret. Zara spook jr.
I prefer 2 colors, bone, and white with a r... | |
| Posted: January 03, 2009 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 12/29, I fished in 44 feet off Naples with Tom Wolf and sons, Jordan and Patrick, and friend, Chris Coriddi. Using live shrimp, Tom caught a nice 23 inch keeper red grouper (see photo.) We released lots of gag and red grouper shorts, which provided steady action for us all morning. We also caught seven keeper snapper, including six mangs and one lane. We released lots of smaller mangs and a short mutton snapper. We also caught a nice whitebone porgie and a 25 inch king mackerel, which wa... | |
| Posted: December 30, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | As the new year approaches I had the pleasure to Guide the Fabini family to a day filled with fun for all. Spotted Sea Trout have been eager to entertain young fishermen. Mikey is shown holding a nice one that will be legal to take starting Jan. 1st. The waters near Sanibel have been teaming with Ladyfish, Bluefish, and trout this week.
Wishing you all a safe and happy New Year,
Capt. Dave Andrews ... | |
| Posted: December 30, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Fishing the past month has been good in between fronts and especially the last few weeks with the warming trend. I even managed to catch a few myself between trips. The hot ticket has been Exude rt slugs in gold and mangrove red. DOA shrimp in gold and glow/gold have also been hot.... | |
| Posted: December 28, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Mosquito Creek Outdoors Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, January 2009
By Captain Tom Van Horn
As we ring in the New Year, it is once again time to reflect back on the events and accomplishments of 2008, and to count our many blessings. We are truly blessed to live in Central Florida where angling and spending time on the water are year round endeavors. I am also thankful for another great year of fishing with my clients and friends on the esteemed waters of the Indian River Lago... | |
| Posted: December 27, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 12/15, on a cloudy morning in Estero Bay, I dodged a few rain sprinkles and fished with H.O. Brownback and Steve Aggunt. We did pretty well using live shrimp and caught five keeper-sheepshead to 16 inches and four keeper-mangrove snapper. We released smaller fish of both varieties.
The rest of the week was pretty slow, as is typical in the lull before the holiday rush. I fished Estero Bay again on Saturday, 12/20, with Robert Haller, his wife, and his parents. We used shrimp to catch ... | |
| Posted: December 27, 2008 by Captain Scott Owens - St Simons Island, GA
http://www.captainscottowens.com | | I headed down and met Rob and his family for a few days of fishing before Christmas. We were in Islamorada fishing out of Lower Metacumbe Key where a friend of ours owns a house. I hadn't fished out of Islamorada since my dad passed away 4 years ago. He and I spent a lot of time down there fishing and enjoying many memories together. He was diabetic and we almost everyday would run to World Wide and eat lunch at Islamorada Fish Company. He would tell me about fishing in Biscayne Bay and trips he... | |
| Posted: December 24, 2008 by Captain Scott Owens - St Simons Island, GA
http://www.captainscottowens.com | | It was Friday morning at 6:30am when I pushed the Hells Bay off the trailer and met Jo and Loyd. It was a still and quiet morning. The sky was black as we headed out the creek where we met toward the ocean side flat I had chosen to fish that day. As we were half way through the 40 minute ride the sky started to change from black to bark blue and then yellow and orange. we were looking forward to seeing the sun break through the horizon as we made our way to fish. As we got to the ocean the sun w... | |
| Posted: December 27, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Fishing during the holiday week of Christmas and New Years.
Great weather and warmer water have the fish in a feeding pattern.
Schools of ladyfish, and bluefish, can be found all over Pine Island Sound.
The schools are easy to locate because there are so many birds and Dolphin feeding on them.
Fishing close to the passes is still producing good numbers of Grouper.
The Snook and Redfish are close to oyster bars.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
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| Posted: December 24, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Sunday was one of the days we live for in South west Florida. Several days of 65 deg to 85 deg temperatures had brought the water temps up to 69 deg in the sound. Ed and Bill from Chicago had their jackets off by 8:30am. Three throws of the cast net and the live well was briming with scaled sardines and pin fish. The highlight if the day were four snook that crushed the bait like it was September. grouper, Ladyfish and Trout kept us busy all day. When it warms up it's hot!.
Thanks to... | |
| Posted: December 20, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was another one trip week, but it was a grand time with some great new customers. My party was Herb Smith and his lovely wife, Beth, of Baltimore, Maryland. Herb is a college professor, and an avid fisherman. He has been on many guided trips over the years, and was looking for a good guide in this area. I hoped I'd fill the bill.
Herb and Beth weren't real keen on getting up with the chickens, so we agreed to meet at Punta Rassa at 0730 hrs. I'm always up before the chickens anyway, so... | |
| Posted: December 23, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | December 23, 2008
INSHORE:
This year has come and gone so fast and I would like to thank everyone for making 2008 full of great memories and fun adventures on the water. We hope that you and your family has the most wonder of Holiday Seasons and wish you the very best for 2009!
Some great fishing weather awaited anglers this past week on the Indian River. Mild temperatures and very little winds to allow boats to spread throughout the river and ocean in search of their favorite species... | |
| Posted: December 22, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Is it the first day of winter? It sure feels like spring to me! Lets not rush things now! The weather has been so up and down lately warm and wet then cold and dry; welcome to North Carolina! I hope everyone has a Marry Christmas and a good fishing new year! To the fishing report we go>>>
Those Cape Fear River stripers are still biting. Most of the stripers have been in the 18 to 25 range with a few bigger stripers mixed in too. We got another very nice cape fear striper yesterday ... | |
| Posted: December 19, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | December 18, 2008
INSHORE:
Finally! After a couple weeks of battling the flu, I was able to get back on the water and do some scouting around the river. It turned out to be a wonderful weather day with light winds to make it a warm welcome back to the river. It looks like the weekend will be a fantastic opportunity to get out fishing. The fish are out there, so plan a trip out soon!
If you have children, it's one of the best times of year to take them fishing. The ladyfish and jac... | |
| Posted: December 18, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Growing up on the South West Coast I enjoyed Fishing with my Dad and Brother on my birthday. Taking Kim and her Dad fishing for her birthday reminded me of the good times I had. December fishing in Pine Island Sound can be hot or cold depending on the weather. The day prior to our trip the morning low had been 46 deg. with a north west wind at 20 knots. The second day after a front usually brings warming temps. and clearing skys. When you schedule a trip try to... | |
| Posted: December 17, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Island Fishing and Pine Island Sound were the place to be today!
Jordi and Bob Nemeth found Monster Snook and Extra large Seatrout.
The day started out on the beaches and passes were we found huge Snook, Redfish, and Seatrout.
Jordi caught most of the big fish Bob brought a "banana" and will be back out on Friday to catch the Monster Snook!!
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Fishing
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| Posted: December 14, 2008 by Captain Scott Owens - St Simons Island, GA
http://www.captainscottowens.com | | Well I think it all started back when gas was 3 bucks a gallon a few year ago here in Georgia. Even though we don't see near the pressure Fl. does on the water we have our share of sportsman. The Georgia coast is only about 80 miles or so long when you look at a map of the coast but look closer. There is at least a thousand miles of waterways winding through the barrier islands and back waters along the coast and most sees very little pressure. With gas reaching about 5 bucks a gallon after Ike,... | |
| Posted: December 12, 2008 by Captain Luis Vilanova - San Salvador, El Salvador
http://www.fishelsalvador.com | | The U.S. Navy was aboard Fish El Salvador for some well deserved rest and relaxation. They had been planning this outing for a week, and everything was carried out perfectly. It was the first day of a full moon and we had to board the Mahi Mahi in low tide. I suggested that they come one of our reef fishing tours since Los Cobanos Coral Reef during this time of the year the water is crystal clear!
Since the moment we left, black and white birds were everywhere in the area feasting on sardine ... | |
| Posted: December 13, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Another weather-front came through the area Sunday night, once again kicking up winds and seas. But, despite some choppy conditions, the fishing was good offshore Tuesday morning. I fished with Bill Story, Marvin Giescke and friends, Doc, Dave and Bernie, in 45 feet out of New Pass, using live shrimp. We caught twenty keeper mangrove snapper to 15 inches, five huge whitebone porgies to 18 inches, a 22 inch white margate and keeper triggerfish and porkfish. We released smaller triggerfish and lot... | |
| Posted: December 13, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Fishing guides are by necessity, weather men! Actually, I'm convinced by years of observation and experience that most of us fishing guides are far more qualified to give the evening weather forecast than most of the media weather men. Our livelihoods depend in large part upon the weather, and I'm sure that most of us who had trips scheduled this week were watching the developing weather with great interest. It was pretty obvious that the weather would make fishing all but impossible the seco... | |
| Posted: December 12, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | December 12, 2008
INSHORE:
With all the cold and flu that goes around this time of year.....I finally got hit and it decked me out all week. No fishing....just bed and rest to try and shake this bug. And I am not one who enjoys just laying around! The fishing has been pretty good out there and anglers are catching a variety of fish. With the latest cold front upon us, the winds will be blowing most days this week.
Around the river, anglers are catching quite a few grouper while trol... | |
| Posted: December 10, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well Folks, it seems like one day its winter and the next its fall or spring! The weather has really been up and down; but there have been some very nice days as well! Those days are the ones we look for to get out on the water and catch a few fish! Weve had some great catches lately; lets talk about that in this weeks fishing report.
The Cape Fear River stripers are biting well and some days great! We have caught from ten to over thirty some days. The stripers are hitting hard baits a... | |
| Posted: December 10, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Wow, what wild weather we are having. Yesterday at 4:30 AM it was 36 and by 6:30 AM it was 63! And we caught fish!
Here's my abbreviated report:
Inshore Fishing: Trout, trout and more trout.... Specks are biting very well. We have been having nice catches of specks in the river, the inlets and creeks. My favorite bait this year (and it seems it changes form year to year) has been the Bass Assassin "Space Guppy" split tail and paddle tail, fished on a 1/4 to 3/8 ounce lead head. I... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2008 by Captain Luis Vilanova - San Salvador, El Salvador
http://www.fishelsalvador.com | | During the months of December and January Los Cobanos, Coral Reef is a fishing haven for light tackle anglers as the water transitions from murky to crystal clear transforming the white sand beach and its rocky surroundings into excellent casting spots. The beach offers a unique opportunity for anglers to move around during high and low tides to key spots using their preferred techniques and tackle as the species to catch are rooster,jack, spanish mackarel, and snapper. On this occassion we had ... | |
| Posted: December 07, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | A weather-front came through on Monday, 12/1, brought some rain, and left us with high winds and very rough seas. So Tuesday, Erwin and Millie Matusiak traded their offshore fishing plans for some backwater fishing in Estero Bay. We fished the shoreline with live shrimp and, while trying to stay sheltered from the cold north wind, we managed to catch seven keeper mangrove snapper and five nice sheepshead, the largest of which was 18 inches. We also released a 16 inch redfish and a 20 inch snoo... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Fishing the beaches and passes of Sanibel and Boca Grande our producing keeper size Grouper.
The recent cold weather has moved the Grouper's inshore.
I tell clients all the time " the fishing here is good year round".
Grouper season is always a favorite.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Ft. Myers Fishing ... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | December 5, 2008
INSHORE:
Fantastic weather and great fishing awaited anglers this week. Mild temperatures and winds provided us with some excitement on the water. In spite of cool water, the fish are out there feeding and it's a great time of year to fish the Indian River.
Rich Dickerson was out with me this past week and we enjoyed lots of action early with ladyfish, trout and jacks and later in the day we chased redfish and Rich hooked a nice red until it got off. Josh Lukat, with... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | A Sanibel Fishing Charter brought the opportunity to catch a variety of fish this week. During a balmy break between cold fronts we caught 11 species of inshore fish Snook, Trout, Redfish, Flounder, Bluefish, Spanish Mackrel, Mangrove Snapper, helped to make it a fun trip.
Take a kid fishing,
Capt. Dave Andrews... | |
| Posted: November 29, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I managed a trip on Tuesday this week with Troy Halford, his ten year old son, Chance, and his dad, Roger, of Dallas, Texas. Troy told me they had promised to bring some fish home for dinner, and this time of year there isn't a lot you can actually harvest. Trout are closed. Snook will soon be closed, but the current regulations have pushed the slot limit higher and made it smaller at 28 to 33 inches with the tail squeezed. There are some flounder around, but I'd hate to count on a bunch of ... | |
| Posted: December 01, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | |
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. Maybe you got out on the water or in the woods; the weather was pretty good for the most part! The warmer weather should help the local inshore and near shore fishing. I got out on the water before Thanksgiving and those big Speckled trout were biting! Lets get to that in this fishing report.
I think the trout bite should carry on with this hit of warmer weather; the water temp has come up a few degrees. This is a very... | |
| Posted: December 01, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | The cold fronts are here on Sanibel Island and Ft. Myers.
The fishing is still great, but the bait is getting hard to find.
I started to use artificial and stopped wasting my time trying to find the bait.
Top water plugs in the morning have always been a favorite.
Over the holiday weekend I found Snook and Sea Trout.
It's time to start booking those trips for the new year!!
See ya on the water!
Captain ... | |
| Posted: November 29, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 11/24, I fished with Jerry and Barb Rudan, from Wisconsin. They have been fishing with me for years and were looking forward to some good eating-fish. We managed that with two keeper gag grouper at 23 inches and 24 inches, eleven keeper mangrove snapper to 15 inches, and one 25 inch Spanish mackerel. We released lots of short gags. We used shrimp and sardines, with both the groupers caught on shrimp, in 49 feet 22 miles out of New Pass.
Alene Haug, son Scott Kempfert, daughter Amy Ake... | |
| Posted: November 27, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!
December Fishing Forecast:
Here it is December already and the Holidays are almost upon us. Where has this year gone? I must say it has been a great year for fishing all along the Treasure Coast. Both inshore and offshore has provided anglers with many great fishing adventures. We were blessed with a mild winter last year and hopefully we can look forward to another great year for winter fishing!
December brings on the winter months and changes fishing tact... | |
| Posted: November 26, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | I have enjoyed November fishing this year. It is a dynamic month for angling. Mullet have migrated south, nights with freezing temperatures, water temperatures falling fast into the low 50's. This is a transitional were most plants and animals are preparing for the winter slow down.
I have been catching trout, flounder, puppy redfish, and black drum have been consistent since October. Baits have been live mud minnows, cut shrimp, and my favorite-artificial baits. November is when I really fo... | |
| Posted: November 26, 2008 by Captain JERRY BROWN - Auburn, WA
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With the end of Fall Salmon season comes winter steelhead fishing. We are already seei... | |
| Posted: November 24, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so as you plan your meal with friends and family dont forget to save a little time to hit the water for some great November fishing along Pensacolas waterways.
As Ive stated in a few of my last reports, the fall redfish run is in full swing and the bite has been as good as last years, maybe even better. Most of the reds are in the 15 25lb range, but we hooked a few this season in the upper 30s and had a couple top the scale at over 40lbs. Whethe... | |
| Posted: November 22, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Lynn Harned, Davis Jenkins, Bruce Welsh and Bob Wogtowicz had planned an offshore trip with me for Wednesday, 11/19, but a cold front that dropped temps to the lowest of the season that morning, accompanied by high winds and building seas, caused us to reschedule for Friday. We fished Friday morning, just ahead of the next cold-fronts arrival, in the calmer seas between fronts. We headed out of New Pass about 19 miles and used live shrimp to catch ten nice mangrove snapper to 15 inches, three m... | |
| Posted: November 21, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | November 21, 2008
INSHORE:
Ol' Man Winter has left his mark this week along the Treasure Coast. Temperatures dipping into the 40's and windy conditions have awaited anglers all along the river. A few mornings have started with light winds, but by afternoon, it has been blowing most of the time. It has been a week of catching up around the house and building rod racks in my spare time. Water temperatures have dipped into the low sixties and you can bet the fish will be heading for deepe... | |
| Posted: November 15, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I managed three days on the water this week. However, only two were for fishing.
The week began on Monday with my first trip with Charles Chuck Bradford, of Macatawa, Michigan. It would prove to be a tough, but great day with a super guy.
We began with a trip to the B span flats to see if there was any bait. After all the weather changes and record temps, I really didn't expect to see any, and in that respect, I wasn't disappointed. Chuck and I chummed and tossed the net, and could o... | |
| Posted: November 17, 2008 by Captain Luis Gomez Jr. - Manta - Salinas, Ecuador
http://www.bluemarlinmanta.com | | This months results have been quite interesting and surprising as well. We have had two groups fish out of Manta and one group from Salinas.
On the first days of October we hosted a group from as far as Slovakia who came to Manta to have 6 days of fishing (which in the end turned out to be 7 due to the fabulous days of fishing they had). At first we thought that it would be tough for them to see the same type of unbelievable action we say during August considering the fact that in the past, ... | |
| Posted: November 17, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well folks, it looks like winter is about to really show its face in eastern North Carolina! I dont like to see such cold air coming in so fast but, thats fishing and weather for ya. With that said; here is the fishing report pre cold air and forecast for after the cold air.
