With a high falling tide through the morning hours the inshore bite was best from sunup through late morning then fell off with the afternoon low water and heat of the day. Redfish and snook were caught on the high falling water under bushes and island points throughout Pine Island Sound ...
Have an insatiable love of running, or looking to start a new fitness journey with a support system? The new South Cape Run Club will host its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Eight-Foot Brewing starting at 6 p.m. Founded by Cape resident Ariana Murillo, the club's first meeting will ...
Get your tackle and boats in order and hope for good weather and calm seas ahead for your upcoming red snapper and gag grouper outing. Sept. 1 marks the first of 14 weekend harvest dates marked for red snapper with the final dates falling on Nov. 28-30. (Must measure 16 inches total ...
The water was so hot this past Wednesday afternoon that we had to put on a new soft plastic grub every third or fourth cast as they kept melting off the jighead! Well, not really and anyway in this heat, I’m strictly on the night shift which makes it almost tolerable. If you must fish ...
With so many different species available to the Southwest Florida angler this time of year achieving a Southwest Florida inshore or offshore “slam” is always a real possibility. Most know that a fishing slam is an angler catching a number of different species or catching various members of just one family of fishes during one day's fishing. I always thought of slams as a way of challenging one’s fishing skills or achieving a personal goal, but there are also tournament slam competitions for fun and cash prizes as well as recognition in the record books. I had no idea that the ...
There are several places to find your post-spawn tarpon this month as they are quite scattered and hungry. The passes, Captiva, Boca Grande and Gasparilla, still host fish. Fishing these passes before dawn will pay off as it shuts down early as the sun starts to shine. The deep holes in ...
