April, what a great month to enjoy the waters around southwest Florida. The windy days of March will give way to sunny, mild days (not to hot, not to cold). Many of our winter friends from the north are heading back home for the summer leaving the waterways (not to mention the roadways) less crowded and best of all, it’s a great time to fish. Of all the great fishing months, April is at the top of my list.




Snook season is open through the end of the month, they are on the move and hungry. Before our snook population was decimated by the cold weather in January of 2010, this was the month myself and many snook addicts anticipated more that any time of year. Snook are making a comeback, it’s hard to catch many in the 5 inch legal slot but they are a blast to catch of any size. For all fish to be released it’s important to quickly get them unhooked, back in the water, and safely released. If you keep them in the water even better, use circle hooks to prevent deep damaging hook sets.
There’s not enough room in this column to cover all the different fishing opportunities this month, we only touched on a few, but you get the idea, if it swims through our waters you have a good chance of catching it, or at least seeing it. If there is one month that just don’t have enough days to take advantage of all the great fishing and boating available in our waters, April is it.
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“Catch the Action” with Captain Bill Russell