The Speckled trout fishing has been up and down for the last few weeks. We will catch good numbers of small fish one day, then we will catch a few big fish another day. So far this season weve caught as many as 30 ... | |
| Posted: November 15, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 11/10, I fished with Brad Hayes and his six-year-old son, Cameron in central Estero Bay, using live shrimp. We caught seven redfish, one of which was a keeper, and four sheepshead, including one keeper. We released the smaller reds and sheepshead, along with some small snapper and two snook to 24 inches.
Friday morning, I fished with Peder and Linda Engebretson and their friends, Dan and Lynn. We headed out of New Pass to about 40 feet, where we used live shrimp to catch two k... | |
| Posted: November 14, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | |
The Moon phase is right and the tides are flooding in the late afternoon and into the night. The last two days have been Hot! Fishing and the weather, yesterday it was close to 80 degrees here - NICE!!!
This is important to the Bull Red Fish for their move into the shallow Emerald Green waters of Northwest Florida. The best tide for the spawning fish is an incoming tide late evening and into the night. You can catch these fish as they school up around the Passes on just about anything. Ple... | |
| Posted: November 14, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | November 14, 2008
INSHORE:
With winter fast approaching and water temperatures dropping, anglers along the catwalks of Fort Pierce are excitedly reaping the rewards of braving the windy weather of November. Sand perch, snapper, black drum and croakers have filled the area with eager anglers looking to catch up on the feast that awaits them. Live or dead shrimp has put many good meals on the table recently. There have been lots of fish and lots of catching.
On the flats, the much aw... | |
| Posted: November 10, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | The big story this week is not the election; it is that the fall redfish run has begun! Okay, so maybe Tuesday was a big deal politically, but while history was being made at the polls, I had one of my best fishing trips in history for redfish. Tuesday evening, I was actually out on the water with a couple of buddies from Indiana. We got into a thick school or maybe it was schools of redfish, and we had to finally call it a night, because our arms were spaghetti from reeling in monster reds! Iv... | |
| Posted: November 08, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Wednesday, 11/5, I fished with live shrimp in 37 feet out of New Pass with Bill & Chris Henry and friends. Seas were pretty calm at 1-2 feet most of the morning, though it was a little sloppy about the time we headed in, with a brisk N, NE wind blowing. We caught a dozen large whitebone porgies, all 15-16 inches and a mess of mangrove snapper to 13 inches. We kept ten of the snapper and released the rest. We also caught seven mutton snapper, but only one of those was keeper-size. We released gru... | |
| Posted: November 07, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | November 6, 2008
INSHORE:
Now that fall is in full swing around the Treasure Coast, you can find water temperatures dropping and windy conditions much of the time out on the water. We ended up canceling twice this week and I managed to get out one day that was not so blustery as the others. We can expect similar conditions as the cold fronts work their way through the area on an almost weekly basis now. It's a great time to fish, but can be challenging on some days.
Let's take this w... | |
| Posted: November 05, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Weather permitting this past week's fishing has been a very good. If you like bluefish (catching or eating) they are hitting hard and good size too. On one trip we caught and released over 60 blues. Specks are biting well also, with some fish running in excess of 5 pounds. Grays are biting too.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Specks are biting near oyster banks, marsh banks and the inlets. Topwater baits when it is calm and soft baits when it is choppy or later in the day. Blues are ... | |
| Posted: November 01, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | This week proved to be a wild weather week. Last week's rain and wind finally ushered in this record cold front, which sent temps dropping like the DOW for October record cold temperatures. Wind was also a problem. It blew pretty hard on Monday for my trip with George Chingery, but 30 MPH gusts were too much to fish in Tuesday with my old friend Dr. Ron Kolata. Fortunately, I had one available to rearrange on Thursday, which we were able to move him to. The fishing was predictably tough on ... | |
| Posted: November 03, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I hope everybody is enjoying the fall weather, It did get a little to cold for a couple days. I think that is over for the most part; for now. Water temps dropped very quickly during the cold snap. Now that the weather is getting back to normal; fishing has really picked up in the last couple of days! With that said here is the fishing report!
Trout has been the story for the most part lately. Grays and Specks are feeding well around in creeks, channels and inlets. The grays are hitti... | |
| Posted: November 01, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Wednesday, 10/23, I fished the Bonita reefs with David Koenigsmark and Hubert Wright. Seas were predicted to build and we knew heading much further out than the reefs wasnt likely to be too comfortable. The guys had just this day to fish, so we decided on the reefs about six miles from shore. Conditions got rougher as the morning progressed but we managed to bring home ten keeper mangrove snapper and a 14 inch sheepshead. We released additional mangs, grouper shorts, two small flounders and a t... | |
| Posted: October 30, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Mosquito Creek Outdoors Fishing Forecast, November 2008
By Captain Tom Van Horn
November is one of the best months to target snook at Sebastian Inlet. In addition, large flounder and oversized redfish have begun to show up on the Port Canaveral buoy line and in the inlets of Ponce De Leon and Sebastian, and the flounder numbers will increase as the flounder begin their seaward migration out of the lagoon. Also, let's not forget the influx of Spanish mackerel, bluefish, and black tip sh... | |
| Posted: October 30, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | October 30, 2008
INSHORE:
Some ghoulish weather has kept the winds howling around the Treasure Coast this week just in time for Halloween! The rain went away, but the breezy conditions remained this week to keep most anglers from venturing out. The approaching weekend should bring few milder days, but the winds will most likely be blowing into next week. Welcome to wintertime in Florida!
We did get one good day on the water prior to the latest weather front. Bill Schaefer and his so... | |
| Posted: October 29, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Its quarter after 6 a.m. on a Saturday, and Im rounding the pass as the sun is coming up over the horizon. Its cool and calm, and looks like its going to be a wonderful day for fishing. We head across Caucus Shoal and off to the west I see what Im looking for, which is birds diving on bait pods of blood minnows. I know that we are going to start off the day right for Redfishing. On our first pass over the area we have a double hook up, and the biggest was a whopper, easily tipping the scale... | |
| Posted: October 28, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Gag Grouper,
The Gag's are moving in and my clients have boated 25 keepers in the last 2 weeks.
Here is a picture from a few days ago.
I also just upgraded the boat to a 2009 22' Sterling with a 225 Yamaha.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Island Fishing... | |
| Posted: October 25, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Well, here we go, again! Mother Nature has seen fit to kick the southwest Florida guide community while it's down. I had three trips this week from Wednesday to Friday, and lost Thursday and Friday to the big system that moved in bringing lots of wind and rain.
At least Wednesday did happen with my long-time fishing buddy, Dr. John Hitt. He's been so busy at UCF that we haven't been able to fish together since May. John was way overdue for some R & R! The front was close, and the forecas... | |
| Posted: October 24, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Went scouting Wendsday for a trip. I checked a few spots along the east wall of the harbor that were holding fish this time last year. The fish were there and in good number. I couldn't resist so I had to try and catch a few. I caught 3 in a span of 20 minutes on exude rt slugs, the biggest being a perfect weight fish around 7lbs. I stopped after that one because I don't need to catch a bunch of fish to have a good day and its more important for my customers to catch them the following day. Po... | |
| Posted: October 24, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | October 24, 2008
INSHORE:
In spite of a blustery week of windy weather, we managed a couple nice days to get out on the Indian River and find the fish in the mood to eat some baits. We had to cancel a few days due to the conditions. Looks like this next week will continue with strong winds and rainy days in the forecast, so plan your ventures wisely out there. Inshore has been fishable, but offshore still has been difficult most days to get out.
Todd Dziak and his dad, Fred, were ou... | |
| Posted: October 22, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks, We are in full swing with fall fishing. The trout bite has been on fire, the flounder are BIG and the reds are sporadic. When the fish adjust to our first really cool snap, fishing should explode. Now here's my report:
Inshore: Trout fishing is fantastic. While fishing with Wayne and Dave during the Cape Fear Red-Trout Tournament we caught 13 trout and had a nice surprise of a 5.25 pound flounder...all on artificials. We were pretty high on the leader board but for several reasons, ... | |
| Posted: October 20, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well Folks, fall is really showing strong this week! One day with warm temps and light winds the very next day very windy, rainy and cold for October! Hey thats what gets those fall fish biting so we cant complain too much. With that said lets talk fall fishing!
Last week 10-13 to 10-17 we had some very good Spanish Mack runs. Most of the Spanish hit Clark spoons on number one planners, a few fish hit on top as well. We did get a few on Marie jigs casting when the Spanish got on top fe... | |
| Posted: October 17, 2008 by Peter H Savage - San Antonio, Ibiza, Spain
http://www.fishingibiza.com/index:html | | No fishing report as yet.Anyone who has looked at our web-site will have noted we are a new start up commencing operations in May 2009.
However I will start to post reports on shore fishing on the island of Ibiza from February 2009,and from early May I plan weekly postings on the boat fishing prospects.
In the meantime anyone with a specific query relating to fishing in Ibiza please do not hesitate to E-mail me.
... | |
| Posted: October 16, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Fishing this month is "reel" pleasure. Mild humidity, warm days have made being in the outdoors even more enjoyable. Even saw a bald eagle fly over the boat, last week.
The mullet are still thick, which is keeping the reds plentiful, although a series of windy fronts have kept me away from the jetties for the big ones. Puppy drum are hitting in the main channels of the salt marsh using cut shrimp. Remember the slot. I watched one boat throwing shorties in the cooler. Also, on cut shrimp I hav... | |
| Posted: October 16, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | October 16, 2008
INSHORE:
A quiet week along the Treasure Coast.....rain blowing and wind howling most of the week kept all but the diehard angler off the water. Both inshore and offshore fishing was all but lost this week. It finally calmed a bit today to allow some fishing, but dirty water and higher than normal tides made it difficult to say the least. But....tomorrow is another day and we will be out on the water in search of our quarry once again! The coming weekend should provide... | |
| Posted: October 16, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was yet another one day work week, and it was a great day with an old friend, John Zedde, of Harrison Township, Michigan, whom I hadn't seen in some six years. John brought along his lovely wife, Janice. Back in September of 2004, John participated in the Hurricane Fund after hurricane Charley, and sent me an advance deposit. We were finally going to get to use it!
We met Monday morning at 0700 hrs. and loaded up. We headed straight to the B span flats, where bait has been good. The w... | |
| Posted: October 15, 2008 by Captain Drew Cavanaugh - Edgewater, FL
http://www.floridainshorefishingcharters.com | | With the recent storms moving through central Florida and the rise of water the fishing on the Mosquito Lagoon has changed a bit. However this just means you must change your tactics. Before the reds were roaming the flats and now they just have more area to roam and feed in. So with this in mind you will need to try and explore new areas you have not fished much before due to lower water conditions. Think of this as a pasture full of cattle. You have 10 cows in a 5 acre pasture. Now you have op... | |
| Posted: October 13, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Wednesday, 10/8, I fished the backwaters of central Estero Bay, along the mangrove shoreline, with Henry & Lois Wilson and friend, Harold Fleming. We used live shrimp to catch and release five redfish to 17 inches, two snook, 22 inches and 24 inches, sheepshead that were just short of keeper-size and lots of undersized mangrove snapper. We also got a couple of keeper mangs.
Friday morning, Jack & Linda Heckel, their children and grandchildren, fished with me about 17 miles west of New Pass.... | |
| Posted: October 13, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. Being a guide definitely has its perks: beautiful scenery, spending time on the water with some great people and being your own boss. Unfortunately, actually fishing isnt generally one of them. As a guide youre relegated to spectator. For some guides this is a real problem and they have no qualms about fishing side by side with their customers. Personally, I have an issue with this and simply dont do it. Although customers will offer me the opportunity to do ... | |
| Posted: October 11, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale.
The day began as always with the catching of bait. Once we were loaded up and organized, we headed right to the B span. It was a little sloppy from the A span over to the B span, and young nine year old Teddy really had fun on the ride.
Once there, Dave helped me with the chumming duties, as Teddy and Jen helped pick up the baits that got into ... | |
| Posted: October 01, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was another one day workweek, but it was a great day with a wonderful family, David, Jennifer, and son Ted Arthur, over from Ft. Lauderdale.
The day began as always with the catching of bait. Once we were loaded up and organized, we headed right to the B span. It was a little sloppy from the A span over to the B span, and young nine year old Teddy really had fun on the ride.
Once there, Dave helped me with the chumming duties, as Teddy and Jen helped pick up the baits that got into ... | |
| Posted: October 09, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | October 9, 2008
INSHORE:
Weather this week along the Treasure Coast has been wet and windy on a few days, but great fishing conditions most of this week on the Indian River. A great weekend is ahead of us and with all the baitfish around the river, it should be a fantastic time on the water. We have spent most of the week between the Power Plant and the Fort Pierce bridges and found cleaner water in most areas and lots of activity on the east side of the river.
There have been lots of... | |
| Posted: October 09, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | Fall fishing has arrived in the Cape Fear Region,large spanish mackerel have shown up just beyond the surf zone at Carolina Beach,N.C. This passed weekend 3lb. to 4lb. fish were caught trolling with clark spoons.
Red Drum fishing has been steady all season here in the Cape Fear River,finger mullet are plentiful and so are the Red Drum.
Speckle trout are showing up,with the arrival of lot's of finger mullet along the islands of the Cape Fear river.
Flounder bite has also improved at the inlets... | |
| Posted: October 04, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | This was another one day work week, but my trip Wednesday with my old friend of ten years, Bob McGuire, will go down as one of my most memorable. Bob arranged this trip for his four year old grandson, Caden, and of course his dad, Mark. Bob wisely wants to plant in Caden the seeds of love for the water and fishing.
Dawn was breaking as we loaded up the boys and headed to the B span for bait. It promised to be a beautiful day, and we had the makings of a fantastic sunset on the horizon. I... | |
| Posted: October 06, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Im very happy that fall is really starting show here in eastern North Carolina. This is by far my favorite time of the year for outdoors and fishing in North Carolina. As the air temps Fall the fishing action just heats up more and more every day!
Weve done a lot of Flounder fishing the last couple of weeks, with some pretty good days of fishing. Most of the Flounder are eating Mullet and Mud minnows on light Carolina rigs. The Flounder are mixed in size to just under keeper size to a f... | |
| Posted: October 06, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Its been a great start to the fishing season so far this fall and it looks like October will continue the trend.
Weve been on the water quite a bit these past few days hooking a lot of Spanish mackerel and even a few kings in the bay. Most of the Spanish were caught on Manns Little George. This lure has proven to catch its fair share of Spanish, bluefish and all the skipjacks you want. Slow-trolled or tossed into the school of fish, Little George will surely get you hooked up on a fun figh... | |
| Posted: October 05, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Jim Neswald and Kevin Mysliwiec fished with me in rough conditions Saturday morning, 10/4. Seas were much rougher than predicted but we headed out of New Pass to about 35 feet with a bait-well full of live shrimp. We caught nine keeper mangrove snapper to 14 inches, half a dozen whitebone porgies to 14 inches and a few Spanish mackerel to 26 inches. We released lots of red and gag grouper shorts and three undersized mutton snapper.
Sunday morning, I fished central Estero Bay with John Kelley,... | |
| Posted: October 04, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Went out hunting today with friend and fellow guide Cliff and Greg. Our prey for the day would be the spooky tailers. With the overcast sky and 15 to 20 wind at times it would prove to be a more difficult task than normal. A little wiggle here and there was all we were given until we found one that was really grubbing. After stalking him and getting the boat in perfect position Greg and Cliff cast with Greg being the chosen one. A short fight, fish in the boat, a snap of the camera, fish release... | |
| Posted: October 02, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | October 2, 2008
INSHORE:
If you haven't been out fishing lately...you are missing some of the best action of the year. Acres of baitfish and lots of hungry fish eaters out there giving chase. It's a fantastic time to live and fish the Treasure Coast! Mild weather conditions have only contributed to the exciting times on the water. We had some great fun out there this week.
It's not too difficult to find areas to fish right now. Look for any of the cleaner water and baitfish and you... | |
| Posted: October 01, 2008 by Captain Steve Boyd - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridabassadventures.com | | The bass fishing in Orlando for the month of September has been well above average for a time of year when we usually see 90+ degree days. The hurricanes that came through were exactly what we need for our Summer bass fishing to heat up as they brought much needed water to many lakes including lake Okeechobee and cooler water to lakes that have feeder creeks.
October is just around the corner and the bass fishing in Orlando is already on fire. My clients are enjoying 20+ bass days on live ba... | |
| Posted: September 30, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. I cant believe September is over. Historically it is the most active hurricane month and I usually breathe a sigh of relief when were through it. The past week seemed to mark the seasonal change- mornings are a bit cooler and the evenings less buggy. Couldnt believe last week when we got up into some of the creeks on the west coast. I got bitten by exactly one skeeter! The no-see-ums made up for the lack of mosquitoes however by covering every inch of exposed ... | |
| Posted: September 30, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Finally, September is coming to a close and October is looking good. September is always a tough month due to the storms, school getting into full swing and the changing of the seasons. My best advice to you is that you better get that tackle sorted and ready because the next three months are some of the best fishing for Inshore Anglers that Northwest Florida has to offer.
