January will deliver some of the coldest days of the year on the water around Pine Island and Southwest Florida. Just how cold often determines how and where to fish. If you enjoy watching wildlife, it's a great month -- seems like everywhere you look something is happening.Over cool, windy ...
Over the past couple weeks on the waters around Southwest Florida, we had many great boating days followed with not so desirable cool, windy and, at times, rainy weather. The weather forecast looks much improved as we head into the holiday week. Offshore, the better grouper bite continues in ...
It was a great week on the water in Southwest Florida -- the weather was beautiful, and fishing was good. Days of sunshine and little to no wind made for comfortable fishing days offshore in gulf waters. Inshore, there were no reports of red tide and water quality looked much improved over ...
The weather wasn't great and the numbers were down, but Bryan and Diana Stockbridge are satisfied with the results of this year's 16th annual Calusa Blueway Kayak Fishing Tournament."We're already discussing how we can increase participation in next year's tournament," Diana Stockbridge ...
We were greeted with beautiful weather over the past week to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and close out the month. Despite reports of red tide, especially across areas of Charlotte Harbor, fishing was good, and it was a great time to enjoy on the water. This month will give us more great days ...
As we move into the holiday season, it's a great time to spend a relaxing day of fishing with friends or family on the waters of Southwest Florida. The weather is often great with fish hungry as we move into cooler days. It's a great time to enjoy a simple day of fishing -- just grab some bait, ...
After a long stretch of above average warm weather, back-to-back cool fronts dropped down into Southwest Florida. Fishing was good ahead of the fronts and a drop in temperature should boost the bite moving forward.Offshore, with the winds brisk all week, there wasn't much to report from Gulf ...
Cars filled the nearby parking lots and lined Pine Island Road Sunday, Nov. 3, when the Matlacha Hookers hosted their 21st annual Pine Island Fishing Tournament & Derby at the Olde Fish House Marina.The fishing derby is the largest fundraiser for the Hookers and the money raised goes ...
Fishing was good and bad over the past week. If you were in good water, plenty of fish were boated, however, if you hit a stretch of bad water, or area affected by red tide, bait often died in the live well and fishing was no good. Also, often you could go from bad to good by relocating a short ...
A charitable fishing tourney with both a twist and an on-shore component for the whole family is set for next Saturday in Matlacha.The 16th annual Calusa Blueway Kayak Fishing Tournament to be held Nov. 9 and sponsored by Gulf Coast Kayak will benefit Candlelighters of Southwest Florida.The ...
