Fishing Reports/Blog

This is one of my favorite months. We are putting summer behind but are still a month or so away ...

Even though it may still feel like summer, the harbor and surrounding bays are beginning to transition. For the most ...

As we enter the peak of summer heat and humidity it might seem like our options are limited. However, there ...

As we approach the height of summer, the combination of midday heat and afternoon thunderstorms put an emphasis on getting ...

Typically, We'd spend most of this month on the beach like last month. This year, we're going to keep working ...

After what we’ve been through the last two months, hopefully we can all feel comfortable getting back out because without ...

For the next two months, the combination of water temperature, bait migration, and tide schedules are promising. Now, we’re in ...

At this point, options around our bays and sounds are beginning to open up. With water temperatures climbing out of ...

Even though it’s most likely we’ll see a couple cold fronts in March, we’re moving into what should be winter’s ...

As we enter the height or what could be considered this winter’s midlife, the conditions or elements we face won’t ...

At this point, the beginning of winter, I find myself looking for windows of opportunity. By that, I mean waiting ...

Things are about to change and this month marks that beginning. We’re about to enter what could be considered a ...

Year in and year out, this is one of the better months to be on the water. Being fall, numerous ...

About this time of year, it’s not unusual to find yourself fishing some typical summer patterns while also looking at ...

Most likely, we'll continue hunting tarpon this month. It's hot and subsequently it'll limit the time we have on the ...

Right now, we'll fish early and be looking for rolling tarpon. We'll load out of Punta Gorda and spend our ...

Towards the end of last month, first thing in the morning, it was noticeably breezy and cooler. This began the ...

At this point, with the combination of weather changes and the holiday season, I’d have my gear ready and waiting ...

Well, now that it's cooled off, the reality of working with the wind has set in. That, and the extreme ...

Located in southwest Florida on Charlotte Harbor ,the states second largest open water estuary, Punta Gorda provides direct access to ...

As we approach the winter solstice and after just working the new moon tides this week, several observations come to ...

This is definitely the time of year cold fronts consistently work their way into southwest Florida affecting Charlotte Harbor as ...

Harbor Size: 701 square miles; 448,640 acres. 365 miles of canals; 190 miles of saltwater and 175 miles of freshwater ...

So, you have finally made the decision to get that push pole. Well, you are not alone. On a weekly ...

Due to the fact that I enjoy hunting down fish and exploring skinny water as deep in the backcountry as ...

We’ve sure been having some low tides this past month. It can be intimidating what many refer to as puddle ...

For the first time saltwater fly fisher or for even a total beginner there may be no better target than ...

Did you ever notice how you seem to find certain fish when you are not really looking for them? For ...

Last week, while spending a few days fishing for redfish in a smaller bay within Tampa bay it became quite ...

We have all been there, you're sitting on some fish along a mangrove shoreline or some close by potholes or ...

It’s midwinter and working on the water has a way of making you curse the wind. In a best case ...

A week or so ago at our annual club casting clinic, I believe it was Rod who brought up the ...

It is pretty much common knowledge that there isn’t a lot of water out there right now. In the past, ...

At first glance, Charlotte Harbor and all its bays and sounds seem like an awful lot of territory to learn ...

There is no way that you can venture out into Charlotte Harbor or any of its surrounding bays, sounds, or ...

Well, it sure has cooled off and it looks like it's going to continue well into next week. In addition, ...

To this day, I still have vivid childhood memories of the crystal clear water between the mangroves in Key Largo ...

It was not too long ago while bringing up the idea of looking for fish closer to home that I ...

Like many sports, it’s easy to look at the big picture when it comes to fishing. However, with the exception ...

As you are cruising the bays and sounds of Charlotte Harbor, have you ever wondered why it always seems there ...

We’ve been going through what I’d consider an extended period of cool weather here in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island ...

Because of the quarter moon phase, we just finished a week with minimal tide movement. On the other hand, we ...

We just finished an interesting week in Pine Island Sound where we saw some warmer weather and a good tide ...

Typically, even though we do get some cold snaps in March, this should be our last cool month and our ...

After the cool winds and low tides of last month, I’m looking forward to transitioning into spring. Although, it’ll still ...

For the next two months, the combination of water temperature, bait migration, and tide schedules are promising.  Now, we’re in ...

This has always been one of my favorite months as opportunities really open up.  Moreover, the wind lies down somewhat ...

Essentially, this is an extension of last month and I’ll continue to work the same type pattern.  The inshore bite ...

I like to fish early this time of the year. The cooler morning water temperatures provide the best opportunity to ...

As we approach the height of summer, it might seem that while enduring the heat, humidity, and thunderstorms our options ...

With the heat still ever present, I’ll continue woking early and concentrate on outside shorelines that run adjacent to open ...

In late summer and fall, Black drum and small tarpon continue to hold in the brackish water at the mouth ...

Already grouping up as their spawn progresses, redfish have been keying on local creek mouths taking advantage of the recent ...

With fall rapidly approaching, even though the afternoon temperatures don’t feel much different, it’s been cooling off late at night ...

This is one of my favorite months as southwest Florida transitions out of summer but is still a month or ...

Well it’s not even a real cold front, but at least for a couple of days the weather that just ...

Change is in the air. We’re approaching a winter pattern around the harbor as sporadic northern fronts combine with seasonally ...

The new moon today, November 4th, brought us some of the lowest tides we've seen in quite a while. Moreover, ...

For the most part, this can be a good month to have a good wind App. I like Windfinder as ...

As we enter the height or what could be considered this winter’s midlife, the conditions or elements we face won’t ...

Typically, February is an extension of the previous two months in that the weather is dominated by cool north winds ...

Finally, its transition time around the harbor, we’re heading into spring. The winter pattern of working deep into the back ...

This month could be considered the beginning to some of our best fishing. Springtime is always a great time to ...

Without a doubt, this is one of the best times of year to be on the water.  As always, it’ll ...

For many, this could simply be an extension of May.  If the tarpon are abundant, it’s difficult not to fish ...

After waiting for like what seemed forever for our water temperatures to reach the upper 70’s anticipating tarpon season, it ...

While enduring the current heat and humidity it might seem that our options are limited.  However, there are some unique ...

Generally about this time of year, it’s not unusual to find yourself fishing some typical summer patterns while also looking ...