First Id like to throw out a special thanks to ESPNs OBoy Oberta Red Fish Cup for picking Pensacola as a venue in the... | |
| Posted: September 28, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I only had one trip to report on this week. I fished Friday with Jim Dougall, an old friend of many years, now. Jim brought along his good friend, Glen Hilde Hildebrand, whom I'd met at the ramp once years ago. These two are amazing. Jim is a young 76, I believe, and Hilde is 80. Jim is an inspiration, but Hilde is really something. At 80 he is as spry as a 30 year old, has no aches or pains, and no health issues of any kind. Jim teased that they'd probably have to shoot him just to get... | |
| Posted: September 20, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I was back on the water twice this week, but it wasn't easy. The water is coffee black with tannin stain from all the rain associated with two tropical systems, and eleven days of fresh water dumping from Lake O. And, as if that's not enough, they're now dumping again. In addition to the fresh water dumping, which comes right down the river to our estuary, the tides this week were very tough outgoing tides. I don't know a single guide who likes fishing outgoing tides.
The week began on We... | |
| Posted: September 27, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | We no sooner got rid of Tropical Storm Fays effects when Hurricane Gustav threatened the Gulf coast. We were again fortunate, much more so than the folks in New Orleans werealthough, they too are counting their blessings after a small, last minute change in course saved them from the worst case scenario. But our offshore waters felt the effects even here in SW FL, with lots of wind, some rain, heavy surf and high seas. Fishing was not an option for another week or so, into the Labor Day week... | |
| Posted: September 26, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | September 26, 2008
INSHORE:
It was another good week fishing on the Indian River Lagoon. We had some fantastic sunny days along with a few days that you dared not venture out. Overall, the weather has held up nicely and we are in for another great weekend of fishing on the Treasure Coast. We fished both north and south of Fort Pierce this week. Hope you get a chance to get out fishing.
The trout bite picked up this week, finally. CAL jerk baits caught most of our fish this week. T... | |
| Posted: September 25, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
It is past time for a report, but I was trying to wait until I could give you something more positive. It seems the weather has a longer time in mind, so I thought I would go ahead and bring you up to date. The persistent NE winds and now the strong low pressure have really put a stop to fishing. The fish are there, but it is just not comfortable to get out in 20-40 knot winds to fish. When the wind does settle we will be in full fall fishing and look for the fish to be hungry. Founde... | |
| Posted: September 22, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well folks, fall is really showing its self around southeast North Carolina. With that said fall fishing is picking up too! The mullet run is in full force and the fish know it and are reacting to it. Redfish, Flounder and even a few early speckled trout are chasing the mullet around.
The Redfish have started to show up in and around the local inlets. We are catching Reds in the 24 to over 32 inch range, some days their over the slot some days their in the slot. Most of the Reds around ... | |
| Posted: September 21, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Greetings,
September is a great time for fishing. There lots of bait and temps are beginning to fall. As with past years, this September I've been landing big reds (over 30"). I like the incoming tide along the jetties. (Remember to take the time and resuscitate
those big reds, then release. Slot limits are useless if they die after the catch. That DNA is too valuable to lose!
Many times this month I started off for reds and ended up in getting in a spanish mack frenzy. I must say that t... | |
| Posted: September 18, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | September 18, 2008
INSHORE:
Mother Nature sure dealt us a great week of fishing weather. Winds inshore were mild most days and we had some fantastic fun out on the water. Fish were in the mood to bite and the water clarity has continued to improve, especially south of Fort Pierce. Looks like this weekend the forecast calls for more of the same conditions, so plan on fishing and enjoying the sunshine!
I was out scouting a couple days and found snook, jacks and bluefish around both the... | |
| Posted: September 17, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | What a week. Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas early Saturday September 13th causing havoc along its coast. What it brought to Pensacola was rough surf, a little wind, and hopefully good fishing. After Gustav came through the fishing was very good for grouper and just about everything else. With the swells that Ike brought in for a few days, the fishing will definitely see a boost.
We had a great day of fishing on Tuesday the 15th, with specks, loads of Spanish mackerel, and one of the la... | |
| Posted: September 11, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | Take a minute today and remember all the loved ones who gave their lives on 9/11.
September 11, 2008
INSHORE:
As Ike decided to stay south of us, the weather was fantastic for outdoor activities over the past weekend and looks the one approaching will be just as nice. The fishing really on Saturday and Sunday, even though Ike decided to throw some winds at us the past several days to make it harder to get out there. If the forecast is correct, get out some top water lures and hea... | |
| Posted: September 11, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Ok guys and gals, the fall migration of big Spanish is in full swing and the following of Smoker King's should be close behind. The Spanish are thick up in the bays and on the beaches around the passes. These fish are easy to catch on artificial lures. I like small half ounce gold and silver casting spoons, you can cast these things a country mile on light spinning outfits, this comes in handy with boat shy fish- plus you can cover more ground. Spanish make good table fare and are plentiful; it'... | |
| Posted: September 11, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Ok guys and gals, the fall migration of big Spanish is in full swing and the following of Smoker King's should be close behind. The Spanish are thick up in the bays and on the beaches around the passes. These fish are easy to catch on artificial lures. I like small half ounce gold and silver casting spoons, you can cast these things a country mile on light spinning outfits, this comes in handy with boat shy fish- plus you can cover more ground. Spanish make good table fare and are plentiful; it'... | |
| Posted: September 07, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I hope everybody made through Hanna ok. Im very glad it was not a major storm, and it looks likes Ike is going to the Gulf. Good for us in the Carolina; not so good for the Gulf. Our hopes and preys are with the Gulf States. Fishing was good until we stopped for the passing of Hanna. Im sure it will pick right back up too!
The Spanish mackerel have still been biting good to great on most days, with some small keeper kings as well. Most of the Spanish are biting Clark spoons trolled be... | |
| Posted: September 05, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | September 5, 2008
INSHORE:
Instead of rigging rods, backing down a ramp or drooling over new tackle.......here I am watching Hanna dump rain and wind on us, wondering where Ike might just decide to land and wishing an untimely death to Josephine out there in the far distance. That's a far cry from fishing, but welcome to September in Florida. We have more wind and rain coming this way and many are more concerned about Hurricane preparedness than fishing. Fishing will just have to wait f... | |
| Posted: September 04, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | What can I say about the fishing this past week? Not too much as we just had Hurricane Gustav come through about 175 miles to the west of us, which still brought high winds and rain for 3 days. I havent been out since, but Im sure the water is very murky and the fishing wont be too good for a few more days until the water clears up. The week before the storm the fishing was very good. I was on the water 4 days last week and we had some great trips. My last trip we were hooking up with some n... | |
| Posted: August 31, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | My full week last week was blown out by hurricane Fay, except for a trip with David Hewitt and his brother Doug, of Pittsburgh, that we were able to move to Sunday. But, things were anything but back to normal on Sunday.
Dave and Doug showed up early, and we were at the B Span flats before it was light. There were a couple of other boats already there. The first thing I noticed was that the water was black with tannin stain from all the rain. Had I tasted it, I'm sure it wouldn't have had... | |
| Posted: August 29, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 8/18, as Tropical Storm Fay approached and the meteorologists speculated as to her course and strength, the winds began to pick up and the seas churned in that angry way that they do just before a storm. It was time to batten down the hatchesliterally. We secured the boats and turned our attention toward securing our property. Fay passed over us in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, with some pretty hefty wind-gusts of up to 65 mph. We were fortunate to maintain electrical power but thousands ... | |
| Posted: August 28, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | August 28, 2008
INSHORE:
Don't expect that ground to dry up just yet.....looks like another storm is out there brewin' and could very well head this way again. The river is stained brown with all the runoff freshwater flooding all through the Treasure Coast. Finding clean water will be difficult for a while longer, but the fish have to eat and if you try different areas you can still be successful out on the river. In spite of water conditions, we enjoyed some great catching this week!
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| Posted: August 27, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Capatin Greg Hood,
Here to report that the Redfish are schooled up on the sound!!
Top water action in the morning is the ticket.
I found schools from 10 to 50 fish.
I also caught plenty of trout and snook.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Ft. Myers Fishing... | |
| Posted: August 27, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
When we are not catching spanish we are fighting some pretty nice red drum on lite tackle. Spanish macs have been the fish of this season thus far, but we cannot forget our popular inshore friends the reds, flounder and trout. Fall fishing is just around the corner and all three will be chomping.
A note for your address book. I am changing my email address to rodman@rodmancharters.com. please make a note or change in your address book. Thank you.
Now here's my report:
Inshore... | |
| Posted: August 25, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I hope everybody is doing well and catching a few fish! I have got to say Im glad Fay did not make it up here, but her power was felt up this way. Weve had some very strong east winds the last couple of days, which has kept me out of the ocean and in the back water areas. Before the blow we did some good ocean fishing for Flounder and Gray trout.
Most of the flounder inshore are mixed in size, but the fish in the ocean are a little better in size. Live bait and grubs are the best bet. ... | |
| Posted: August 20, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Well, the summer season is coming to an end, and the kids have headed back to school. So lets talk about what has happened in the panhandle the last few weeks and whats in store for the end of August and into September.
The past few weeks, fishing has been pretty good for big Spanish, skipjacks and bluefish in the ICW and in the pass. The speckled trout bite has also been picking up the past few days in the ICW in depths of 3 7 ft, and should continue to pick up throughout September. Durin... | |
| Posted: August 18, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | After having a benign growth removed from my back a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back to work last Sunday. The rest of this month is quite busy with trips, which is unusual for August. But, as I sit here beginning this report, I wonder what this coming week will bring, as southwest Florida sits smack dab in the center of the cone of uncertainty of what will likely be hurricane Fay.
This week was a classic lesson in how much tides affect the fishing. We went from really poor tides b... | |
| Posted: August 15, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Inshore fishing has been very good lately. Lots of Flounder on the incoming tide around creek mouths. I like areas that show lots of surface current movement. This oxygenates the water, which is key when water temps are in the mid 80's. Live mullet on small egg weight is my standard rig for flounder. try to use the lightest weight possible to minimize snags. A light weight will not be a noticeable to the flounder and they tend to mouth the hook quicker.
Nearshore their are scattered schools o... | |
| Posted: August 15, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | The first part of the week brought lots of rain, and not just the familiar afternoon thunderstorms; it rained early mornings, into late evenings. It was mid-week before I got out fishing. Wednesday, 8/13, I fished Estero Bay with Robert & Roberta Dulberg and their children, Daniel, ten, and Rebecca, six. Rebecca was a little leery of boats in general, but quickly adapted and had a great time--especially when she got to see a porpoise and a manatee close-up.
The group caught two keeper mangro... | |
| Posted: August 14, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | August 14, 2008
INSHORE:
It's great to live and fish along the Treasure Coast! Fishing was a little on the slow side this week, but we had fun out there on the water anyway. Early mornings continue to hold the best opportunities for fishing. The weather has been fantastic if you get out and back before the afternoon storms roll into the area. Continued summer patterns will give you the opportunity to have some great fishing weather.
Fishing was on the slow side out there this week. ... | |
| Posted: August 10, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello Folks, is this summer going by fast for you? It sure is for me, they say time flies when youre having fun. I guess Im having a fun summer, fishing that is. Hey in other good news those gas prices have come down a little bit, they just need to keep coming down! Lets talk some good fishing!
The last couple of weeks the fishing has been pretty good just off the beach. The Spanish Mackerel have been biting very good most days and the fish are a really nice grade. Some fish over six... | |
| Posted: August 08, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Were right in the middle of the dog days of summer; the temperature and the fishing are HOT! I want to take a minute to thank my entire list of guests that booked me so far this season. I hope to see each and every one of you again next year. Id also like to recognize all the people around me that sacrifice during the summer while Im doing what I love to do. This season has been just awesome and I'm really looking forward to my favorite time of the fishing season thats just around the corner... | |
| Posted: August 08, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | The Cape Fear Region of North Carolina has some exceptional inshore fishing,I fished yesterday in Snow's Cut channel found some flounder,and 2 over the slot size red drum.I was fishing with live finger mullet on Carolina rigs. Every season this area produces quite a few flounders in the 8lb.range up to a 17lb. fish caught last season. Lot's of anglers fish this area,on the weekends I normally prefer to pick a day in the middle of the week when the boat traffic is not a busy.... | |
| Posted: August 07, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | August 7, 2008
INSHORE:
We enjoyed fishing schools of redfish once again this week. It's a sight in itself to see anywhere from fifty to one-hundred redfish out in front of the boat. We had some great fun and won a few battles fishing the flats of the Treasure Coast! It might be hot and muggy, but it's a great time of year to fish the Indian River.
While fishing with Steve Rial and his buddy, we ran into Charlie Norburn and his wife on the flats. Both boats ended up fishing a nice s... | |
| Posted: August 06, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Got out today to do some scouting and lady fish finding for an upcoming trip. Sounds funny but yes I do intentionally fish for them and have places where I go to cath'em. Went to my first spot and nothing. 2nd spot, same thing. Third spot, yes the third spot, this could be it. Nope, my lady fish hole turned into a trout party. Good thing is they're decent sized. Went to Matlacha to see whats going on. Found some ladies, blues,jacks and caught them. Caught a nice red on a d.o.a. gold flake skrimp... | |
| Posted: August 05, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | This report is long over due.
I've been so busy taking people fishing this summer.
Well lets get to it!
The passes have been loaded with snapper and grouper.
The beaches have good snook and redfish action.
The best bait I have found is medium pinfish.
Here is the pictures:
I have to get ready for tomorrow.
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Fishing... | |
| Posted: August 03, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Went fishing today with my good buddy and avid fly fisherman Rob for whats probably the last time for a while do to him moving up to central Fl. The plan for the day was as usual-Redfish. Low tide in the a.m.=tails. Got to the flat at the right time and things were just as on Saturday. Fish all over pushing wakes and tailing. Rob takes to the polling platform and offers to put me on some fish, which was a nice change beings I don't get too many chances to actually have someone pole me around. Ro... | |
| Posted: August 03, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Can't believe it's been as long as it has since I've posted anything. Pretty f'n ridiculous! I have an excuse though. The last few months have been a blur and my sunburnt, cut up hands haven't responded well to a keyboard. There you have it. Anyways, summertime is in full effect in Islamorada and lobster mini-season is over, thank god. Despite the somewhat slow period for guides business-wise, summertime is probably the best time in the Keys to fish! Bonefish, permit, tarpon, redfish and snook a... | |
| Posted: August 02, 2008 by Captain Kenny Mason - Lehigh Acres, FL
http://trinitycharters.com | | Got on the water today with my friend Tim for some red action. With the tide going to be low in the morning it was the perfect time to see how shallow his boat would float. I was amazed at what it did considering its a Ranger 18-3 ghost. Its not the same as my Tr7 nor polls as good or shallow, but it still got it done good enough to get us in casting range. The flat was loaded with fish in the grass, in the potholes and in the trough close to shore. We ended up getting 3 smaller Reds to the boa... | |
| Posted: August 01, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | After a little time away in the relatively cool N.C. mountains, I resumed fishing this Saturday, 7/26. I fished 14 to 17 miles west of New Pass with Marty Kimball and his three young daughters, Haley, Cheyeynne and Michaela. The girls had a lot of fun using live shrimp to catch and release a bunch of big ladyfish to 30 inches. We also caught a keeper lane snapper and released a few mutton snapper that were just short of keeper size, red grouper to 19 inches, gag grouper shorts, grunts and porgie... | |
| Posted: August 01, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | August 1, 2008
INSHORE:
Continued hot and muggy weather around the Treasure Coast this week has bought thunderstorms and rain around the area most afternoons. Fishing early or late in the day will give you the best opportunities out on the river. It's hot out there, so drink plenty of fluids throughout the day.
Redfish was our main target all week. Earlier in the week, the schools continued to feed on the shallow flats and we had some great success. The schools left the flats by t... | |
| Posted: July 28, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello Folks, I guess we can call this mid-summer fishing. All those mid-summer bites have started and some of the fish are starting to show that hot water temp bite. Early morning and late afternoon bite; for the Redfish and Trout are really showing lately. Lets talk about that and a few other bites in this weeks fishing Report.
My charters have had some great early morning Redfish and Trout bites. We are fishing mud flats and oyster flats in creeks and along the ICW. Multi fish hook-ups... | |
| Posted: July 26, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I had just one trip for the week, but it was a great one, with some really good redfishing.
The trip was on Friday, with David Wallsmith, and his friend, Bill Shaw, of Knox, Indiana. David is the father of my old friends Todd and Lynn Wallsmith, of Knox. David and Todd practice law together there. Well, David's friend Bill's sister was getting married on Sanibel, and he was coming to the wedding. Todd arranged for David and Bill to fish with me while they were here. I was very excited ab... | |
| Posted: July 27, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | I have been fishing right off the Cape Fear River in some of the smaller creeks,using live finger mullet for bait,action has been good for the last 3 weeks catching red drum,speckle trout,and flounder.Gary Ward from Fuquay Varina,N.C. chartered the boat on July 26,2008,he caught a 26" speckle trout,quite a large trout for the middle of the summer.
Capt.Mike Dennis
www.capefear-guide.com... | |
| Posted: July 24, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | July 24, 2008
INSHORE:
Some days I am truly amazed at the fantastic area we have to fish here on the Treasure Coast. Over the past twenty-six years that I have lived and fished along the Indian River, I am thankful for the abundant resources that we are so fortunate to enjoy. This past week, we have seen redfish schools that you could never find ten or fifteen years ago. Large and small schools of redfish have been roaming the flats this month. Watching a school of a hundred fish taili... | |
| Posted: July 19, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Just one trip to report on this week. Oddly enough August is stacking up to be a busy month, and it's usually the slowest of the year even when times are good.
