It is the middle of May and it’s a hot Southwest Florida multi-species bite with tarpon, snook and sharks of all sizes the current stars of the show. Add in some assorted sized redfish and trout, snapper, cobia, grouper and Spanish macs and, well, it’s downright overwhelming. There’s ...
After the recent full moon, Boca Grande’s tarpon should really turn on looking to eat your crabs, shrimp, pinfish and squirrel-fish. I suggest getting out hours before sunrise for best results. Don’t forget there’s an army of overstuffed nasty attitude bulls and submarine-sized ...
May magic time and the gangs almost all here! Tarpon are moving north along the coast, into Pine Island Sound and the passes with Boca Grande Pass quickly adding fish, truly becoming “tarpon central.” The early bird puts Boca’s fish in the air so be on station and fishing hours before ...
Wish you had more horsepower? Takes forever to get on plane while wasting lots of fuel getting there? Can’t get shallow? Top end a little sluggish? If you could only knock a couple hundred pounds off the boat (without banning or hurting the feelings of your 41-year-old cousin who lives on ...
“TFF” or “tarpon fishing fever” has quickly spread throughout Lee County and has hit Cape residents pretty hard. Restless, can’t sleep at night or focus during the day other than to think about seeing giant, chrome, big-as-you-are fish take to the air while attached to your line? ...
With a Saturday 5:15 a.m. negative low tide at Pineland topping out around 1 p.m., looking for tailing redfish on the flats early in the morning before rising waters allow them access to shady mangrove hideaways could be a solid inshore game plan to start the weekend. This is also the best ...
