With reports of fish already rolling in both Boca Grande and Captiva passes, it’s time to get your tarpon gear ready for the main body of migrating fish now making their way up from the Keys past the 10,000 Islands, past Fort Myers beach, eventually intercepted by our local tarpon fleet ...
If heading offshore to collect some delicious dinner guests, make sure you first obtain or renew your State Reef Fish Angler designation by visiting GoOutdoorsFlorida.com. Not only did snook season open on the first of the month but grey triggerfish season did as well. I only eat one good ...
If you’ve been dying for a plate of delicious snook fillets, then March is the month to make it happen. Starting today you’re allowed to harvest one fish per day in the 28-inch to 32-inch slot with the season closing again on April 30. With warm sun and increasing water temperatures, ...
Once you’re out at the 80-foot and beyond mark, red grouper, mangrove and lane snapper, porgies and grunts are already waiting for you and the crew to drop down treats. Closer to the coast GPS numbers will still put you on the best sheepshead fishing of the year but it won’t last too much ...
With winter, most of our inshore fish, snook, reds and trout, tend to run on the small side with some exceptions like an occasional slot-sized redfish. These days, time spent in deeper water areas like creeks, canals, holes or marinas will up your angling success. These deeper spots offer more ...
New to flats fishing? Why am I getting bites and losing soft plastic paddle and grub tails but still aren’t catching the fish that’s obviously biting? Welcome to puffer world. These sharp-toothed soft plastic bait killers are out in force these days following and chewing on lures. Other ...
It’s been a long wait but FRW February is finally here and across Florida, ramp watchers are definitely excited! Florida Ramp Watch members are busy gathering score cards, pick-nick supplies, new comfy lawn chairs, cameras, coolers and cleaning off the grill. With Florida roads, boat ramps ...
Recently Cape motorists, many driving way too fast, splashing and drowning their engines, were shocked to learn that their cars weren’t very seaworthy, and had to bail out. Will car insurance rates go down now if you carry a car life vest? This same quick 8-inch deluge also muddied up the ...
With winter sheepies typically hanging around rocks, docks, pilings, bridges and oyster bars, casting anglers are often surprised to encounter big sheepshead patrolling the mangrove edges and hitting lures designed for redfish and snook. Sheepshead are always associated with some type of ...
With unsettled weather predicted for the weekend, try to hit the water hard this afternoon as the tide starts to move in at 3 p.m. With a morning high at 11 and the low at 3 p.m. today, there’s almost no water movement predicted on the Saltwater Tides.com tide chart. That dead tide prediction ...