My trip was on Friday, with an old friend Ed Mahoney, of Boca Raton, Florida. I've known Ed since 2001, and back in 2002, took him on what he again told me was the best fishing trip of his life. He's a great guy, and I hadn't seen him in a while. So, I was looking forward to this trip. It would be my first time meeting his wife, D... | |
| Posted: July 17, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | July 17, 2008
INSHORE:
Summertime on the Indian River.....It's a wonderful time of year. Lots of afternoon thunderstorms have brought much needed rain to the area this year. You have to plan your trips carefully to get out and beat the odds of getting wet. The water has remained remarkably clear in spite of all the wet weather out there. Fishing picked up the latter part of the week and we enjoyed catching a variety of fish around the river.
Joe, Manolo and Pepe were out with me whe... | |
| Posted: July 14, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello, I hope everybody is doing well. I cant complain; fishing has had some consistence for the most part. The gas prices have too, there just too high! We cant change the gas prices by snapping our fingers, so lets talk fishing and worry about the gas after the fishing trip!
The summer trend of local fishing is really starting to show. One of my favorites has rally started to show this last week; the always fun Tarpon! I have only Tarpon fished once; last week. We saw a few fish an... | |
| Posted: July 12, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I did manage a couple of trips this week, although they weren't the ones originally scheduled.
Capt. Marc Geldon of Snook Blaster Charters had called me about doing a two day, two boat trip with him. That was great as it would replace the days that my friend John Hitt had to cancel. We were to fish Thursday and Friday, with three anglers per boat on both days.
Thursday morning came, and our guys Guy, Clay, Andy, and Justin Newsome were the only ones who showed up. Plans had abruptly c... | |
| Posted: July 10, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | July 10, 2008
INSHORE:
Summer heat has sure taken over along the Treasure Coast. Hot temperatures has warmed up the water and it has been an early bite most of the week. Look to deeper water after the sun heats things up out there. Fishing has been up and down this week. Most of the action has been around the turning basin with many anglers out to challenge the hoards of Spanish macks and bonitos that are chasing the schools of baitfish around the inlet.
Trout and snook have been ... | |
| Posted: July 10, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks, I hope everyone had a nice 4th and many of you had the opportunity to get on the water. It was a really nice weekend. Fishing has entered the summer routine. That is the weather is hot everyday and the fishing is hot every other day...or at least it seems that way.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Redfishing has been pretty good with a good amount of the fish taken on topwater lures. Still catching fish on live and dead bait around ICW and creek docks. Best fishing is on the falling ... | |
| Posted: July 06, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Hope everybody had great 4th of July. Fishing with clients on the 4th turned out great despite very heavy boat traffic on the Sarasota Intercoastal Waterway. Redfish action was absolutely fantastic using shrimp and tossing them into the dark shadows around docks. This tactic seems to work well on those boiling hot days. The reds, I find, like to hide in the shade when it's hot and can't resist a hand select shrimp lookin' em in the face. After a few hours hard pullin redfish we decided to head n... | |
| Posted: July 06, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Well, they say time flies when youre having fun, but can June be over already? They also say, April showers bring May flowers, well, July thunderstorms bring kings, Spanish, trout, redfish and sharks. (Okay, Ill admit poetry is not my thing!) Ive been on the water almost everyday dodging thunderstorms and Ive got some great action pictures to show you of the great fishing. Check out my website to see more, http://www.megabiteinshore.com. Here are a few pictures to show you that this is... | |
| Posted: July 05, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I did get out on the water last week, but I wasn't chartering so I did not do a report. I got out twice this week on Monday and Wednesday. Bait is still a big issue.
My Monday trip was with Dr. Patrick Reidy, who is a local eye, ear, and throat physician. I fished with Patrick last year around this time, and really enjoyed being out with him.
We began our morning with a run to Chino Island, in hopes of finding lots of bait there. I'd caught great bait there on my last trip. This trip... | |
| Posted: July 06, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | That word HOT will just about explain it all. The HOT water temperature brings all the pretty people to the beaches. The HOT daily temperature gets us anglers on the water early. And last but most importantly the HOT fishing is wide open!!!
The King Mackerel bite is as good as it gets right now. The fish are close in and are fairly easy to find, just find the bait and youre on the fish. Most of the close in fishing is around the sea buoys in Pensacola Pass and East Pass in Destin. There ar... | |
| Posted: July 05, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Estero Bay offered a pretty good variety of fish for us on Monday morning, 6/30, when I fished with Jason and Callie Eubanks, Don Cruz and Paul Odele. We used live shrimp to catch a keeper sheepshead, a 21 inch keeper redfish and a bunch of keeper-sized mangrove snapper. We released all the mangs but four, and we were broken off by another slot red and by a big cravalle jack.
I was back in the bay Tuesday morning, with Tom Wolfe and young son, Jordan. We caught a nice redfish at 22 inches (... | |
| Posted: July 04, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | July 4, 2008
INSHORE:
Happy Fourth of July! Wonderful weather, lots of sunshine and some great fishing opportunities await anglers on the Indian River along the Treasure Coast. Afternoon thunderstorms have been the norm lately and it will continue to threaten the area each afternoon. It's best to plan an early trip so you can be off the water before the skies turn dark and stormy.
Snook fishing has been mostly around the inlet and flats areas. We have found some under the mangroves ... | |
| Posted: July 03, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Happy 4th everyone and especially to our troops overseas!
Fishing this past week has been difficult, mainly due to extreme tides. The low tide has been the lowest I have seen Little River in a long time, but it does offer the opportunity to see the sub-tidal structure that is usually under water. Lots of panfish, ie. croaker, sea bass, whiting, and spots. Flounder and trout are hit and miss in the creeks on live bait. I have not seen the big reds yet, the mullet run this summer is off to a sl... | |
| Posted: July 02, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | What a great year for snookin! High gas prices and new snook regulations I believe have been the contributing factors. Clients have been catching many nice snook around docks after dark over the last few weeks. Recent afternoon rain storms have been pushing charters into the night, but that's ok by me. With extreme heat during the day, I believe the fish have been feeding more after dark for the most part. Snook are nocturnal and seem to just be more active at night. Clients are still catcing a ... | |
| Posted: July 02, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Wow, we have had lots of fun fishing with live shrimp this year. My springbreakers and summer vacationing kids have had a tremendous amount of action, fishing with live shrimp. Snook, reds, and trout top the list of a huge variety of inshore species. Other catches on shrimp include : flounder, baby gags, manrove snapper, pompano, sheepshead, mackeral, black drum, jack crevalle, bonnethead sharks, baby blacktips, rays, skates, puffers, whiting, ladyfish and more. So if the kids want to go fishin... | |
| Posted: July 01, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello Folks, I hope everybody is enjoying the summer so far. Fishing for the most part has been very good this year for me and my charters. We are starting to see more people on the water, in the last couple of weeks. Which I guess is a good thing, tip: if you want to beat the crowds; go earlier! To the fishing report!
The Redfish have really picked up in the last two weeks. My charters have had four fish on slow days to over fifth teen fish on better days. Live, fresh cut bait and sce... | |
| Posted: June 30, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | July Fishing Forecast
July brings hot weather, afternoon rains and Fourth of July parties. Oh....and lots of great fishing out there,too! Mornings on the river will bring action at first light on top water lures for snook or trout on the flats. They will seek deeper water as the sun rises. I will be fishing along the mangroves for snook with jigs, twitch baits and spoons where the water will be 2-3 feet deep. Trout will move to deeper flats in 2-6 feet of water and will most likely hit pinf... | |
| Posted: June 27, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Fishing Saturday morning, 6/21, about 17 miles out of New Pass with Dan Slavenburg and friend, Ryan, we cast live shrimp to catch eight keeper mangrove snapper and a dozen whitebone porgies to 15 inches. We released lots of smaller mangs, short red grouper, yellowtail and an almaco jack.
Tuesday morning, I fished 14 miles west of New Pass with Mike and Norine Weber and Bill and Gail Carlson. We had lots of action and variety all morning, using live shrimp. Catches included three keeper hogfis... | |
| Posted: June 21, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was a vacation week for me, but I did run one trip with Harry Krukenberg and his daughter Allison, from the great state of Ohio. I first fished with Harry and Aly last summer, along with his Dad Herman. They were great folks, and I wouldn't have passed up a chance to fish with Harry and Aly again. I was disappointed to hear that Harry wasn't able to make it for this trip.
Our trip was on Wednesday, and I had been off to weddings in Georgia, and such, and not on the water in almost two w... | |
| Posted: June 25, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Fishing has pretty much been on fire this past week. Spanish mackerel head the list with reds a close second. We even caught a nice king on a 1/4 oz. "Maria" jig. Please see the photo gallery on my website for all the pics.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Redfishing has heated up and fish are biting very well. Live bait has moved into the area and the reds seem to like it. Flounder are doing well near the inlets and some are biting in Snow's Cut and the river. A few big bluefish in... | |
| Posted: June 24, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Spanish are here in big numbers. Schools of Spanish Mackeral are thick offshore between the Little River jetties and Hog Inlet. As long as water is fairly calm and clear they are feeding on the surface on schools of anchovies. The bite starts early and ends early, so timing is the key. Look for the feeding birds and motor slowly into the school, anything with a treble hook will land you a fish.
Capt.Rutenberg
www.coastalecocharters.com
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| Posted: June 20, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 6/16, I fished central Estero Bay with Scott Heiss, his brother, Steve Heiss, their dad, Jerry Heiss, and Scotts ten-year-old son, Nicholas. We had a good morning of fishing with live shrimp along the tree lines. Nicholas caught the biggest redfish at 22 inches (see photo) and we caught two other keepers at 19 inches and 20 inches. The group also caught seven keeper mangrove snapper and we released a 26 inch snook.
Paul Duguay and friends fished with me on Wednesday morning, seven... | |
| Posted: June 18, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 18, 2008
INSHORE:
Summer weather patterns have sure arrived here on the Treasure Coast. Afternoon thunderstorms loom off in the west each day. We had some really good days fishing part of the week and things slowed down to a crawl on some days out there. Get out early during this time of year and work those top water lures around the bait schools for a good chance at hooking up as the sun rises off in the east.
Trout fishing has had its up and down days lately. Live pinfish o... | |
| Posted: June 17, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Ft. Myers Fishing
Tarpon fishing was good in May.
I went out every day except for Memorial Day weekend.
June is hot and the Tarpon will feed this week in the passes on crabs with the full moon.
The best fishing for June and July will be SNAPPER!!
I love catching the Mangrove Snapper and then going to the filet table.
We can catch our limit and these are great size fish not the little guys.
See ya on the water!!
Captain Greg Hood
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| Posted: June 16, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Wow, redfish have been stacked up (see pic below), under docks for the past 6 weeks, taking live shrimp. Up to 30 inches. Many amazing battles on light tackle. Try long docks, in shallow water, with lots of shade. Get up close and cast deep into shadows. Avoid super low tides and use a split shot. Good luck, Capt. Brook.... | |
| Posted: June 16, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well Folks, the temps are up, the gas prices are up, but thank God the fishing is up too! I dont know what to tell ya about the gas prices, but one thing you can do is; slow down a little bit. The boat that is, you do need to keep going fishing though! Ok enough about gas, lets talk fishing!
The Spanish mackerel are still going strong; we have caught 30 to 40 plus Spanish on most of our charters in the last couple of weeks. Im happy to congratulate my charter on June the 7th for taking... | |
| Posted: June 15, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | The beach fishing is as hot as it gets right now. King Mackerel are abundant around the big schools of bait on the channel markers going out Pensacola Pass, along with schools of False Albacore and Spanish Mackerel for the light tackle and fly fisherman to have fun with. Ive been having a good time sight casting to the smaller Sharks on the beach, and catching a few on top water plugs, which is a blast! Just in the past few days there has been an influence of pods of Tarpon showing up. As usual... | |
| Posted: June 14, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | In celebration of Harrys birthday, brothers Grant and Harry Kurtz, along with friends Joe and Thais Allen, fished with me Monday morning, 6/9,seventeen miles west of New Pass. The Spanish mackerel bite was strong and we free-lined shrimp for those, kept nine to 27 inches, and released lots more, along with gag shorts and blue runners. We also caught whitebone porgies and two hogfish, one of which was a keeper at 14 inches.
Wednesday, Van & Amy McQueen, daughter Danielle, son Peyton, Peyton... | |
| Posted: June 14, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Sorry. There is no fishing report for Pine Island Sound for the week ending 6/14/08.... | |
| Posted: June 12, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 12, 2008
INSHORE:
We have enjoyed some wonderful summer weather this week on the Indian River. There were some great days to be out fishing along the Treasure Coast. I had the pleasure of meeting some experienced anglers and a lot of fun out on the water. I love this time of year!
Parish and Chantel Murphy were down over the weekend and we hit the waters of the Indian River at first light. Parish topped off the day with a 26" trout and 26" redfish from the flats. Chantel had a... | |
| Posted: June 10, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Finally, a day with the family that didnt blow.
With the wind blowing a little too hard all week, I told my wife that Sunday looked like a good day to spend a few hours on the water.
My son, Nick invited his friend, Michelle, and so it would be the four of us competing for the catch of the day.
The alarm went off at 5am, and by 6am we were loaded up and on our way. We stopped at Michelles house to pick her up, and then we headed for the boat ramp.
As we launched the boat, we commented on... | |
| Posted: June 07, 2008 by Levi Ladd - St. Albans, ME
http://www.moosekat.com | | Half-day trip with one gentleman from New Hampshire and another from Massachusetts. Great morning on the water, boating eleven landlocked salmon and one brook trout. Due to the one fish limit each client kept a fish while releasing the remaining salmon. The brook trout was a half inch under-sized. Twelve fish in five hours is a pretty good pace on this lake.... | |
| Posted: June 07, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | After a week off and a trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia, for my nephew's wedding, I got one trip in this week.
It was a great day! It was my first time with Lisa and her eighteen year old son Ronnie, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Lisa is the sister of Cindi Hewitt, who with her husband David, arranged for the trip with Lisa and Ronnie. They were visiting David and Cindi at their place in Naples. This day was really all about Ronnie, who is about to be married and then ship off to the Marine Corp... | |
| Posted: June 06, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | I left Sunday morning, 6/1, for Key West, where six of us spent the night before taking off for the Tortugas on a boat we chartered. For once, I was the charters customer rather than the captain. Fishing that area has always been on my list of things to do but, in all these years, I had never managed to do it.
We all had visions of 25 pound groupers and huge mutton snapper like we had heard about from others who had fished the Tortugas, But when we hooked up with our captain, he informed us... | |
| Posted: June 05, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | June 5, 2008
INSHORE:
What a fantastic weekend to fish the Indian River. Mild winds and warm temperatures found us on the flats in search of my favorite fish......Redfish! I love to sight fish when the weather allows and the fish sure cooperated this weekend for us. Looks like we are in for the same conditions going into the weekend with mild winds and hot temperatures. Hope you get a chance to get out there soon.
I had the pleasure to have Sid and Jenny Ramchandran on the boat this... | |
| Posted: June 03, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Spanish mackerel fishing is as hot as it gets. Undoubtedly the best spanish fishing in years is happening now. Planers with clarkspoons, bird rigs with clarkspoons and casting with jigs....all are catching nice spanish along the beach.Catching a limit is predictable, but use good sense and conserve.
Inshore: The flounder bite is doing well although the fish are particular about the tide and it seems bait too. Best fishing has been on the incoming tide and the beginning of the falli... | |
| Posted: May 31, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Sorry! There is no fishing report for Pine Island Sound this week.... | |
| Posted: June 03, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | I fished Saturday afternoon with wind blowing and cool air temperture,but despite the weather the fish did bite. I was using carolina rigs and live menhaden for bait on a falling tide in the back bay area behind Fort Fisher.Caught a 8lb.+ flounder,61/2lb.flounder,2lb.flounder,and a keeper red fish.Great afternoon of light tackle action at Carolina Beach,N.C.... | |
| Posted: June 02, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello folks, is it hot enough for ya?? Summer has really started to show and feel around eastern North Carolina. The good thing is its a good reason to get out on the water to cool off and do some fishing! Dont forget your sunscreen and polarized sunglasses on those bright sunny days; they can be a life saver! Lets talk fishing.
