The roar is back on Fort Myers Beach as the ROAR Offshore powerboat races return this weekend with world class boat racing for the first time after a five-year layoff due to Hurricane Ian. The race this Sunday afternoon will feature the event’s defending champion, world champion powerboat ...
You can still score a bright silver tarpon before they leave. Snook are starting to think about moving back from the beach while eating and storing fat and energy for the upcoming winter. Seatrout are still steaming in the hot water waiting for a cool down. Offshore and nearshore, mackerel, ...
Now is the time for some of the best fishing of the year and is often overlooked in Southwest Florida. With school back in session, summer vacations over and our northern friends out of state, this may be the time you will find the least number of anglers and boat traffic on the water. ...
Another week of hot summer weather yielded good fishing for some anglers and a struggle for others. The seatrout bite has been off the past week or so around many areas of the Sound and Matlacha Pass. With an outgoing tide for much of the day, the better bite was early morning at the top of ...
As we are in the heat of summer, the better fishing reports came during the first half of the day, then slowed after noon. Offshore, the bite could turn on anytime, yet inshore after the water heated up mid-day, it was often a slow bite. Limits of mangrove snapper were reported inshore, ...
Fort Myers Beach is ready to make waves once again. This Sept. 11-13, ROAR Offshore brings the 2026 Fort Myers Beach Offshore Powerboat Race back to the island for a three-day celebration of speed, community and American resilience. More than a race weekend, the event celebrates the rebirth of ...
