Fishing and Boating

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com are showcasing fishing photos from throughout the region. Anyone can submit a photo for inclusion.

In this business, you’re always waiting for the phone to ring signaling another potential customer. But this call, one evening late this summer, was bizarre to say the least. The caller, after identifying himself, started wi

Well, we didn't have a white Christmas, but the cold front that blew through this past weekend sure felt like snow was a possibility. The chill also seriously changed the inshore fishing as water temperatures also plummeted.

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com are showcasing fishing photos from throughout the region. Anyone can submit a photo for inclusion.

Catching a gag grouper off Southwest Florida is getting more common, charter boat captains say, but they want more time to bring more of the tasty fish to the dinner table.

A consistent easterly wind of 15 to 20 mph has been blowing for the past five days or so, and it has made for some skinny water in the bays for morning anglers.

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com are showcasing fishing photos from throughout the region. Anyone can submit a photo for inclusion.

Windy weather over Thanksgiving made for some rough rides offshore, and some stirred up water inshore. As of Monday we were seeing water temperatures in the low 60s, which really slowed down the early morning snook and redfish bite.

Well, besides turkey on this Thursday, we will be having another light cold front moving into area waters. Winds will be out of the north or northwest until Sunday night, when they are scheduled to turn northeast.

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com are showcasing fishing photos from throughout the region. Anyone can submit a photo for inclusion.

On Tuesday, the winds finally died down somewhat, and that made for easier fishing both inshore and off.

Some great news for all the grouper fishermen -- and ladies, too. Thanks to the major effort made by Tom Marvel, the Gulf Council has made a significant change that will benefit anglers.

“Unfortunately, my wife and daughter don’t fish … can’t you put together a trip with some other people for me?” That’s the way the phone call began. A fellow, here on holiday, had an angling “itch” and was trying to ...

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com are showcasing fishing photos from throughout the region. Anyone can submit a photo for inclusion.

In case you hadn't noticed the wind has been blowing rather hard for the last week. Most of that time it has been coming out of a northerly direction, which means that in addition to having some really stirred up ...