Time is running out for those looking to snack on a snook. May 1st is the deadline with the grand reopening in our Southwest Charlotte Harbor designation starting Oct. 1; up north, Sarasota region anglers get an earlier snook start-up on Sept. 1. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m aware that ...
Southwest Florida fishing newbies often ask: “I keep hearing guides and local anglers talk about using ‘whitebait’ for fishing. What do they mean? What is it, and where can I buy it or find it?” Whitebait, or pilchards, are small baitfish used by live bait anglers to catch several ...
Knowing that adult sized tarpon are starting to show up in Boca Grande and Captiva passes, as well as a few sightings around the 20-foot holes in Charlotte Harbor, only added to my already bad case of tarpon fever. After deciding the only remedy was not to sit and wait for the gang to arrive ...
Like dwindling numbers of inshore sheepshead catches, freshwater crappie season has slowed as well. Florida largemouth anglers, especially those looking to cross that first double digit bass off their bucket list, will almost always rely on large, wild caught, golden shiners to get the job ...
There’s something bad happening in the waters and to the fish in the Florida Keys and marine biologists from the FWC and other organizations can’t figure out why. From Key West up to Miami, reports of spinning, eventually dying fish, having been coming in since last November and the reports ...
With reports of fish already rolling in both Boca Grande and Captiva passes, it’s time to get your tarpon gear ready for the main body of migrating fish now making their way up from the Keys past the 10,000 Islands, past Fort Myers beach, eventually intercepted by our local tarpon fleet ...
If heading offshore to collect some delicious dinner guests, make sure you first obtain or renew your State Reef Fish Angler designation by visiting GoOutdoorsFlorida.com. Not only did snook season open on the first of the month but grey triggerfish season did as well. I only eat one good ...
If you’ve been dying for a plate of delicious snook fillets, then March is the month to make it happen. Starting today you’re allowed to harvest one fish per day in the 28-inch to 32-inch slot with the season closing again on April 30. With warm sun and increasing water temperatures, ...
Once you’re out at the 80-foot and beyond mark, red grouper, mangrove and lane snapper, porgies and grunts are already waiting for you and the crew to drop down treats. Closer to the coast GPS numbers will still put you on the best sheepshead fishing of the year but it won’t last too much ...
With winter, most of our inshore fish, snook, reds and trout, tend to run on the small side with some exceptions like an occasional slot-sized redfish. These days, time spent in deeper water areas like creeks, canals, holes or marinas will up your angling success. These deeper spots offer more ...