The Spanish mackerel have still been biting good to great on most days. Most of the Spanish are biting Clark spoons trolled behind #1 planners. The Clark sp... | |
| Posted: June 01, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | On a catch-and-release trip to the artificial reefs off Bonita Beach on Tuesday, 5/27, long-time customers Pat Fitzgerald and sons, Jimmy, Tommy and Peter, along with friend, Brendon, caught a smorgasbord of fish on live shrimp. We had steady action all morning, and released two keeper-sized pompano, lots of whitings, lots of gag grouper shorts to 19 inches, seven keeper-sized flounder and lots of grunts and keeper-sized mangrove snapper. I dont know how many fish we caught in all, but a cou... | |
| Posted: June 01, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | June 1st
Red snapper, speckled trout, redfish, bluefish, and ladyfish have been on the menu the past few days while fishing the ICW. Todays trip started out at 05:30 in the morning before the sun came up, and the bite was red hot just like the temperature at high noon. We hooked specks on top-water, soft body jerk baits, and live shrimp. I also had my clients free-line out a small, live pinfish, and just when we were down to our last pinfish, we boated a nice 23 speck. What a way to end the ... | |
| Posted: May 31, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, June 2008
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka, Florida
Summer has arrived on the Indian River Lagoon Coast of Florida, and yes its once again time to crank it up. With the rising heat and humidity of summer you might think Im referring to cranking up the air condition, but ah contraire, Im referring to cranking up the fishing prospects on every front, inshore, near-shore, and offshore. Although the heat is rising, the winds of ... | |
| Posted: May 29, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 29, 2008
INSHORE:
Summer has surely arrived here on the Treasure Coast. Temperatures in the nineties and afternoon rains this past week are good signs of that! We had some fun out on the water this week. Seen lots of fish and caught a few trophies to show off. It was some great weather and the winds have finally slowed down to allow fishing areas that have been hard to reach lately. The fish are out there and it's a great time of year to fish the Indian River.
I had the pleasur... | |
| Posted: May 27, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Did not see as many blues this past weekend in the surf, although strong NE winds made the fishing more difficult. Once winds switched back to SE, the whiting and pompano bite turned on. Good size whiting hit on mullet strips and cut shrimp, while the pompano hit on freshly dug sand fleas. Both were on the peak high to falling tides.
Look for the areas of beach where the high tide pools drain to form channels or runnels. These areas always outfish the smooth, featureless areas of sand. Durin... | |
| Posted: May 24, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Late season cold fronts and poor tides were the dominating factors this week.
My week began on Wednesday with my first trip with Daniel and Megan Stahl, of League City, Texas. This was our first trip. It was also the best tide I'd have to fish this week. Our forecast was for southwest winds gusting to 25, and it was already howling by the time we left the dock.
On the flats at Picnic Island I had to back up the PowerPole with a regular anchor. With Dan chumming, we quickly figured out... | |
| Posted: May 26, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | Happy Memorial Day to all our friends and family that are serving and protecting our great country so I can fish for a living and my guest can come fish with me!
Fishing, Fishing, Fishing, if that is all that you are doing then give me a call, Catching, Catching, Catching, is what Ive been doing. On last Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays trips my guest caught over 100 slot Red Fish, now thats something to brag about! If there is anyone out there that make claim to catching over 100 Reds in 1... | |
| Posted: May 25, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 5/19, I fished with Casey Serumba and friends in Estero Bay. We caught a couple of keeper snapper and released smaller snapper, a sheepshead and a snook. Casey had one nice red hooked but his drag was too loose, and once the red ran under the trees he was gone.
Tuesday, I fished with Marc Miller and Dave Ihle at the artificial reefs off Bonita Beach. We had a good morning of fishing, despite rough seas, with a 24 inch gag grouper (photo below) Dave landed after it bit a live b... | |
| Posted: May 24, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, May 22, 2008
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka, Florida
Well it looks like May has finally arrived on the Indian River Lagoon Coast. Today was my first day on the Lagoon where the winds laid down, and yes we even had a rumble of thunder and some well-needed rain although brief, thank you Lord.
I started out my week fishing on Sunday, where I was privileged and honored to spend the day on the water with Paul and Diana Faircloth and ... | |
| Posted: May 23, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Wind has been the dominant factor in our fishing for the past two weeks. Add in some clouds along with smoke from numerous fires and sight fishing has been nearly impossible on most days. The last two days, the winds have finally subsided but the clouds persist. On a positive note, the fish have been plentiful and bait is everywhere. As soon as the weather stabilizes, fishing should be as good as it gets.
Last week's poor weather kept me off the water most days. We cancelled Monday's trip due... | |
| Posted: May 23, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | May 23, 2008
INSHORE:
Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature that it was May and not March! We continue to see windy days and finally got some rain to help the area a little. We ended up braving some challenging conditions on some days and ended up getting wet one of those days. This weather will continue for now and at least we will have a chance at rain showers most afternoons to try and green up the grass a little. The river has remained clean in spite of the winds.
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| Posted: May 03, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | This was an abbreviated work week, and a very tough one. Beside having a lot of wind to deal with again for a good part of the week, the fish have just been absolutely not interested in eating. The worst is that I, nor anyone I've talked to, has a good idea why!
My week began on Wednesday with Emmett Lawler, his son, Brad, and lovely daughter-in-law Amanda, of Franklin, Tennessee. After the good fishing of the previous week, the fishing on Wednesday, and for that matter the rest of the wee... | |
| Posted: May 03, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Ron Musick and Eddie Alfonso fished with me Monday, 4/28, when we were hoping to beat the weather front predicted to arrive late Monday night. We had originally planned to fish on Tuesday but we rescheduled once we heard the forecast. Seas were predicted to be two-to-three feet offshore Monday but that wasnt the case. About the only place that was true was in the bay! We only went out about 15 miles from New Pass and we came in short of a full-day, due to conditions. We managed two keeper mangr... | |
| Posted: May 03, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | A FRIEND EMAILED THIS TO ME. SOMEBODY CAUGHT A DEER 1 1/2 MILES OFF THE FLORIDA COAST?
AND HERE ARE THE PICS. ENJOY!
... | |
| Posted: May 02, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | May 2, 2008
INSHORE:
May continues to be a transition month here on the Treasure Coast. Weekly weather fronts moving across the state and water temperatures working their way towards the mid to high 70's signal that spring has arrived and summer is just around a short corner. You can see more baitfish entering the river and the activity on the flats will increase during May. Fishing this week was up and down and the windy conditions dictated on where you might fish on any given day.
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| Posted: May 01, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | On April 27th I fished a tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama with a few of the Fishin Chix girls, ( Jessie, Carrie, Dale, Trish, and Cindy). I've been one of the tournament captains since the beginning of the Fishin Chix tournaments, and they certainly know how to fish. I started out at 4:30 am, readied the boat and headed to Lulu's Restaurant where the tournament was being held. Lulu's is tourist attraction in Gulf Shores. Jimmy Buffet's sister owns the restaurant, and from time to time, he sto... | |
| Posted: May 01, 2008 by Captain Eddie Woodall - Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Perdido Key, FL
http://www.fullnetcharters.com | | The last ten days have been picture perfect days for spring fishing!! And the fishing was great, too!
Inshore: The Sheepshead fishing is winding down, Im still on some fish, but most of them have moved on. If you know where they are you can still catch a nice mess now and then. The Speckled trout fishing is improving every day. Theyre not being caught in big numbers, but Im catching nice Specks on every trip in the three to five pound class. Heck, Id rather catch one big fish than six lit... | |
| Posted: April 26, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was a pretty good week of fishing, but as the tides grew weaker, so did the fishing. I managed to get in three out of four trips.
First up on Monday was a trip with Bob White, of right here in Ft. Myers. It was a reschedule of a trip we canceled based on the weather forecast calling for big wind, which ultimately didn't materialize until late in that day. That happened again this week on Wednesday. This was my first trip with Bob. His wife Karen had purchased this trip for him as a bi... | |
| Posted: April 28, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
This weekend brought some nice weather and gave us the opportunity to get out and chase some bonito. The good news is there are bonito out there and more.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Reds and trout are biting in the inlets, the ICW and the river. Best baits right now are GULP SW and fresh shrimp or cut bait. A few flounder are starting to show up...a bit on the smaller size.
Near Shore: Bluefish are just about everywhere. Catch-em trolling Yozuri Deep Divers or jigging wit... | |
| Posted: April 28, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Photos of this weeks fish can be seen at http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html
Last week, I fished only one day, due to poor weather. Thursday, my wife joined me on the Mosquito Lagoon. Despite high winds much of the day, we spotted a decent number of redfish once the clouds passed through. Nine redfish and one drum was our final tally. Morning Glory and Watermelon Seed DOA CALs were the colors of the day.
This week, I was joined on Tuesday by Joe and his two sons. We sa... | |
| Posted: April 27, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | Capt.Mike Dennis fished Saturday 26th just south of Fort Fisher,found a good bite of Black Drum using carolina rigs with fresh shrimp,fish were biting best on the rising tide,Red Drum were also mixed in the catch!
www.capefear-guide.com... | |
| Posted: April 26, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 4/21, I headed out from New Pass to 43 feet with Bill Story and friends. We caught a keeper hogfish, released a smaller one of those, and caught grunts, porgies and porkfish. A couple of the guys had good-sized gags hooked, but lost them in the rocks.
Tuesday, Ron Musick, Ron Allison, Justin Baker, Eddie Alfonso and Ray Vincent and I headed out to 26 miles out of New Pass to start, and ended up about 35 miles off Naples, fishing with live shrimp. We ended up with ten keeper yellowtail... | |
| Posted: April 26, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Tarpon Fishing!!
The Tarpon are on Pine Island Sound and the
Beaches of Sanibel and Ft. Myers
The last cold front didn't help the fishing, but the conditions are better now and the Tarpon are here.
One of mt clients had a great day and has been renamed "Dances with Poons".
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood... | |
| Posted: April 25, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello folks, I hope yall are enjoying the warmer temps as much as I am! Summer is starting to show it self around eastern North Carolina. Lighter winds and warmer temps have been the story and that means good fishing! Finally three and four day windows of good temps and light winds. Enough about the weather lets talk fishing!
We have had some great Trout fishing lately, fishing south of Wrightsville beach. On good days we are catching over fifth teen trout with three to six flounder mix... | |
| Posted: April 24, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 24, 2008
INSHORE:
The past week presented a variety of conditions to anglers fishing the waters of the Treasure Coast. Most days found good fishing for us, but you had to fish according to which way the wind blew. Spring has definitely arrived and the fishing has been improving as the water has warmed up. I love fishing this time of year!
Redfish have been on the flats and they got hungry this week for us! Adrian and Phil Lucanis were back fishing this year. We were poling alo... | |
| Posted: April 23, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | April 15th Red Snapper season opened up in State waters, but the winds were still blowing too hard to make it out. But for the past few days, Mother Nature decided to give us a big break, and its been perfect with variable winds and temperatures hovering around 80 degrees. I called a few of my clients that have been holding out for better conditions, and I said lets go bottom bumping! I loaded up the boat and we hit the water. This past Saturday my crew was some young guys from the Navy base... | |
| Posted: April 22, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Warm days and nights have raised surface water temps. to 66 degrees. Inshore trout are hitting soft plastics on falling tides and live baits in the main channels. Reds short of the slot are in the upper creeks and along structure in the ICW. The main focus this time of year is on flounder. Biggest flounder are south in Cherry Grove (Hog Inlet). Due to that areas smaller volume of water and shallow depths, the water warms quickest.
Remember to report illegal netting and good fishing.
Capt. Rute... | |
| Posted: April 22, 2008 by Captain Tom Siwarski - Goose Creek, SC
http://www.carolinaaeromarine.com | | Fishing During April
Fishing during April has been good when we have been able to get on the water. March and April are known for winds and this year held true to form. However, on the days that we were able to get out on the water the fishing was pretty decent. Average catches included 10-20 trout and 5-10 redfish per trip. Most fish were caught on live shrimp under a cork or fished along the bottom. As we are getting closer to the end of the month the fishing has really begun to pick u... | |
| Posted: April 20, 2008 by Captain JERRY BROWN - Auburn, WA
http://www.columbia-river-fishing-guide.com | | Its April already and spring is looking better everyday. J and L Guided Sportfishing is gearing up for Spring fishing on the Columbia, Cowlitz, Kalama and Lewis rivers. With winter steelhead season over and a new 18' Smithrock Riverboat and 2 25' Alumaweld Super Vees await christening on the waters of Southwest Washington. Spring time is one of the best times for an angler in Washington.
Begginning in March, 269,300 spring chinook salmon start entering the Columbia river bound for the Cowlit... | |
| Posted: April 19, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Again this week the winds and cold from the front that passed over the last weekend kept me off the water until Thursday.
My old friend Dr. John Hitt, of UCF, and I left his dock at 0630 hrs. with the air temperature in the high 40's, and soon saw the water temperature was bouncing around 61 to 62! The forecast was still for wind gusting 20 or better from the northeast. None of which makes for good fishing in southwest Florida.
As we made our journey down the river we discussed the opti... | |
| Posted: April 17, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | April 17, 2008
INSHORE:
We enjoyed some great fishing weather this week. A few cool and windy days to keep you home, but overall spring has arrived here on the Treasure Coast. Look for nicer weather as May nears and fishing to continue to improve for trout and redfish on the flats. We had some great fun out there and look forward to much more in the coming weeks!
We fished for a variety of fish this week from grouper to trout. While we got busted by some nice grouper, finally Lawson... | |
| Posted: April 12, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was supposed to be a week of five trips beginning on Sunday. But, I canceled Sunday's trip with Bob White to reschedule later based upon the best prevailing information from NOAA and NWS. The rain never materialized, and although the wind did really kick later in the morning, it turned out to be a much nicer day than forecasted. Oh, well. You have to do what you think is right.
Monday, I had my first trip with Pete Michel and his long-time friend Ray Povia, of Cape Coral and Ft. Myers.... | |
| Posted: April 15, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Photos of this weeks fish can bee seen at http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport/html
The water levels in Mosquito Lagoon have risen nearly a foot in the last couple weeks. This makes places that have been nearly dry for a couple months accessible. It also means the fish can spread out into areas they have been unable to reach. Water temperatures had risen
into the 80's but a cold front passed through last night and the overnight lows will be in the 40's. Behind the front will a... | |
| Posted: April 15, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Good day to everyone. The weather is starting to finally get right; we are having more warm days than cooler ones. The forecast has warmer days for the rest of the week, a little cool today though! Wind wise a little better everyday, weve finally started to get out on the ocean and chase those Bonitas around. Lets talk about that.
Those high speed Bonitas are showing up, good numbers should show up any day now. The Bluefish are mixed in with them too. Were catching them by trolling... | |
| Posted: April 15, 2008 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | I fished April 10th in a small creek just off the Cape Fear River,found speckle trout,black drum,croakers,and several catfish in the 3lb. to 4lb. Sun was out 70 degree temperature made for a real relaxing afternoon.
Capt.Mike Dennis
Pathfinder 20' Yamaha 115
Minn Kota 101
capefear-guide.com... | |
| Posted: April 13, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | With great catches of sheepshead and redfish it sure looks like this spring is shaping up to be super. Last week it was a bit windy, but I did manage to get out a couple of days; this week I was only able to get out on Sunday and Monday, as the small craft advisories kept me grounded the rest of the week. When I have been able to hit the water, the fish have been there and they have been hungry. Ive been drifting near the pass over rocks in some deep water. Most of the fish are holding tight t... | |
| Posted: April 13, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Fishing in West Central Florida is heating up (photos below). The waters around Anna Maria Island and Sarasota Bay, Florida have warmed up so much in just the last few days that I'm seeing some outstanding catches on my charter trips. Nice Snook (26 to 33 inches) have been slamming pinfish on almost any deep dock we fish during daylight and sunset hours. With the waters being so warm, we also recently ventured offshore to check out some of our secret Permit spots and we hit the jackpot. We... | |
| Posted: April 12, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 4/7, after a stormy night, seas were unsettled and it was pretty rough fishing with Tom Conrad, teenaged grandson Phil Conrad and Phil's friend, Peter Walspra. It was tough finding anything worthwhile to catch, with blue runners dominating the first three spots we fished. Finally, we managed to catch and release Spanish mackerel, a porgie, a 15 inch red grouper and a small goliath grouper. I was pretty disappointed with that, after the great fishing last week had delivered, but the boys ... | |
| Posted: April 12, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Sanibel Island Fishing
Tarpon are here in good numbers now!!
We had 4 good solid hook ups this week.
I'm posting some pictures of teenagers on break from school.
The action will just get better until July.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Island Fishing... | |
| Posted: April 11, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | April 11, 2008
INSHORE:
Spring has arrived along the Treasure Coast. Even though we still have some windy days, the weather has been super for fishing the Indian River. Look for warmer water temperatures and hungry fish as the sun continues to shine down on us. I love April and May fishing!
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| Posted: April 10, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Well it's been another couple of exciting weeks in the Sportfishing Capital of the World. Let me just say this, the bonefishing as of late has officially sucked! While we've managed to put a few fish in the boat, the pickings have been slim. The bones simply are not around in numbers. This time of year they'll disappear presumedly to spawn offshore. It's okay though, because they'll be back! Since Mr. Permit hangs in some of the same areas as Mr. Bone, we've been targeting the silver sided son o... | |
| Posted: April 10, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Everybody knows March went out like a lion and as yet it hasn't stopped roaring very much. High winds have hampered fishing effort and fish catching. The good news is it is still early and it looks like we are about to have a pretty good stretch of weather.
Now here's my report:
Inshore: Puppy drum and a few small flounder are biting on the low tide around the inlets, ICW and creeks. I haven't seen a black drum as yet, but they will surely show up soon....maybe on today's trip.
