With Southwest Florida’s waterways experiencing a massive surge in summer boat traffic, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 91 on Fort Myers Beach will hold a “Boat America” Responsible Boating Course Saturday, June 20. The NASBLA-approved program is designed to prevent accidents, ...
Southwest Florida Yachts is offering a “Berth” day gift of one free day for sail or power charters of three days or longer as part of its 42nd anniversary celebration and in honor of America’s 250th birthday. Valid and applicable to all charters of three days or more through Oct. ...
Ready for a Southwest Florida inshore five fish challenge? Start early and head to the surf with a white bucktail to get your snook on board while keeping a sharp lookout for rolling tarpon behind you. If you spot moving tarpon, quietly motor far out ahead of the moving pack and ready your ...
Off- and nearshore Spanish mackerel, grouper, big snapper, permit, sharks, cobia, jumbo snook, even tripletail are all waiting to play from nearshore numbers to out past the 100-foot zone. If you’re new to the offshore game, first know that state waters end out at the 9-mile mark. Once you ...
As Florida prepares for an expanded 2026 recreational red snapper season, the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife is reminding anglers that feeding pelicans and other seabirds fish scraps can unintentionally cause serious injury or death. Wildlife rehabilitators at CROW say they ...
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 ...
