For a lot of anglers, tarpon fishing is the ultimate inshore big game thrill, easily accessible and a reason that many of us live in the area. From backyard Cape canals to famous Boca Grande Pass, to coastal migrations and resident golden hued river fish, we definitely have a tarpon for ...
Have time for a quick summer vacation? How about a close to home truly world class fishing destination featuring off-season rates? Like, hunting tarpon, bonefish and permit on beautiful flats along with sharks and speedy barracudas. Local bridges and channels, teeming with a huge variety of ...
Welcome to Southwest Florida, the summertime lighting capitol of the U.S.A. NOAA estimates that the average lightning strike contains around 30 million volts! If becoming stranded by mechanical issues or ignoring common sense to decide to stay a little longer to try and catch “just one ...
I’m hardly a fan of our daytime summer steam bath but knowing that the hot weather period brings the hottest multi-species fishing of the year, I always find a way to cope. For me nighttime is the right time to fish for all my favorite hot weather Southwest Florida species. Inshore or ...
A couple of times this past week I thought, “If I get any hotter, I’m going to catch fire!” Then the always, “I’m getting way too old for this!” and, of course, the ever popular, “Is it getting hotter each summer, or just me getting older?” Wow! The Southwest Florida heat ...
Many blame summer rain and nutrient rich freshwater coming from the Cape’s canal system for the recent fish kill in Matlacha with dead and decomposing algae causing unsustainable low oxygen levels. Other sources of fresh, often contaminated water entering into Charlotte Harbor also has a ...
