Wind and slow moving water, plus a few days with cooler weather made for tough fishing for a good part of the past week. Following a full moon, we get several days of long, weak tides, add a few days with gusty northeast winds and you can expect less than desirable fishing conditions. With ...
An evening of friendly competition pickleball with friends last summer sent me to the hospital and led to months of rehabilitation, giving me a new appreciation for my mobility. The injury came when I tripped, dislocating my ankle and breaking it in three different places. The doctor called ...
The first week of April brought warm days that resulted in good fishing. Seas were calm a few days then winds picked up hampering offshore fishing. Despite the stiff breeze the inshore bite remained steady. Anglers are hooking the largest trout of the year throughout the inshore waters. ...
You’ve finally got your dream boat in the water and a friend has let you in on a few hot Gulf of America GPS numbers and now you’re ready to get in on some choice grouper fishing this coming weekend, but have no idea how to rig up your hook and leader to make it happen. Local grouper ...
Fortunately, with a mild winter season there’s been lots of little or “practice snook” biting in the back country, upriver and on both sides of Charlotte Harbor to keep folks interested. With warming weather that will soon change as the big girls are coming out from their wintering-over ...
Typical of March, windy conditions prevailed much of the week — with some days strong and a few light wind days mixed in allowing anglers to run west into Gulf waters. Once again last week was a good week for catching sheepshead across inshore waters. Fish up to 7 pounds were caught from ...
