Off- or near-shore sheepshead fishing has been top-notch while inshore sheepie fishing steadily improves. Check out a bridge, oyster bar, mangrove point or dock near you. Don’t overlook downtown Cape Coral for your annual sheepshead outing. Saves gas and travel time. Use your electronics ...
While casting around shallow mangrove shorelines on these delightfully warm winter afternoons, don’t be surprised to see the biggest snook of your life sitting motionless on the bottom sunning itself just a few feet ahead of the boat. If you’ve never seen a really big snook close up, at ...
Pick your tide and weather window and enjoy the good fishing both in and offshore. Starting last Friday, two of us caught nearly 60 trout, a few rat reds, scads of ladyfish and a few bonus pompano, all on ultra-lite spinning outfits and fly rods. Small jigs heads and paddle tail soft plastics were the ticket along with DOA's small 2-inch glow color plastic shrimp imitator fished at a super slow pace. The trout were actually picking this lure up off the bottom during painfully slow bottom hoping retrieves. This was another of those days where changing grub colors kept the bite going ...
As of mid-week, the FWC website red tide sampling map showed no measurable concentrations of Karenia brevis from Sarasota south past Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound. Unfortunately samples collected at Lighthouse Beach on Sanibel showed medium concentrations. Samples are evaluated on a ...
My Christmas tree branches are already starting to droop under the weight of so many lures. For the person afflicted with the fishing disease, this is a fun way to decorate but obviously not recommended for households with small children or tree climbing house cats. When looking for inshore ...
It’s been 20 years since I’ve seen snow and a white Christmas would be a nice treat. Instead we get another red tide, health concerns and fish kills. As of Dec. 18, the FWC reported high concentrations of Karenia brevis or red tide somewhat stalled along our Southwest Florida coast with ...
