Southwest Florida anglers continue to have some of the best weather for productive fishing on most all fishing fronts as I prepare this report.

Our first cold front of the season has arrived, shutting the fishing and catching down for Southwest Florida anglers on most all of our fishing fronts as I prepare this article. With a little bit of luck, you may just ...

October has arrived, and it continues to offer Southwest Florida anglers some productive fishing on most all of our fishing fronts, with a nice list of species that include redfish, snook, tarpon, trout, jack, bluerunner, ladyfish and shark in the ...

Southwest Florida anglers continue to find some good action on most all of our fishing fronts during September. Reports of some nice-size snook and redfish caught and released have been forthcoming.

September has been and should continue to be a productive month on most all fishing fronts, weather permitting.

September is just around the corner as I prepare this article, and it can be a very productive month for Southwest Florida anglers, weather permitting. Our inland, flats and outer shoreline waters could continue to have a higher percentage of ...

Southwest Florida anglers are small in their numbers this time of year. August continues to be a real barn-burner, weather-wise, but anglers do continue to find some productive action on most all of our fishing fronts.

An old saying just came to mind as I began to write this article. “The fishing is always good, it’s just the catching that varies.” I think it is a perfect fit for August as it can be a tough ...

Not much has changed or should change for the fishing and catching in our Southwest Florida waters, now that our summer tropical rain storms have arrived dumping lots of fresh water through the inland and the outer shoreline.

July has arrived, and it is a good bet not much will change for Southwest Florida anglers when it comes to the very warm weather and warm water temperatures. Factors anglers might have to consider in order to be more ...

Not much has changed for Southwest Florida anglers. Many anglers fishing the inland, outer shoreline, flats, and passes will get out there early, hit several of their special spots to beat the heat, and avoid the tropical afternoon rain storms ...

June has arrived and should offer Southwest Florida anglers some of the finest fishing.

Fishing reports from Southwest Florida anglers continue to be few in numbers as I prepare this article. That does not mean that things are slower then they should be on our fishing scene.

Fishing reports are slower forthcoming then I expected during the last days of April on some fishing fronts.

Things are looking very good for the rest of April for southwest Florida anglers on most all fishing fronts as I prepare this article.

April is just around the corner and should be the turning point for some productive fishing and catching on most all fishing fronts.

The first two weeks of march turned out to be as predicted in my last article, windy and cold and a slow bite. With any luck at all there could be some light at the end of the tunnel as ...

March is right around the corner, and while it can be a windy month, it should mark the turning point for an increase in the water temperature, which in turn will drive added numbers of Spanish mackerel and kingfish north ...

Please note in my Jan. 30 article had the opening of snook season wrong. Snook season opens March 1 not Feb. 1. No excuses, I just screwed up and read the rules wrong, sorry about that.

Weather permitting things are looking good on most all fishing fronts for February as I prepare this article. We mark the opening of snook season March 1. The catch and release night fishing for snook has been on a slow ...

The mild short lived cold fronts followed with warmer weather continues to be the order of the day for Southwest Florida anglers as I prepare this article.

Southwest Florida near and offshore anglers had great fishing in December as the weather was perfect.

Not much has changed for Southwest Florida anglers fishing the near and offshore waters as I prepare this article.

Southwest Florida anglers continue to find productive fishing and catching on most all fishing fronts. Redfish have been found in the inland waters, outer shore, passes and on the fish havens. Usually the larger reds will be found from the ...

The last days of September brought some productive fishing reports for reddish at the passes, inland and outer shoreline waters. The good news is it continued into October.

Some of you may have noticed a decline in the number of fishing reports on most all fishing fronts. Not to worry as fishing reports are always fewer in numbers during September.

As I write this article a major hurricane is approaching Cuba and if all goes well for us it will move into the Gulf of Mexico and go north just clipping us.

Southwest Florida anglers continued to find some productive fishing on most all fishing fronts up to the time Fay paid us a visit. It is a good bet, weather permitting, our fishing and catching will have improved by the time ...

Southwest Florida anglers continue to find productive fishing on most all fishing fronts. Our offshore waters, from 60-feet out, have and will continue to offer some nice size grouper intermingled with several species of snapper that include mangrove, lane and ...

August has arrived and weather permitting Southwest Florida anglers should be able to find some decent fishing on most all fishing fronts. Our inland waters will more than likely have the biggest challenge for success due to the high content ...

Southwest Florida anglers continue to find some fish on all fishing fronts. The number of offshore fishing trips will see a decline in their numbers now that summer has really set in.

July has arrived and with it continued productive fishing and catching on most all our fishing fronts.

June seems to be treating Southwest Florida anglers about as nice as it could with some productive fishing and catching on most all fishing fronts.

Our tropical rainy season has arrived and will stay with us through the summer. It should trigger extra action in our inland, passes and outer shoreline waters.

Brisk winds continued to challenge Southwest Florida anglers this month. Many of them accepted the challenge and defeated the odds with some nice catches by keeping an eye on the weather patterns and taking their shot at the better weather ...

May is here and as we predicted, the larger adult tarpon are arriving along with an increase in the activity of larger snook. Both species have been caught and released in some of the local waterways, outer shoreline, nearshore wrecks ...

Southwest Florida near and offshore anglers continued to be challenged to get a comfortable fishing trip in during the last three weeks of April. The weather forecast as I write this article is looking brighter.

Last week’s article featured some of the runts of the fishing lures and spoon industry. It spawned some nice comments. Most of them talked about using the baits up north and one fellow made the comment he also used the ...

Southwest Florida offshore anglers have continued to battle brisk winds during the first days of April. At least the weather is warmer and better days are ahead.

Southwest Florida anglers should be in a much better mood now that April has arrived. Warmer weather means warmer water that should improve the fishing and catching on most all fishing fronts.

I featured an old Montague two piece split bamboo tarpon fishing rod rigged with a #112 Ocean City reel in last week’s article but the picture did not make it into the article.

I was sure I had the fishing forecast for the last days of March in the bag while preparing last week’s article. Now, here I am writing this forecast with my face a lot redder than it usually is because ...

Last week’s article about the bait canteen made in Oberline, Ohio spawned some comments. Most of these readers had not used the canteen but said it did kindle some memories of not just keeping the bait healthy but having the ...

I have picked a Creek Chub Injured Minnow for the first old lure of the week. I know it has been copied by other lure makers and thought I would have a hard time making sure it was a Creek ...

“Oh look, Harriett, there’s a dolphin!” Even the most hardened of anglers, with thousands of hours logged in the piscatorial quest, will succumb to the inevitable once they spot even one graceful dolphin cavorting in the river and beyond. It’s ...

April is just around the corner and Southwest Florida anglers will be ready, willing and able to take advantage of warmer weather and water with softer winds. The last days of March did cut anglers some slack allowing them to ...

Collectors and anglers can get confused and stalled in their quest to find a lure or another collector and the answer is right in front of them. An e-mail from Vinny, a Lee County angler asking me if I knew ...

Weather permitting the rest of March should continue to get better on most all fishing fronts. The water temperature should get warmer and could kick some kingfish heading north from the Keys into our waters. Fishing deeper water south of ...

Southwest Florida nearshore anglers continued to fish with some success between the cold fronts finding Spanish mackerel intermingled with species including trout, bonito, jack and ladyfish. It is a good bet this weekend could be the beginning of better times ...

As you already know, there are many old sayings out there; some are historical. “Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes,” “I don’t know if he is rowing with both oars,” “He’s not playing with a full ...