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| Posted: April 07, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello everybody, I hope spring is treating you well! Not to bad around here, two days warm then one day cool. Hey thats spring for ya around the Carolina coast! One day breezy, two days calm sometime its the other way around! Thats why I love the Carolina coast we have real seasons around here! Enough about weather, to the fishing report we go!
On some of the windier days when its been hard to get out on the coast to fish weve been doing a little bit of fresh water fishing. The larg... | |
| Posted: April 06, 2008 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | Apart from the few "good" days we've had lately, the rest of them have been "great" We've had 20+ redfish days with 20+ trout days and a
few snook and cobia brought to the boat over the past week. Fishing
Charters in Tarpon Springs and Clearwater have been blessed this
past week with great weather and even better fish catching.
It's been a long week and I was booked for almost all of it so
you'l... | |
| Posted: April 06, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday morning, 3/31, the old familiar wind was back after a relatively calm weekend. With easterly winds it was still calm enough to fish near-shore at the artificial reefs. I did that with Brian and Marcia Wilson, daughters Nicole, ten, and Allison, 13, and Marcias dad, Bob. Brian caught a 15 inch hogfish, which is kind of unusual at the reefs. The group also caught five Spanish mackerel three of which were keepers, a keeper mangrove snapper and a couple of large grunts, all on shrimp. We rel... | |
| Posted: April 05, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | I took the first two days of this week off to take care of some personal business, and scheduled trips the rest of the week. But, as usual! The weather got in the way.
My first trip was on Wednesday, and it was my first trip with Dave Irwin, who is a teacher and football coach over in Lake Placid, Florida. Dave is a rabid fisherman, and has spent a lot of time fishing these waters during his life. Like me, he is a native Floridian.
I met Dave at the Waterfront Restaurant in St. James C... | |
| Posted: March 29, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | Winter, spring. Winter, spring! Winter, spring. Winter, summer. I don't even know where to start with this report. The weather has been so goofy and the tides so poor, and the result is that it has been hard to catch anything this week. If it weren't for lots of great customers, this would have been a truly trying week.
Before I get to the report for this week, I have some unfinished business from the last week. I failed to get a picture of Don Everly, and his handlebar mustache that I... | |
| Posted: April 05, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Photos of some of this week's catches can be seen at http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html
Last week brought some unseasonably cold weather to east central Florida. When I met California resident Jim at the ramp at 8 AM on Tuesday, the temperatures were still in the 40's. The wind was blowing around 20 and we knew we were in for a tough day. Jim had hoped to fly fish the Mosquito Lagoon but we opted to use spinning gear due to the weather. We found several schools of redfish... | |
| Posted: April 03, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | April 3, 2008
INSHORE:
March went out with all the gusto is could muster and April has kept in step with the winds blowing so far this month. It has been a hard week to fish on both the river and ocean along the Treasure Coast. The fish have been biting if you can get to them out there. The dolphin bite has been good offshore and trout have been feeding along the river. As the winds die off, look for fishing action to really heat up this month!
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| Posted: March 28, 2008 by Captain Scott Owens - St Simons Island, GA
http://www.captainscottowens.com | | Seeing double as fishing heats up with rising water tempatures
Fishing has really been on fire and early morning topwater poppers have been taking a lot of trout and even some redfish. As the sun starts to rise the trout seem to vanish and the redfish start to show themselves along with some monster black drum. Now that the crabs are out and the shrimp are starting to show up everywhere the fish are really tailing hard at low water. We have had a lot of rain and the rivers are almost gold and t... | |
| Posted: March 26, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello to all, I hope everyone is having a good spring so far! The weather around here has been nice for the most part; we just had a front push by and brought cooler temps in for a day or two. Its already starting to warm back up and the forecast is for warmer and warmer days to come. Lets get to the fishing report. What you came for!
The Redfish have been biting fair to great. Good numbers are being caught, anywhere from five fish to over twenty on better days. The Redfish are hitting g... | |
| Posted: March 26, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks,
Although the recent cold front put a slight damper on things, for sure the spring fishing has busted wide open over the last few days. Over the weekend we had 3 consecutive days of double digit redfish catches. The fish were small, 17-18 inches, but very nice to catch on light tackle.
What made fishing even more enjoyable was my new Power Pole. Folks this is the real deal. Ease up to your fishing hole in under 8' of water and push a button and you are anchored. No ropes, no chains, n... | |
| Posted: March 22, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | High winds were the theme on Monday, 3/17 so I stayed close in at the artificial reefs with Jay and Ellen Andreoletti. Still, we had three to four foot seas and it was choppy for the duration of our trip. We had a good morning of fishing, though, with live shrimp. We got into some cobia and released two of those at 30 inches and 31 inches. We lost one larger one too, after it ran the line out and broke off on bottom. We also caught four keeper mangrove snapper, a keeper sheepshead and a porkfish... | |
| Posted: March 25, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Windy Days
Just when the water temperature starts warming up for good fishing,we get hit with another cold front.
Still managed to get some fish to the boat.
Spanish Mackerel are showing up, and that is a good news for tarpon fisherman.
The spanish and the sharks show up just before the tarpon.
The trout bite has still been good with as many as you can catch.
Captain Greg Hood
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| Posted: March 24, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Visit http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html for photos of this week's fish.
March winds continue to blow here in east central Florida. Last week was especially tough with five straight days of 15-25 mph. I cancelled two trips but managed to get in three days of fishing. More and more baitfish are returning to the flats with each day. The finger mullet have still not arrived but the trout are feeding on glass minnows and shrimp.
Last Tuesday, Canadian anglers Derek and St... | |
| Posted: March 24, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Happy Easter everone. It's been a busy few weeks for me. Had some fantastic fishing and some tough days. You know you're in for a long day on the water when the easy rod bending stuff has you really working. That's fishing though. It's the great days that make up for the bad ones and was lucky enough to get a couple of windless, clear mornings. When you can sit on a spot for four hours and pick off redfish is okay by me. Seeing tails glistening at 100 yards will get your adrenaline pumping! In a... | |
| Posted: March 23, 2008 by Captain Butch Rickey - Fort Myers, FL
http://www.barhoppr.com | | It was another week of windy days. I did manage to fish the last two days, after some juggling.
After moving Jeff Howe and his father, Gary, of Polk City, Iowa, from Wednesday to Thursday to avoid the big wind in front of the approaching cold front, we still had weather and wind to deal with Thursday morning. The front had slowed down and not yet passed, and there was a long line of squalls due in around 9 AM. We had no more options, so we went.
With the wind still out of the south, I o... | |
| Posted: March 22, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | When the wind blows, the fishing will rock. With gusts well over 35 mph and some reaching 40mph, I had to keep the boat on the trailer for the past few days until Mother Nature decided it was time to let us go fishing again. Today was the first day of spring, and my charter for the day and I decided we would ring in spring right. It was a chilly morning, around 40 degrees to start, so we headed out around lunchtime. I was ready to do some fishing and so were Terry and his new wife, Mimi, who wer... | |
| Posted: March 21, 2008 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | John told me that he hadn't been fishing in 30 years, that Ralph was an avid angler, and that Joe and Jordan hadn't really done much fishing before. I knew they were in for some fun but even I didn't know how much. My recent fishing charters in Tarpon Springs have been doing real well on large trout and spanish mackerel with a few redfish thrown in for good measure. But today, the "Brown Bombers" crashed the party.
I picked up my party in Tarpon Springs at the Anclote boat ramps at 9am with 2... | |
| Posted: by Captain Greg McCullough - Lithia, FL
http://www.tampaflatsfishing.com | | Redfish were stacked up in the potholes today, but we only got a few of them to eat. The ones that did eat were all quality fish 25 to 28 inches. We also caught a good number of trout... | |
| Posted: by Captain Greg McCullough - Lithia, FL
http://www.tampaflatsfishing.com | | Redfish are eating the best during low tides, they are in potholes and eating shrimp and pinfish. During high tides the reds scatter out, over the grass flats and under the mangroves. During high tides the trout are eating very good, on live shrimp and many different plastic baits.... | |
| Posted: March 13, 2008 by Captain Greg McCullough - Lithia, FL
http://www.tampaflatsfishing.com | | I took Rusty Flook , his wife and two of their friends out for a halfday fishing charter. Rusty hires me several times each year, so he knows the best way to book a charter is to let me pick the location and the time of the charter , according to where and when the fish have been biting the best. So, we started the trip from Simmons Park in Ruskin at 1pm. Once we reached our first spot, the tide was rushing in. It didnt take long before the first snook was caught and for the rest of the day... | |
| Posted: March 20, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 20, 2008
INSHORE:
Well, another windy week along the Treasure Coast to test your skills at fishing. Offshore has been difficult for most boaters to venture out. The river has been fishable on most days if you could find areas to stay out of the worst of the wind. I was fortunate to meet some really great people this week and we had some fun in spite of the blustery conditions!
Friday had Ralph and Cynthia Stinnler looking for snook. Cynthia lost one big fish under the boat and... | |
| Posted: March 17, 2008 by Captain Captain Stanman - Swansboro, NC
http://www.captainstanman.us | | Time is of the essence when fishing for shad. The season starts around the 1st week of March, give 5 to 7 days either way, and last 3 to 4 weeks. You can be too early and you can be too late. The time to go is right now, the fish are there and they are cooperating.
You must take into consideration the amount of rain they get upstate. If it rained recently the water will be high and muddy, and the bite will be off. Wait for 2 or 3 days for the stained water to clear a little before making... | |
| Posted: March 16, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Temperatures are rising and the salt marsh is coming out of its winter dormancy. Bait fish are moving and feeding on the warm surface layers of water. Water temps are in the 60's. A few more degrees increase will trigger the trout and flounder to begin their Spring spawning and the action will be hot!
Capt. Rutenberg
(843)685-2737... | |
| Posted: March 16, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | The weather is getting nicer and nicer here in southeast North Carolina. Warmer days mean warmer water temps, and that could only mean one thing; Spring fishing! In my opinion we are running about two weeks ahead in water temps. I fished on Thursday 3/13, the water temp in the water way (ICW) was 59.5` to 61.2` and in the ocean was 58.5` to 59.4`.
These temps are about 4 to 5 degrees warmer than last year this same time. So what does this mean? I hope an early and longer fishing season... | |
| Posted: March 15, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Photos of this week's catches can be viewed at http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html
Last week, I was forced to cancel three trips due to bad weather. I did manage to get in one charter and one day of fun fishing.
On Wednesday, I went to the Banana River no motor zone with my friend Paul. We were in the canoe less than ten minutes when we spotted some gigantic tails belonging to black drum waving in the distance. I was able to get off two casts with my crab fly before the... | |
| Posted: March 15, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Wind is starting to blow from the south.
It won't be long now and the Tarpon migration will be on the move to my local waters!
I'm getting geared up and ready for a GREAT year of Tarpon fishing.
My rods and reels are ready and I'm checking out the HOT SPOTS.
I can't wait to see that Silver King come up out of the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Fishing
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| Posted: March 15, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 3/10, seas were predicted to be calmer after a weekend of high winds and choppy conditions. With predictions for two to four foot seas offshore, we hoped for fairly calm seas close in at the three-mile and five-mile reefs off Bonita Beach, where I fished with Peter Kenney, Mark & Sue Auguster and their children, Mitchell, Alana and Regan. We werent so luckyseas were three to four feet and building with a steady 15-20 knot wind. We hung tough and fished the reefs all morning, using live... | |
| Posted: March 13, 2008 by Captain Scott Owens - St Simons Island, GA
http://www.captainscottowens.com | | Well the pictures say it all we have had some awsome days on the water. The fish are happy and the water is clear. Winds are light and the sun has been shining. Gary and his wife were a blast to fish and we didnt stop laughing all day. We had lots of cookie cutter reds in the 8 to 9 pound range and 2 over 10 pounds. I also fished yesterday down in Amelia Fl. and will have some great shots soon to post so check back.
Scott
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| Posted: March 12, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | March 12, 2008
INSHORE:
March is living up to its reputation as a wind month. The river has remained fishable most days in spite of the blustery weather. Plenty of places along the channel to get out of the worst of it and enjoy a day fishing. It's almost springtime and the fishing will just keep getting better along the Treasure Coast!
Trout fishing turned back on this week. Tom Kemp and his friend Anton were fishing this week and boated around 20 trout up to 22". We also found p... | |
| Posted: March 12, 2008 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi everyone,
Spring is just around the corner and the fishing is set up to come with it. Make sure all your gear is in order and ready to go. Here's what is happening now:
Inshore: Large schools of specks are around but a bit sluggish when it comes to biting. A few more degrees of water temperature and they will be chomping. Red drum are patrolling the beaches and you can sight cast to them on a sunny day when the water is clear.
Nearshore: Some bottom fishing and the ever present dogfish... | |
| Posted: March 11, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Two great days of fishing.
1st Trip:
Our first fish was a big sheepshead, our second fish was another big sheepshead, and 3rd & 4th fish were slot Reds. Then we starting boating some big black drum. It was non-stop for four hours.
I fished a secret spot that had produced well for me last spring, and it didnt let me down today.
It was very cold in the morning, a brisk 38 degrees. The tide was not running the way I wanted, so we left the docks at 11am and fished till 4pm. High tide was su... | |
| Posted: March 05, 2008 by Captain Greg McCullough - Lithia, FL
http://www.tampaflatsfishing.com | | The trip for today started from the Simmons park area in Ruskin. The first spot we went to was adeep grass flats and we were targeting trout. Drifting the flats , throwing Gulp shrimp (new penny color) produced several trout. During high tide we moved to the mangroves and started using live greenbacks under a cork. The bite was slow but Tom was able to catch 2 snook and 1 redfish. Once the tide started dropping I headed for a sanding spot along the shoreline, I threw a dozen greenbacks toward th... | |
| Posted: March 09, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | This mammoth snook (see pic below) was caught by Tessie Wallace of Bradenton, FL , my mom, in 1988 an I've been hearing about ever since. This snook bottomed out a 35lb. scale and measured at 51 inches. Quite a feat, as it is the quest of every Florida snook angler. This night was even more memorable as my Dad, Don Wallace, hooked into a 28 pounder as Mom was reviving her giant snook.
Both fish were caught on light tackle rods with Shimano 350 baitrunners. Line weight was 12 lb., freelining... | |
| Posted: March 09, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Meet Puffy (see pics below)
OK , you finally get to a spot out of the wind, boats not swaying, and you've caught snook there before. It's been a rough couple of hours fishing a slow incoming tide in 20-25 mph winds. You grab what you think to be the perfect size shrimp, make your best cast of the day and let your bait slowly drift down your favorite mangrove line.......
Bang.
"Hit. Just got nailed. Come back and get it!"
Tap....Peck.....
"I think he got my shrimp.......Yep, ...... | |
| Posted: March 07, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | March 7, 2008
INSHORE:
Ahhhh.....it must be March here on the Treasure Coast. Windy weather one day....calm waters the next. There has been plenty of fish out there, but some days test your nerve on trying to find them. We had gusty conditions early in the week that turned to calm water by mid-week and blown out by Friday. It's still great to live and fish here on the Indian River!
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| Posted: March 04, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Is great Florida inshore fishing just around the corner? No, I beleive its already here (SEE PICTURES BELOW). The past two weeks of fishing with clients have been very exciting despite the on and off cold fronts and mild winds. Many of my customers are catching a mixed bag of fish to keep the action consistent. Snook are now starting to show up just about everywhere, we are catching snook around structure such as docks, bridges, seawalls and canals. Ive been searching for them on the flat... | |
| Posted: March 04, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | See photos of all this week's catches at http://floridafishinglessons.com/FishingReport.html
The weather has been hit or miss the last couple weeks forcing me to cancel or
reschedule several trips and more unfavorable weather is onthe way here tomorrow.
We have managed to get in a few trips, however, some more successful than others.
On the 21st, I fished with John and his daughter Kristin on a cloudy and windy day in
Mosquito Lagoon. The pair managed to catch seven redfish and a bla... | |
| Posted: March 03, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Spring is Springing around Southeast North Carolina! Warmer weather is starting to show up and the fishing is picking up. In other good news, I finished rigging the new boat and she is ready to fish! So give me a call and lets go fishing! Now to the fishing report!
With the weather getting warming the water temps are on the raise, which is a very good thing. Redfish are biting around docks and marsh grass drops in the water way and creek mouths. Most of the falling tide and the start of the... | |
| Posted: March 03, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. It's been an interesting couple of weeks. The fishing on a whole has been good but somewhat up and down. Tarpon were here and then gone. Permit were around then gone. Same goes for bones. One of the major reasons was the weather. Had a nice spell of warm days that heated the water up in the backcountry that had every fish happy. As it happens though, a strong cold front came through and shut it all down. Water temps had been getting into the high 70's out back an... | |
| Posted: March 01, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Saying goodbye is hard to do, unless its goodbye cold weather, and hello Spring!
