Spring time fishing is heating up! Inshore, Nearshore and everywhere in-between. Our waters on the flats are clear and that makes for some prime bow fishing grounds. I had two sets of families recently spend the day chasing after sting rays, sheepshead, mullet and more! Even if you are a skilled archer, bow fishing is a whole new ballgame! Speaking of those sting rays, they do not go to waste. Lets just say they go back into the food chain where they belong. Tina fro

How do you know when its winter in Florida? Cue the WIND! Yup thats right, another windy winter for our anglers. Although, its better than snow right? Being a Cleveland Ohio native I know that all too well. All this wind, well it really creates some casting champions. If you can land your white bait under those mangroves in a 15 knot wind you are a great fisherman. We do get the occasional lower wind days throughout our winter months. Those days we try to get our gues

This month we had the opportunity to fish with some great families! Mostly inshore fishing, exploring the flats in Boca Grande and Lemon Bay. The Benisch Family from Colorado, had an exciting day on the water. Starting with some inshore and fly fishing, they had a great bite this week. Hooking into snook, snapper, sennet and even a gag grouper out of the mangroves! All of those species fly made for an exciting day. He was throwing a patterned fly that matches local bai

With this windy weather anglers have been having a great time with some inshore action. Snook are prevalent across the flats. Anglers hooking more than a dozen during a recent trip. Ashley and Peter from FishDFUNK had a blast learning about and catching our local inshore species. Redfish and trout are hanging round too, they have been hiding WAY up under the bushes. Time to work on your casting skills or end up in the trees! #Inshore #Snook #redfish

Spring break is in full swing, and I've had plenty of families on the water spending time together. Most importantly hooking up to some fish. The weather ( wind and waves ) have kept me inshore most of the week. Both the fish and our guests don't seem to mind it! Everyone is hooking up to snook this week. Live bait and cut bait (pinfish, ladyfish, mullet) seem to be attracting the most snook and trout. Plenty of juvenile and in slot fish swimming around looking for a

My regular guest Ted spent the morning inshore fishing in Boca Grande & Gasparilla Sound. Bait is starting to become plentiful on our grass flats, getting our backwater species fired up. Sheepshead still hanging out around structure, (docks, pilings and rocky bottom) eating weighted baits as they float by. During today’s trip, Ted caught a bunch of redfish, tagging a few for Gray Fishtag Research. Today’s Tackle : Ted was using a Penn Battle II & 20lb Bullbuster fishing li

The bite on the Gulf coast has been great this spring. The snook are loving our mild winter and warm water temperatures. Guests on charters are enjoying the bite. Dustin, from South Dakota caught his very first while fishing earlier this week. His largest being in slot at 29 inches! He decided to tag his catch instead of bringing it home for dinner. Its snook season for the gulf coast. Our Spring harvest runs from March first and closes on May 1st. Slot size is between

This week my clients fished inshore. Boca Grande, Charlotte harbor and Gasparialla sound. Mild temperatures making it a great week to be out on the water. Guests caught a variety of species on cut bait including snook. These fish are a fun catch and release on light tackle, guests catch them using penn battle II 2500 series reels. Guest Steve, also did some bow fishing this week. Cruising the flats searching for shootable species. Most common during winter months are sti

Clients have spent the week hooking into a mix of species nearshore. Fishing in Charlotte Harbor and Gasperalla sound anglers were catching redfish and trout. With this weekend's cool front approaching, it might help the bite dropping the water temps even lower and back into our winter average. Live shrimp and artificial soft plastics had them chasing down the hook. Plenty of nice sized mangrove snapper and sheepshead hanging around docks and structure. #Inshore #redfish

A cool front is blowing in for the weekend, overall temps are above average for this time of year. We've had a very warm holiday. This week fishing inshore charter guests caught a variety of fish. Snook, Trout & Jack Crevelle were keeping anglers hooked up all week long. Artificial baits have been getting the bite, some occasions even over a live white bait. Ive been using a paddle tail with 1/8 weighted jig. Bouncing it off the bottom or near structure, you can also mak

Kevin, Jill and Charlie joined us for two day of inshore fishing around Boca Grande/ Placida. They are interested in eventually buying a vessel of their own. Big fans of the Florida Keys they quickly fell in love with the island charm. Everyone was excited to explore the area. Especially Charlie! We took them exploring the mangrove islands and grass flats. They caught snook, flounder, trout and redfish! Dad also seemed to be a sting ray magnet, hooking up to TWO giants on

I spent the beginning of the week inshore Boca Grande. Along the beaches the "red tide" is still hanging around beach fronts and is slightly washing in and out with passing tides. Choose your location carefully. I was able to find an area just inside of Placida that was showing signs of life. Pinfish swimming in the grass flat, the dreaded needle fish chasing smaller bait on the surface. It was better than what I saw leaving the boat ramp. Returning friend and client

Jimmy and Andrew joined us for a day of inshore fishing for snook. A saltwater species they had yet to catch. After battling a windy morning we found a quiet place to set up, by the afternoon everyone was hooking up on snook. It was great to see their excitement every time a line got picked up. They are featuring their trip on their YouTube Channels over the next few weeks! Check out their pages NoobAngler & RawrFishing. Today we were tagging ALL our snook for Grey Fish

Inshore Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande the bigger fish have been roaming around. Plenty of in slot redfish, snook and trout prowling around our local flats. White bait is first choice, pinfish and live shrimp are tied for a close second. Artificial has been working well in the morning. Popping cork and artificial shrimp for trout. Top water lure for snook and jacks. Larger trout have been attacking small pin-fish on a float. Redfish have been picky eaters but not pa

Inshore fishing just before this cold front hit with some great clients. The trout bite has been great, an easy limit for a fresh dinner. Trout are hanging out in our grassy flats of Boca Grande. They were biting on a mix of live bait, shrimp and small pinfish on a jighead. Switching it up to some artificial soft plastics and topwater plugs. Van pictured below with one of his trout catches. Redfish have been getting hooked on a similar setup. Live pinfish on a jighead

Windy weather and falling temps are signs that fall is here in SWFL. Big redfish move though the harbor during these months. Captain Andrew has been on them. The bite has been great, only the fishermen seem to be bothered by the wind. Juvinile snook are devouring white bait all over the flats. Artifical tackle, tsunami gold spoons and topwater plugs have been working great on the larger redfish. We are using Bullbuster 30lb braid mainline to get them to the boat. #redfish

All the recent rain has the inshore bite going off. Between cooling the water temperatures and creating strong freshwater runoffs, the fish are charged up. Snook are after white bait, free lined with a circle hook. Pinfish are also a great option. Float or free-line. Rodney & family spent the weekend out with us, catching snook on the flats. These snook are a blast to catch and release. Tyler hooked into a nice Jack, these fish are intense fighters especially at a larger s