August in southwest Florida means hot sticky days, plenty of rain, and often thunderstorms. If you don’t mind working around the weather the fishing is often pretty good and competition from other boats is scarce. Redfish should become more consistent as summer progresses; most are legal size averaging twenty to twenty five inches with a…
School is out and summer is here with plenty of long, hot days ahead. That’s OK; there are plenty of fish to catch and very few anglers competing as the summer months begin. Look for the best fishing early and late in the day when temperatures are coolest, try to coordinate the better tides with…
April was a great month fishing around Pine Island, Sanibel, and southwest Florida, and May could be even better. This is the month to target the big boys as tarpon season kicks off in full swing and gets much of the attention. Catching a Grand Slam (tarpon, snook, redfish, sea trout) is possible, not an easy…
If I had to choose one month of the year to fish Pine Island and southwest Florida it would be hard to pass on the month of April. As we transition into spring the water comes alive as large schools of baitfish move up the coast and hungry predators of all shapes and sizes are right on their…
Finally, after a month (February) that brought us cold, wind, and just poor weather, March is the month that kicks off our spring fishing season. Spring fishing is looked upon as some of the best of the year with a wide variety of species willing to bend a rod. After a pretty cool month of February warmer days of…
Sometime this month the transition to spring well begin on the waters of southwest Florida. It all depends on the weather, if warm it should begin before the middle of the month, but if we have a cold front or two of any magnitude it could push the transition back a few weeks. Inshore, look for sea trout fishing…
January will bring us some of the coldest days of the year on the water in southwest Florida. Just how cold determines how and where to fish. This month the primary inshore targets are sea trout, sheepsheads, redfish, & pompano. If you enjoy watching wildlife it’s a great time, seems like everywhere you look something is happening. …
As the inshore water gets cooler this month small baitfish vacate our waters and shrimp become the primary diet for most fish. With the exception of mullet, there are not any fish I can think of in our coastal waters that won’t eat a shrimp; in fact shrimp is the mainstay for most inshore species diet, especially through the…
November, a month we combine summer and winter fishing together. As cool fronts begin to arrive our water are cooling down, fish are transitioning from summer to winter patterns. Sea Trout is the state’s most popular game fish and southwest Florida is no exception; our waters boast some of the best trout fishing in the state. Few would disagree…
October is a refreshing month for anglers in southwest Florida. After a long hot summer we finally get relief with cooler days and lower humidity. That combination can get your blood pumping and energy up for some good fishing. And good fishing we come to expect this month. Fish also are appreciating the seasonal change and are active, hungry,…
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