As the temperatures rise and stay warm all this week, it wont be long until the trout will start moving out to the flats. Right now, they are still up in the deep holes and near the mouths of the rivers, and some are holding up in the local bayous. But in the next 3 4 weeks, they will start to make their move to the ICW and onto the flats of Big Lagoon. Speckled trout were out of season for the month of Febr... | |
| Posted: March 01, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 2/25, I fished with Mike and Lee Conneally, son Clint and Clints girlfriend, Anna. We fished the reefs off Bonita beach in calm seas, which was a pleasant change from the rough waters of last week. Using live shrimp, we caught five large sheepshead, but lost one to a seven-foot sandbar shark that Clint reeled in and lost another to a big goliath grouper that ate it boat-side. We also caught porkfish to add to the sheepshead so the Conneallys ended up with plenty of fish for dinner, even... | |
| Posted: September 05, 2007 by Captain Ed Haney - Juneau, AK
http://www.LuckyDogAdventure.com | | Another great day of fishing, here it is September and we are still catching Chums. We expect to get the stray King and of course plenty of Silvers, but the fact that we are still catching Chums attests to how late the salmon have been this year.
We started our day with a little Halibut fishing and finished it off with some Salmon. It has been a great year for Halibut this year and this trip is no different plenty of fish but nothing huge today, we are always looking for that 200+ pound b... | |
| Posted: February 28, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | February 28, 2008
INSHORE:
In spite of the latest cold front that cruised through the Treasure Coast, it's really been a mild winter. I think I only had to dig out the ol' long johns once this season. The coming weekend should bring some mild temperatures and great fishing weather. Let's go fishing!
Bob Alton caught this 24" trout at firs... | |
| Posted: February 28, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, March 2008
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka Florida
In angling terms, March on the east central coast of Florida means, cobia, cobia, and more cobia. Yes, the brown clowns are the jesters of the sea on the Space Coast, and their court consist of the monster jacks (jack carvalle), smoker kings (large kingfish), and the silver kings (tarpon) to name just a few.
As spring progresses and the ocean begins its gradual warming phase, 67... | |
| Posted: February 27, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Lots of action in the past weeks,
Trout, snook, redfish, even some Tarpon.
The water temp. is around 75 and have the fish eating artificials, and fly.
Great numbers of fish and good size.
See ya on the water!
Captain Greg Hood
Ft. Myers Fishing
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| Posted: February 27, 2008 by Captain BROOK WALLACE - ANNA MARIA ISLAND, FL
http://www.floridainshoreguide.com | | Have You Seen This Fish?
Report Unusual Snook Catches and Sightings
Published Friday, November 30, 2007
Have you seen this Snook? Say Hi to "Barney"
This Common Snook with barnacles growing above both gill plates was caught by Capt Brook Wallace and photographed by friend Pete Mersch. The snook was 33 inches long and lives under a dock in Bradenton, Florida. This rare double sided 'barnacled snook' was live released with barnacles intact and could possibly be caught again.
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| Posted: February 26, 2008 by Captain joshua sigler - hilton head island, SC
http:// | | the sheephead are bitting great anywhere from 5-10 lbs. ultralights are a must!!!!!... | |
| Posted: February 25, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Salt marshes may appear boring and uniform. However, they are the most productive and economically important natural ecosystem in the U.S.
Many states have legislation protecting salt marshes, but enforcement is limited. It is up to all boater's to report environmental violations. Program your local wildlife enforcement's number in your cell phone and report any suspicious activity; like netting, pollution spills, and habitat destruction. ... | |
| Posted: February 23, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello to all, I hope everyone is doing well. It will not be long at all before spring will be here and that can only mean one thing spring fishing! I cant wait!! I picked up the new boat last week and Im almost done rigging it. Just a few more things to do and Ill put her in the water for the season.
To the fishing report we go>>>>. Redfish are biting on those nice warm sunny days. The best bet for these guys is to look for them on flats, oyster rocks and grass lines on warm calm days. T... | |
| Posted: February 23, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | I fished on a windy morning in Estero Bay Monday, 2/18, with Chuck and Steve Nebes. We worked our live shrimp along the channel from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach on a catch-and-release trip that yielded two snook 20 and 22 inches, six keeper-sized mangrove snapper and sixteen sheepshead, ten of which were keeper-sized.
Tuesday there was a small craft advisory in effect until 9AM and seas were predicted to be choppy. My anglers included a few prone to seasickness, so they decided to cancel t... | |
| Posted: February 21, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | February 21, 2008
INSHORE:
Well, this week, we must first get to the CATCH OF THE WEEK! We welcomed our newest grandson, Brody, into the world last Friday and couldn't be more excited. I already gave him his first fishing rod and reel, but I guess he will just have to grow into it. Congratulations to Dena and Rick for such a wonderful grandson!
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| Posted: February 17, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Redfish frenzy on the flats the past few days has been what fishing in Pensacola is all about. Ive been out looking for some new fishing spots this past week, and it paid off in a big way. I was out on the flats this weekend doing some fun fishing, and the reds were eating gold spoons and RT Slugs. A couple of areas I was fishing were Escambia Bay near East Bay and also up in Blackwater River. Other fish that are eating well are white trout, and Ive found their lair near the 3-mile bridge in ... | |
| Posted: February 16, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 2/11, the winds were blowing in the early morning but without the strength they gathered late on in the day. Predictions were for 2-3 foot seas close-in, so I headed to the artificial reefs with Ed and Margie Bock. We were only five miles offshore and we had 4 foot seas most of the morning. The wind was howling and it was tough to even stay anchored up. We caught two nice sheepshead, each 18 inches, along with a 15 inch triggerfish. We released gag and red grouper shorts and small Spanis... | |
| Posted: February 15, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 15, 2008
INSHORE:
Once the latest weather front moved through the Treasure Coast, the summer like conditions returned to the area. We were fortunate to have some very nice days to fish the Indian River this week. Some windy days are still ahead of us, but the coming weekend should be pretty nice to get out fishing again. We did have some fun this week on the water.
I had Mark Boucher with dad, Fred, and seven year old Cody on the boat this week. Cody had a good day fishing ... | |
| Posted: February 12, 2008 by Captain Michael Rutenberg - Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.CoastalEcoCharters.com | | Weather is slowy warming, but water temperature remains in the lower 50's. A few trout linger around the creeks. It is a good time to harvest oysters. Oyster season remains open until May 1.
There real action will not begin here until the Dogwood's bloom in mid April and it's flounder time! Hope to see you then.
Capt. R
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| Posted: February 11, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. It's been another solid week of fishing. With water temps out back in the mid 70's the snook and reds have been up on the flats big time. While snook tucked into a shoreline can be next to impossible on fly, snook up on the flats and out in the open are another story. While some of this is sightcasting to individual fish, a lot of times it's a matter of dumping casts into potholes to see if anyone is home. Snook will also get on top of rays, so any mudding ray po... | |
| Posted: February 09, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Mother and son anglers Carole and Kenny Mathis fished Estero Bay with me Monday morning, 2/4, from Barefoot Beach to Wiggins Pass. We used live shrimp to catch three keeper mangrove snapper and a pair of 16 inch whitings. We released small sheepshead and a 22 inch snook.
Tuesday, fishing in 45 feet out of New Pass with Ron Musick, Dick Arnett, Jim Novak and Bob Mayer, we caught two 16 inch hogfish, eight mangrove snapper to 16 inches, a mess of whitebone porgies, all 14 and 15 inches, and thr... | |
| Posted: February 09, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Tailing Redfish!!
I really need to take a picture of these tails in the air.
Yesterday I had the opportunity and once again chose the flyrod over the camera.
It's so hard too not catch one, when their waving at you!
Maybe next time.
Captain Greg Hood
Pine Island Sound Report... | |
| Posted: February 08, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | February 8, 2008
INSHORE:
What a great week on the water. Not only did we have some fantastic summer-like days to fish, I saw a number of friends again and met some new ones on the boat. Fishing was great most days and we did catch a variety of species. Dolphin were all over the river to put on their show and lots of wildlife to enjoy out along the Treasure Coast. What a wonderful area we live in!
Keith, Bob, Turner and Frank were visiting again and we had a wonderful time watching ... | |
| Posted: February 07, 2008 by Captain Simon Graham - kuru, Finland
http://www.freewebs.com/uivelonkierros | | At the present moment here in Kuru the lakes are frozen over and so am down to drilling holes in the ice to catch my fish.Fortunately the lakes melt here around the middle of April so not long now to go.As soon as the ice melts Pike will start coming into the shore to Spawn and although rather sluggish just after the winter months,surface flies like poppers,mice,frogs are best used to create a lot of disturbance on the surface.Wading or float tubing close to reed beds is the best line of attack ... | |
| Posted: February 07, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | February fishing is usually as good as the weather. It was that good Feb. 4th when Paul and Ralph from New Jersey joined me for a fishing trip. Ladyfish, bluefish and Trout to 20 inches all cooperated to keep us busy. We finished the day with 2 snook to 28 inches. ... | |
| Posted: February 07, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | The winter fishing here in east central Florida continues to be excellent. Redfish, black drum, and seatrout are our primary species this time of year and all three have been readily available. The water levels over the past two weeks have been low resulting in some great sight fishing opportunities.
On Sunday, January 27, I fished the second annual fly fishing tournament sponsored by The Fly Fisherman in Titusville. This event had been cancelled the previous two weeks due to poor weather. T... | |
| Posted: February 06, 2008 by Captain Captain Dusty Powers - Pensacola, FL
http://captdpcharters.com | | It's finally time to put your camo away, clean your gun, and bust out the tackle box to get started. The Redfish sre on fire, The Black Drum are here for there for the taking and the Sheapshead are slowly but surely showing up... If the weather would cooperate the flounder have been found but getting offshore has been tuff with all this wind... Fishing is great this time of year and availability for the rest of this month and March is running out, but there is a few days left... So give us a cal... | |
| Posted: February 06, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Water temp back up to 74 and the bite is on :)
28 Snook today on top water plugs.
Great time for Snook Fishing!!
Captain Greg Hood
Pine Island Sound Report... | |
| Posted: February 05, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Well, only 5 weeks away and spring will be knocking at our doors. But in the meantime, winter is still here to deal out the occasional cold day. Fishing in the bay has been pretty good this past week. We hooked up a few nice Grouper by trolling stretches, and we hooked up some fat 33+ Redfish by trolling the same area. We were using the Manns Textured Stretch 25 & 30 in the colors of Cabo Sunset & Redhead Holographic; these two colors have been producing some quality catches. The White Trout... | |
| Posted: March 03, 2008 by Captain TIM BRAUN - BUFFALO, NY
http://www.braunsoutdoors.com | | SPRING IS ON THE WAY.BOOK YOUR TRIP FOR SOME EXPLOSIVE SMALLMOUTH FISHING ON LAKE ERIE IN BUFFALO N.Y WITH LAKE ERIES PREMIER GUIDE SERVICE .BRAUNS OUTDOORS BASS CHARTERS & GUIDE SERVICE.MENTION THE FISHING GUIDE NETWORK AND RECIEVE A $50 DISCOUNT... | |
| Posted: February 03, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Well the warmer temps have come back to the Cape Fear Coast and I like it! Got out on the water with a good friend and fishing partner of mine Duane Auman. Duane and myself headed up the Cape Fear River to try a little late season Striper fishing on a beautiful February day. The weather could not have been any better!
We put out a few swallow diving X-raps and started trolling, we trolled for a good hour with no bites so we decided to do a little jigging. We got out some pearl in color Saltw... | |
| Posted: February 02, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 1/28, the seas calmed enough to get offshore, although we stayed fairly close in 30 feet out of New Pass. I fished with Leonard White, Butch White, Bill Banish and Ted Ressler. Butch caught a nice gag grouper30 inchesusing a small sheepshead as bait on a heavy pole. Bill followed up with a 23 inch gag, caught on shrimp. The group also caught a half dozen keeper mangrove snapper, all 13 and 14 inches, two keeper sheepshead at 14 inches and 15 inches, grunts and porgies. We also released... | |
| Posted: January 31, 2008 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | Joe called me about a trip for he and his old high school buddies. They are all anglers so I set out a game plan to chase after redfish. My favorite shallow water game fish. In hind sight, I probably should have had a different game plan. I had the guys meet me in New Port Richey to go after some of my pet reds. When we got to the spot, we found them but they were on the move and shortly after I saw them they were gone. Joe said that they would be interested in catching whatever pulled on the li... | |
| Posted: January 31, 2008 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, February 2008
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors Apopka, Florida
Well those Anglers not familiar to Florida may believe fishing opportunities in February are few but far between, but that thought could not be further from the truth. In reality, angling during the winter on the Indian River Lagoon Coast produces outstanding catches if the right tactics and strategies are employed.
As always, understanding the cycle of passing cold fronts i... | |
| Posted: January 31, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | January 31, 2008
INSHORE:
Winter weather patterns have continued around the Treasure Coast this past week. Windy days and a few cool nights have made it the usual challenge to get out fishing. We were rewarded with a couple of days that reminded me of summertime fishing. Tuesday was one of those few calm days out there and it was a fantastic day to be on the water!
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| Posted: January 28, 2008 by Captain Dave Andrews - Sanibel Island, FL
http://daveandrewsfishing.com | | Saturday 01/26/08, what a beautiful day for a departure from snow and ice. I fished with Chris and Jeff around Cayo Costa. The water was clear and cold, 62 degrees. Light winds and bright sun made it one of the prettiest days in the last week. We were supprised to find the trout had moved to the deeper water between two oyster bars. Chris and Jeff caught Trout for hours before lunch. After lunch we checked out the snook, they had bunched up into a bay and had lock jaw. We went back to the trout ... | |
| Posted: January 27, 2008 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. Its been a long time since Ive posted anything so I figured I would fill you all in on whats going on. First off, what happened to January? This winter is just flying by. Before you know it, well be looking for permit and laid up tarpon. Despite a fish kill at the start of the month associated with a major cold front (it actually got down into the 30's here!) the fishing has been rock solid. When the winds have been reasonable, trips out in the Gulf hav... | |
| Posted: January 26, 2008 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I think winter is finally here, Im already looking forward to spring!
Cooler temps have invaded the southeast Carolina coast, rainy and cold one day; cold and sunny the next. Sometimes we get a lucky 60` day mixed in, I like those! Spring will
be here before we know it.
The new boat is here!!! I got to see it for the first time today, she is beautiful.
I am really looking forward to fishing one of the finest bay boats in the world.
The Ranger Bay 22` is a truly fine fishing weapon, b... | |
| Posted: January 25, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 25, 2008
INSHORE:
While the winds picked up....the fishing slowed down this week along the Treasure Coast. It has been a pretty windy week and hard to find areas that are fishable. The water quality isn't too bad in spite of the rough conditions. It's been hard to spot bait or action lately with the water rough all over the river. Not many anglers have braved it out there. Hopefully, a reprieve is in short order!
Most of the action consisted of ladyfish, jacks, black drum... | |
| Posted: January 25, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | On Wednesday, 1/23, after several days of cancelled trips, due to weather conditions, I finally got back out with Bob Carter and friend, Harvey. Using shrimp in 32 feet of water out of New Pass, we caught three hogfish, two of which were keeper size. We also kept two (out of a dozen) keeper-sized sheepshead and released the rest, along with keeper-sized mangrove snapper, an 18 inch bluefish, and gag grouper shorts to 20 inches. Bob and Harvey had three bigger gags hooked over the course of the m... | |
| Posted: January 24, 2008 by Captain Capt. Jim Blackburn - South Padre Island, Arroyo City, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, TX
http://www.grandslamfish.com | | Well, winter finally got to the Lower Laguna Madre with stiff North winds,cool temps, clouds, and plenty of rain. We have been in this routine now for about 10 days with a warm up every 5 days or so. It will continue for a while so be patient better days are not far away,one of the luxuries of living on the Southern tip of Texas. The last two trips to the bay found a few reds that were pretty sluggish. I was trying to sight-fish in shallow water but I am sure that the deep water fish with ... | |
| Posted: May 23, 2007 by Captain TIM BRAUN - BUFFALO, NY
http://www.braunsoutdoors.com | | MAY -23 -07 .PRE SPAWN SMALLMOUTH BASS .WHILE RUNNING A TRIP IN LATE MAY .THE BITE WAS GOOD. THE SMALLMOUTH WERE UP IN ABOUT 3 TO 7 FEET OF WATER.CASTING TOP WATER JERK BAITS WORKED WELL . ALSO WE WERE SLOW ROLLING SPINNER BAITS ,LETTING THE SPINNER BAIT HIT THE CHUNK ROCK .LIVE BAIT WORKED WELL .EMERALD SHINNERS OUT PRODUCED THE BIGGER BASS CHUBS ,ON A THREE WAY SET UP.WHEN LOOKING FOR PRE SPAWN SMALLIES .LOCATE A AREA THAT HAS SKINNY WATER ADJACENT TO DEEPER WATER.CHUNK ROCK OR A GRAVEL BOTTOM... | |
| Posted: by Captain TIM BRAUN - BUFFALO, NY
http://www.braunsoutdoors.com | | ON THIS TRIP THE FISH ARE GETTING ALOT BIGGER.IT IS JUNE ,WATER TEMP AROUND 50.USEING PROWLER TUBES IN GREEN PUMPKIM,AND BERKELY SINKING MINNOW BAITS. WATER DEPTH 10 TO 25 FEET.CASTING OVER ROCK FLATS AND BOULDERS.THREE FISH OVER THE SIX POUND MARK. THE DEEPER WATER PRODUCED THE NICER FISH .THEY CAME VERTICAL JIGGING ,THAT IS STAYING ON TOP OF A CERTAIN PEICE OF STRUCTURE AND LETTING YOUR BAIT GO TO THE BOTTOM THEN LIFTING THE BAIT UP WITH A UPSWEEPING MOTION THEN LETTING IT FALL BACK TO THE BOT... | |
| Posted: by Captain TIM BRAUN - BUFFALO, NY
http://www.braunsoutdoors.com | | ON LAKE ERIE IN EARLY SPRING ,YOU CAN CATCH SMALLMOUTH BASS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.IN MAY ON A TRIP ON ERIE ,USEING CULPRIT GOBY BAITS ON A DROP SHOT RIG ,IN ABOUT 6 TO 21 FEET DEEP.THE FISH WERE ACTIVE,MOST OF THE FISH WERE IN THE HIGH THREE TO MID FOUR POUND CLASS.THESE FISH ARE MOVEING UP TO THE SHALLOWS SEEKING OUT EMERALD SHINERS.THAT IS ONE WAY WE TARGET BIG FISH AT BRAUNS OUTDOORS BASS CHARTERS IN THE SPRING.
