Many anglers have been on the search for Snook and Redfish. Never heard of them? They are a common saltwater species and a popular inshore catch in Florida waters. These fish are a tough fight on light tackle. You can increase your hook ups by appealing to their senses. Snook are an opportunistic feeder, chasing down your pinfish or lure. While redfish (red drum) feed similar to a carp, as they are in the drum family. They enjoy crustaceans ( shrimp and crab ) as well as

The heat of summer is here. Temperatures in Florida soar to over 90 degrees in the afternoon's, July- August. Although water temperatures are on the rise, we know just where the fish like to hang out during our warmer months. Like any species they move and change with the seasons. Some species following their food sources and a few cooling off in deeper holes. Inshore snook are prevalent and a fun catch on live bait. Season is closed but they are an exciting catch and rele

Mike & friends headed out into the gulf in search of a fresh catch. They were on vacation from Ohio and hoping to bring back something for dinner. We left out of Gasparilla pass and started at some snapper bottom. The guys caught a bunch of mangrove, as we drifted further away from the wreck to some patchy bottom the bite really turned on. Lane snapper, grunts and red grouper! One of which was legal size to bring back to the dock. No one will go hungry tonight, nice job

Near shore on our local wrecks out of Boca Grande/ Englewood beach area we've been catching a lot of lane snapper. These snapper have varied in size from your small under sized to large enough to take home for a fresh dinner. Easy enough to catch. They are eating frozen bait on a knocker rig. We started out on the wreck and really got them going with some chum. During this trip we used Chum Drop. We also caught a few grouper and helped FWC gather some data on red group

Joe, Micki & Raygin planned a family trip on the water. We started nearshore fishing some hard bottom for snapper and grouper. The girls pulled up a number of Gag Grouper, they are currently out of season but a fun catch and release. They caught plenty of Lane Snapper to bring home for dinner. Joe hooked up on a few nice barracuda that were hiding under the boat. They are an energitic fish that gives explosive eats on artificial. Next we headed inshore, Joe was up fir

Raygin & Steve have fished with me for years. They have been traveling to Florida yearly for vacation. All those great times, and fun in the sun convinced them to buy a house right here in town. We took them out to celebrate becoming Florida residents and to explore the gulf of Mexico! Our local weather has been iffy. Day to day you never know what the gulf is going to look like. When we saw 2 feet or less on the NOAA forecast we set out towards the west. We couldn't

Christams eve on the water with Don, Patricia and Heather. We had an action packed day in the Gulf of Mexico. Don caught the first fish of the day, a blue runner. He was pretty surprised when I immediately put a 20/0 circle hook though it and sent it to the bottom. I told him we were going to upgrade him. Time passed and we hooked up to a few more nice catches. Big Mangrove Snapper, great to take home for dinner. Sharks started to come in when the jacks showed up. The