Tag: fishing

SW Florida Fishing: Big snook and it’s tarpon time…

BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR Here in Boca Grande fishing for tarpon takes center stage in April. For the next few months, the big silver monsters roll into town like they own it. What’s fun about it is...

Special time: Drone spoons, windy days and changing conditions

Spring fishing is peaking and our weather will continue to heat up. This is the short window to enjoy our transitional fishing. It was a colder winter and the fish are hungry. Summer’s heat will...

SW Florida Fishing: Fish and … birds?

BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR Over the last few weeks, loads and loads of people have come to paradise hoping for warmer weather and excited to go fishing. My job is simple, fulfilling everyone’s dreams...

SW Florida Fishing: The BIG fish are biting …

Besides this regular size flounder caught by Swifty Morris, next has Jeff Koziol with a big bronze redfish and William Alexander with a big one too. Second row has John Wallace caught and...

Van Hubbard: Mackerel, both Spanish and king, best in icy coolers

March leads us into our spring season. We did enjoy some spring-like weather last month, but each one should be weaker now. Spring has officially arrived, and I’m excited about all the fishing...

SW Florida Fishing: Snook fishing heats up …

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Another great week of spring break fishing out on the flats! A slower start to the week with water temperatures climbing back up from the cold spell last weekend...

Van Hubbard: It’s springtime, back country lighting up bright as the sun

We endured a cold winter this year, but it’s warming up very fast. The white pelicans have headed north; water temps are already into the 70s inside. The Gulf is right at 70 degrees. The southeast...

SW Florida Fishing: Redfish season is here …

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE Another great week of back bay fishing to kick off march! Spring weather is upon us and the fish know it. Lots of redfish have poured into Bull and Turtle Bays and...

Perfect fishing weather …

BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE In between fronts this week, the fishing was great. As water temperatures began to rebound from the low 50s to the 70s, the fish were active and looking to feed. ...

SW Florida Fishing: Was once everyone’s, now for the few.

BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR It’s a sad day here in Boca Grande for fisherman like me who have enjoyed wading the shoreline looking for snook, reds, trout, pompano, sheepshead, cobia,...