Do you have too many lures? Can you have too many? I became lure and fly obsessed at an early age. Does your boat look like a mini-Bass Pro Shop when you go snook fishing? The Christmas tree has now become dangerous to kids, tipsy relatives and pets because of the 100 lures hanging from it? You ...
Hope no one was caught in an open boat while fishing Wednesday morning, but I did spot a handful of diehards standing along Burnt Store Road fishing the weirs in the torrential downpour looking for a big snook drawn to the food items dropping over the little dams. Actually you never know what ...
“I am proud to announce that this snapper season will be the longest season since our state took over red snapper management in the Gulf,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis recently. “Florida is proud to be the Fishing and Boating Capital of the World.” While a great number of local and visiting ...
It’s May in Florida and tarpon season is on at Boca Grande Pass! Time to catch a plane! After getting over the shock of walking into a very moist hot oven as you leave the cool comfort of the Fort Myers airport, you finally find your room for a night, actually a few hours of nervous sleep, ...
Cape anglers are blessed with year-round sport and food fishing for a huge variety of species. Remember those long winter months sitting by the window in your snow white tan watching wet snow cover your boat while videos or magazine articles about sunny Florida’s Lake Okeechobee big bass or ...
Time is running out for those looking to snack on a snook. May 1st is the deadline with the grand reopening in our Southwest Charlotte Harbor designation starting Oct. 1; up north, Sarasota region anglers get an earlier snook start-up on Sept. 1. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m aware that ...
Southwest Florida fishing newbies often ask: “I keep hearing guides and local anglers talk about using ‘whitebait’ for fishing. What do they mean? What is it, and where can I buy it or find it?” Whitebait, or pilchards, are small baitfish used by live bait anglers to catch several ...
Knowing that adult sized tarpon are starting to show up in Boca Grande and Captiva passes, as well as a few sightings around the 20-foot holes in Charlotte Harbor, only added to my already bad case of tarpon fever. After deciding the only remedy was not to sit and wait for the gang to arrive ...
Like dwindling numbers of inshore sheepshead catches, freshwater crappie season has slowed as well. Florida largemouth anglers, especially those looking to cross that first double digit bass off their bucket list, will almost always rely on large, wild caught, golden shiners to get the job ...
There’s something bad happening in the waters and to the fish in the Florida Keys and marine biologists from the FWC and other organizations can’t figure out why. From Key West up to Miami, reports of spinning, eventually dying fish, having been coming in since last November and the reports ...
