Here in Cape Coral anglers are faced with really tough choices when planning a trip this weekend. Maybe start with a 100-pound summer tarpon? Since tarpon are just about everywhere, from the deep holes in Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, along the coast to miles offshore with Boca Grande ...
For many anglers tarpon season is winding down but the fish haven’t been notified. You’ll sometimes see them in your kayak just off the beach or miles offshore, but there’s still a large group working Boca Grande and crabs are still good bait if you can get them. Speaking of crabs, I’d ...
Sports and recreation have been core programs since Boys & Girls Clubs were founded in 1906 in Massachusetts. Nationwide, Boys & Girls Clubs have long offered a safe, supervised after-school outlet for youth sports long before AAU, travel ball and “elite” youth teams became ...
With the high cost of everything these days, be prepared for a bad case of super sticker shock when shopping for your new or well used dreamboat. Thinking about finally selling old S.S. MoneyPit? With season coming and if old faithful is in decent shape, it’s probably worth more than you ...
With this heat, slow your lure presentations, seek shade and depth during the day, and fish at night when the big fish come out to play. Be sure to give the fish a break and don’t play them till exhaustion, especially big fish like tarpon. The heat plus the fight can kill any fish, so don’t ...
Even the fish are complaining about the heat! If your inshore trout, redfish and linesider game is not paying off, move your hunt closer to the more oxygenated and cooler Gulf waters. Try fishing the ICW areas and the back sides of the barrier islands as well as out front where most of the ...
It’s a good time to take advantage of the still relatively calm weather to round up some offshore table goodies. Scattered storms predicted for the weekend mixed with Saharan dust clouds means get out and back to port before the afternoon fireworks show begins. Seems that most all the ...
Florida’s FWC is proud to announce that three of the state’s big bass factories -- Lake O, Stick Marsh and Orange Lake -- received national recognition as part of the Top Ten Bassmaster picks for best largemouth bass lakes in the nation. Looking to bag your own trophy-sized Cape ...
“KISS” or “Keep it simple …” is something you’ll hear well known DOA lure inventor Mark Nichols use quite often in his public presentations and videos when describing productive retrieve presentations using his many successful and widely copied soft bait lure designs. Simple: ...
A lifetime of fishing adventures often starts with humble pan fishing -- crappies, bluegills, perch -- then that first largemouth bass or walleye. Soon you’re reading every fishing rag dreaming of moving up to the big leagues even creating your first bucket list of species you want to someday ...
