Pine Island Fishing

ANGLERS MUST ADAPT FOR SUCCESS                          January will bring us some of the coldest days of the year in southwest Florida. Just how cold it gets will determine how and where to fish. This month the primary inshore targets are sea trout, sheepsheads, redfish, & pompano.             When its cold looked to protected…

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           As we roll into October there will be great opportunities for fishing both offshore and inshore. The waters of southwest Florida come alive with bait and you can be sure where there are concentrations of small fry there will be plenty of predators for some rod bending fun.  Our waters hold a large supply of forage or bait…

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 For the past week or so we have fished just about any kind of weather you could throw at us; there were days of strong winds, days with no wind, sunny days, rainy days, and a late season cold front. Through it all the bite varied each day around Pine Island in southwest Florida. Redfish are running on average…

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As the waters continue to warm around Pine Island, huge bait schools are invading the inshore waters and flats. A combination of warm water and oily baitfish, plus spring tides can really get the bite going. April holds some of the best trout fishing of the year in southwest Florida with fish over 20 inches plentiful and larger “gators”…

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Winter closed out with a whimper as we found near picture perfect weather leading up to the arrival of spring in southwest Florida. With blue skies and shirt sleeve temperature fishing continues to get better each day. Spring sea trout fishing is in full swing with plenty of fish around the 20 inch mark and the best time of…

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It may be February in southwest Florida but Spring is in the air. And in the water, with each passing warm week, set back by a cool day here and there, you can already feel the transition of the seasons on the water Trout fishing is really good, seems every grass flat is loaded with fish; the future looks…

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So far November has remained a month with mild weather, a few slight cool fronts but nothing more. With no reason for baitfish or predators to head for warmer water good fishing continues around southwest Florida. Its Thanksgiving week and we are still fishing in shorts and t shirts, you can’t beat that! Catch and release snook fishing continues…

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Fishing in southwest Florida around Pine Island we are catching a variety of fish including snook, redfish, trout, mackerel and flounder. We are still primarily fishing with live bait including shiners (pilchards) and pinfish. We carry live shrimp with us each day but there are just too many bait stealing pinfish to think about fishing shrimp as long as…

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The beginning of October greeted southwest Florida with a pleasant change. Our first touch of cooler weather and lower humidity after a long hot summer made for perfect fishing conditions. The winds were a little breezy at times, but overall the fishing is very good. Redfish and snook were very active and feeding throughout the day, both high water…

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After a hot summer things are coming to life on the waters around Pine Island and Southwest Florida. The fall migration has begun with hordes of bait moving south for the upcoming cooler months and plenty of hungry predator’s right on their tails. The inshore waters have really come to life; about everywhere you look there is bait of…

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