CAPTAIN
TIM BRAUN... | |
| Posted: January 19, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Sunday morning, 1/13, I fished Estero Bay from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach with Kip & Lisa Price and their two sons, Aden, eight, and Cooper, four. We were a little worried about the rain that was predicted for Sunday, but as it turned out, we stayed dry all morning. Our mission was to let the boys catch some saltwater fish, which is something they dont get to do in their hone-town of Denver. Using live shrimp, both boys had fun catching and releasing a variety of species, including sheepshe... | |
| Posted: January 17, 2008 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | January 17, 2008
February Forecast
INSHORE:
As another front has come whisking through the Treasure Coast, it's the first week in a long time that I haven't been on the water. Catching up on a few things around the house and anxiously waiting for my Mother and Brother to arrive from West Virginia.....yep, I'm a hillbilly from long ago! Let's take a few minutes and look ahead at what will be happening around the Indian River for February.
Snook season will once again open on the Atl... | |
| Posted: January 14, 2008 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | Wow! What a change in the weather! Last week its 30 degrees, and this week its in the middle to upper 50s, and even reaching the 60s and now its going to cool again. The fish are just as confused as we are. The redfish bite has been a little slow this past week, as its been unseasonably warm for this time of year. We had a cold spell, but it didnt last long enough. When the cold weather sticks around longer, the bait balls up and this makes the redfish easier to find.
This week, its ... | |
| Posted: January 13, 2008 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | Last week, the coldest weather of the season came through the area causing the water temperature to drop twenty degrees in twenty-four hours. High winds and cold made for unpleasant fishing conditions so I stayed off the water. This week, however, was the complete opposite. For the most part, it was sunny, warm, and calm. I spent four days on the water with some excellent results.
Monday, Capt. John Kumiski and I spent the day fly fishing the Mosquito Lagoon. We began the day targeting taili... | |
| Posted: January 13, 2008 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Trout fishing picked up great this week!
4lb. Seatrout on topwater plugs yesterday was great action.
We landed 10 of them and a couple of redfish also!
I was invited to the exclusive Useppa Island club for lunch.
I took some pictures and had a great time with Rodger and Marsie Gowdy.
Captain Greg Hood
Useppa Island... | |
| Posted: January 12, 2008 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 1/7, I fished with Ed and Margie Bock in 30 feet out of New Pass with live shrimp. We caught a mess of nice sheepshead to 17 inches and kept a half dozen of those. We also caught two keeper mangrove snapper, a pair of 14 inch triggerfish and grunts. We released a 15 inch bluefish, small Spanish mackerel and grouper shorts.
Tuesday, I headed out 31 miles west of New Pass on a 270 degree heading, where I fished with live shrimp in 63 feet with Ron Musick and his friends, Dick and Mike. ... | |
| Posted: January 10, 2008 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | Well, we've had a few days of warm weather since our severe cold front that killed a lot of fish. The fishing has been getting better by the day and today proved that we're back to normal, or even better. A buddy of mine called me while I was on the way to the ramp and said that his clients caught over 100 trout this morning before 10am and that the smallest one was 20"! That's a stellar morning in anybody's book. Hearing that got me fired up because it made me think that my redfish may be back ... | |
| Posted: December 26, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | ...it's how you finish! The trout bite has been really good lately and the average size fish has been fairly large. With this in mind, and knowing that we had a negative low tide in the morning in Tarpon Springs, I made plans to take Steve and Heidi to some troughs out by Anclote to get on some trout. There were fish there but we struggled for bites for a good 2.5 hours. I must have just missed the bite there or just missed the fish because I had a friend within earshot of us that limited out on... | |
| Posted: December 23, 2007 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Report, December 22, 2007
Compliments on Mosquito Creek Outdoors, Apopka, Florida
The holiday season has arrived, and more than ever families and friends are gathering to celebrate life and living. It is again time to count our many blessings and thank those who sacrifice their time and lives to defend our freedom. It is also time to relax and enjoy life with those within our circle and there is no better place than the outdoors to do this very thing. T... | |
| Posted: December 22, 2007 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year! Im looking very forward to this up coming year, for there will be some great new things happening with my guide service. Keep your eyes peeled for that info, for it is soon to come! Now to the things you came to see the Fishing report!!
Those Speckled Trout are still biting; most fish have been around the inlets for the most part. The water temp just will not fall this year a good thing! Weve been getting Trout on gru... | |
| Posted: December 22, 2007 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Henry Froese and son, Bradley, from Ontario had planned to fish with me on Monday, but the weather front that passed through at the beginning of the week put a stop on those plans, due to seas of 7-12 feet offshore. We rescheduled for Friday. Friday morning, it rained early but passed through quickly, and once it did we headed out. We had hoped to play with a few goliaths to give Bradley the thrill of feeling a big fish on the line, but we never got the chance. After releasing some triggerfish, ... | |
| Posted: December 20, 2007 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | |
December 20, 2007
INSHORE:
With the Holidays already here, I want to take a few minutes and wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season from myself and my wife, Eva. We thank all of you for making this a year full of great fishing adventures and memories. We made a lot of new friends and were visited by many old friends. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I wish you the best for 2008 and hope your fishing adventures are fantastic. Be safe and happy!
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| Posted: December 14, 2007 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | |
December 14, 2007
INSHORE:
Today is the last opportunity to catch that slot size snook until next year. The season closes today and won't open again until February 1st. A lot of anglers have been fishing around the jetties with live bait and having success in catching....not necessarily a slot size though. Bridges have continued to hold snook for night anglers with live bait or feather jigs. Early mornings can find them cruising along the flats. Joe Novak emailed me and caught a ... | |
| Posted: December 13, 2007 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks: Late fall fishing is pretty darn hot. We have had some of the best weather of the year and the fish have responded. Even though the fishing is great, I have taken my boat out of the water for the season. I am now very busy preparing for the boat shows and fishing schoolsc.more on that later.
Now herefs my report:
Inshore: Trout fishing has been exceptional. Many, many citation trout have been caught and weighed in at the various citation locations. Some of the best fish have be... | |
| Posted: December 12, 2007 by Captain Michael Dennis - Carolina Beach, NC
http://www.capefear-guide.com | | Speckle trout,red drum,bluefish,are biting steady as long as your live bait last,small pogies,will bring you plenty of action. I had several boats to fish right beside of me yesterday using artifical lures,with no luck at all,it seemed as the fish were feeding on live bait only.The air temperture was in the mid 70's yesterday not bad for the middle of December in North Carolina.... | |
| Posted: December 11, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | Ron was in town for a surprise visit to see his father on his father's 75th birthday. Ed and Jim, Ron's brother-in-laws were in town for the event as well and they all couldn't resist the temptation of our wonderful fishery. So, they took one day out of their family visit to chase some fish with me today.
 | Posted: December 07, 2007 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I just wanted to do a quick in-between reports report! The Trout fishing has been out of this world for us around the Cape Fear coast this year! Big fish, they have been getting bigger every year. I cant wait to see what shows up next year, but lets not get ahead of our selfs now.
Today was a great afternoon of fishing. My crew of four was the Day family, and as always the Kids come out on top. Jack Day seven years old has got the biggest Trout of the year for my charters! Six and a half ... | |
| Posted: December 07, 2007 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | December 7, 2007
INSHORE:
Isn't it great to live on the Treasure Coast in December??? Wonderful weather......great fishing.....it's a wonderful place to live! Hope you had an opportunity to enjoy this week and have plans to get out over the weekend. I spent last weekend on my annual voyage to Dolphin Stadium with my buddy, Pat. Not quite the same this year, but we had a fun weekend in spite of it. The fishing this week has been good for most species out there.
Snook fishing around ... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | Maybe it's the cold front we just had pass through or maybe it's the fact that I ran out of all of my favorite lures and just used some stuff I bought in the bargain bin at Fisherman's World this week. The fish have been eating so well for the past few weeks that I figured I could get away with using a bottle cap with hooks on it if I had too. I guess that's not the case. I'll be heading back up there to get the good stuff this weekend during their "Fishing Frenzy Sale" I guess.
I had only on... | |
| Posted: December 05, 2007 by Captain John Rivers - Pensacola, FL
http://www.megabiteinshore.com | | December is here and the big reds that weve been catching all November long are still around. The weather is still very nice, even getting up into the upper 60s and 70s on some days. You gotta love Florida. Ive been catching more fish in our bay, which isjust how it was last December. In November, the reds were in the pass and just off our beaches, but a good quantity have made their way into our bays and the bite has been very good. When fishing for these big reds, always be on the look ou... | |
| Posted: December 04, 2007 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | Hello to all, I hope everyone is doing well! The weather around here will not make its mind up on summer, fall, or winter. The problem with that is the fish cant make up their mind up either. I have got to say I have enjoyed the 70` days mixed in! Today winter was on its way in, and the Winter Trout bite was on!!
We started out this morning around 7:00am it was cold and just enough wind to keep you that way. I had two on board today for a charter, they knew how to fish this is good. Start... | |
| Posted: December 02, 2007 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Fishing this week has been great with low, low tides.
The water tempature has climbed back up to 78 and fish are hungry.
When the full moon comes around the low tides can produce great Tailing redfish.
Captain Greg Hood
Pine Island Sound Report ... | |
| Posted: December 01, 2007 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | This week brought some unseasonably warm weather to central Florida. During the middle of the week, the winds were calm, the water temperatures were in the mid seventies, and the redfish were happy and tailing. If you were unable to get out on the water this week, you missed out on some near perfect conditions. Friday, that all began to change. By the middle of next week, we will be experiencing overnight lows in the 40's.
Monday, I fished the Mosquito Lagoon alone hoping to catch some redfis... | |
| Posted: December 01, 2007 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 11/26, I fished a catch-and-release trip in Estero Bay in potholes between Wiggins Pass and Barefoot Beach with Dan Nimmer and his teenaged son, John. We released four keeper-sized sheepshead to 15 inches, a 17 inch redfish, and keeper-sized mangrove snapper, all caught with shrimp.
My next scheduled trip was for Wednesday, but with one angler coming from California, that one got scrapped due to the wildfires out there. Fortunately, the only problem for our client was a delay in trave... | |
| Posted: November 30, 2007 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | November 30, 2007
INSHORE:
Another beautiful week of fishing weather allowed holiday anglers to embark on adventures along the Treasure Coast. The seas calmed down enough for boats to venture out on the ocean in search of fishing action. It looks like we can expect good fishing weather throughout the week. December brings the close of snook season on the 15th and trout season will continue to be closed during the month. There are lots of other species out there to keep you occupied. P... | |
| Posted: November 29, 2007 by Captain Tom Van Horn - Chuluota, FL
http://www.irl-fishing.com | | Indian River Lagoon Coast Fishing Forecast, December 2007
Compliments of Mosquito Creek Outdoors in Apopka Florida
It is hard to fathom the thought of how quickly the holiday season has arrived. Life on the lagoon coast of Florida definitely has its advantages in regards to the outdoors and fishing, warmer weather, year round angling, quality fish, and oh yes, quality times on the water enjoying life. It is once again time to reflect back on our many blessings, and to look forward to what... | |
| Posted: November 28, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | We had an extremely low tide this morning and I wanted to go fishing but I wanted there to be some water on the flats in the New Port Richey area. So, I waited until around noon to go fishing. When I showed up, a good friend and fellow guide, Capt. Greg DeVault, was just getting off of the water from a charter. We talked a little while a he told me about what a great morning he had had with his client. I was excited. Looked like the fishing was going to be good.
The plan for the day, as it ha... | |
| Posted: November 28, 2007 by Captain Rick Bennett - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.rodmancharters.com | | Hi Folks, I should be out trout fishing, but there are just too many things to do. One of which is to bring you up to date on some new things happening for Rod-Man Charters in 2008.
But first, a brief fishing report;
Inshore: Trout are biting on artificials and live shrimp at the jetties and the creeks and channels. It seems some of the best bites are at nightnot unusual for trout. Some reds and blacks are biting at the jetties.
Near Shore: The blues are still biting. Albacore are h... | |
| Posted: November 28, 2007 by Captain Pete Rowney - Islamorada, FL
http://www.islamoradaonthefly.com | | Greetings from the Florida Keys. I can't believe we're practically in December. It sure doesn't feel like it. The last couple of weeks have been nothing but solid good fishing. Despite a fast moving cold front last week there still have been plenty of little tarpon (5-10lbs) around and the livebait guys have been doing well with larger tarpon at the bridges. We've had some pretty warm weather as of late but we're coming into winter and that means for the most part some kind of wind. While it can... | |
| Posted: November 25, 2007 by Captain Jot Owens - Wrightsville Beach, NC
http://www.captainjot.com | | I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! On Wednesday 11-21, my charter caught a few trout and blues, fishing was ok. The weather had been getting a little warm and the water was coming up in temps. This is not usually good for trout fishing. We picked seven trout, two flounder and a few Blues. The weather around here was not the best on Thanksgiving day, warm and windy~~~ enjoyed a day with the family.
Got out on the water Saturday 11-24, the front had made it by us that night "Cold and Win... | |
| Posted: November 24, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | |
In the last couple of reports, I've mentioned that the bite has been a short but furious one, but, I've failed to mention that the fish haven't been in the same spot twice in the past week. Four charters in the last 8 days and the fish were in 4 different spots. We checked all the spots that had previously produced nice fish but they were gone. We had to keep spot jumping to stay on them. I'm not sure if it's the weather, the moon phases, or the tides, but something has these fish on the move.... | |
| Posted: November 24, 2007 by Captain Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach, FL
http://www.fishbustercharters.com | | Monday, 11/19, I fished offshore with long time clients Jerry and Barb Rudan from Wisconsin. Jerry had his hopes up for battling a big grouper or two but first thing in the morning it was pretty windy and a little rough. We tried a few spots close-in, caught a few fish, but had no grouper action. Winds and seas calmed after a bit and we headed out to spots between 38 and 45 feet out of New Pass. Using shrimp, we caught a dozen good-sized whitebone porgies at 13-14 inches, a 13 inch triggerfish ... | |
| Posted: November 24, 2007 by Captain Chris Myers - Orlando, FL
http://www.floridafishinglessons.com | | On Monday of this week, Canadian fly angler Dave Evans joined me in Mosquito Lagoon. For most of the day, we had moderate winds and clear skies. Dave had consistent shots at single redfish throughout the day. The fish were spooky and always seemed to change direction just as Dave's leader touched the water. Dave made a nice cast with a crab fly to a redfish of about 28 inches that was tailing. The fish picked up the fly and headed straight at the boat. Before Dave could get the hook set, the fly... | |
| Posted: November 24, 2007 by Captain Greg Hood - A Cape Coral, Ft. Myers, Sanibel, Captiva Island, FL
http://tarpoons.com | | Time To Hunt and Fish!!
Recent trips on Pine Island Sound have been productive.
Seatrout and Redfish are hitting topwater plugs on the flats.
The water tempature is down to 71 and the tides are low.
Cold fronts will make for some tough fishing.
Thanksgiving is a great time to get away with the boys to do some hunting!!
Call me to set up days on the water!!
Captain Greg Hood
Sanibel Fishing... | |
| Posted: November 23, 2007 by Captain Clay Eavenson - Tampa, FL
http://www.captainclay.com | | I was fortunate enough to have John and his brother Bob on the boat again today in New Port Richey (they were with me this past Wednesday as well). Except for the cold, windy, weather, this trip almost played out exactly like the last one. The fish, for what ever reason, only wanted to eat for a brief period of time. When they did turn on though, we hit 'em pretty good. John and Bob even had two double hook-ups today on a few nice redfish.
Just like last trip, the reds wanted half dollar size... | |
| Posted: November 22, 2007 by Captain Charlie Conner - Port St. Lucie, FL
http://www.fishtalescharter.com | | November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
Inshore:
Fantastic weekend weather found many anglers hitting the water to enjoy both the sun and fishing. Monday bought some rainy and windier days to the Treasure Coast. It's still great to live and fish in Florida! Looks like some nice weather for the holiday weekend ahead of us. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We found ourselves in some great weather this week. Sunday I had Vincent Serio and David Brasher on the boat for the... | |
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