Here it is near the end of January and I'm trying to entice a sizable snook into striking. I can see her and she can see me in the clear water.Sweat drips down my back and into my eyes, along with no-see-ums now in my eyes, ears, nose, throat, and shorts.I turned to comment while checking my ...
Inshore night fishing is not for everyone, but often that's when the wise old giants come out to play.Look at the huge eyes of tarpon, snook, even ladyfish. All perfectly designed for night feeding.Trophy fish play the game on their terms hiding and ambushing large prey under the cover of ...
The shrimp entered the water just under the tips of the mangroves and suddenly the line went tight followed by a large boil.The drag screamed, the rod bent deeply and an over slot redfish went back and under the trees, back out, then screamed down the shoreline. What a great inshore battle! ...
As usual, my Christmas tree is bobbing and weaving under the weight of a couple dozen MirrOlures, lights, Zara Spooks, tinsel, colored balls and even a handful of huge Muskie lures. I've found using Power Pro green braid instead of mono is a much better choice for helping support an overweight tree to anchor points on the wall or moldings (that I have to patch and paint after the holidays) as the small diameter and dark green color doesn't show up as badly under the lights as mono does.What's on your Christmas wish list? A second Power Pole for your boat? New side scan satellite ...
With temps forecasted to be in the mid 80s through next week talk of cold water period fishing and techniques seems a bit premature. But, it's December and nothing lasts forever.Soon locals will be clad in long pants, sleeves, coats and socks while visitors will stay in shorts and remain a little sticky.When the great cool down descends upon us, for inshore casters as well as the fish, it's a period of transition.Raised on run-and-gun style freshwater bass fishing, most novice inshore anglers have little trouble transitioning from largemouth to pitching and casting lures for snook or ...
As a fitting end to the inshore, schooling up phase of the redfish season, earlier this week I took an 183 redfish on a gold spoon in Matlacha Pass! That's 18 spots on the port side and just 3 on starboard, not pounds.Most sub-adult reds that came inshore for schooling, food, and fun on our ...
