The best fishing right now is right along the beaches from a quarter-mile to five miles out. Last week, schools of tiny glass minnows washed in, and a host of hungry predators followed.
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Water temperatures plummeted earlier this week as two cold fronts rolled through our area Full story »

The Gulf of Mexico water temperature has dropped considerably, and even though this week is a warm one, another cold front is predicted for Saturday, and this will push the temperature down further. What this means to the local fisherman is that the fish will be moving. Full story »

Naples angler Troy Pruitt just missed again in his bid to recapture the ESPN Saltwater Mercury Redbone Celebrity Tournament Series Championship. Full story »

Troy Pruitt will be fishing in Islamorada this weekend, and there’s no place he’d rather be Full story »

The election is over, and it is time to get back and focus on the much more serious subject of fishing Full story »

Last month with partner Mark Sepe of DeLand, Bostick won the Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup Series Academy Team of the Year presented by Crocs trophy Full story »

The first significant cold front of the season moved through this week and shook up the fishing for a day or two. This, of course, is just the first of what will certainly be a long line of fronts that will pass through this season. Full story »

Last week, the season’s first mini-cold front moved through and stirred up the fishing for a few days, and, this week, a stronger front is predicted. This marks the beginning of the fall/winter fishing, which is shaped around these weekly fronts that will become increasingly stronger as winter approaches. Full story »

The fishing was good in all areas this week, including offshore. The waters were stained from the rain, but the fish didn’t seem to mind. Bait was plentiful, the tides strong under the full moon and all of the traditional October predators were hungry.
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This area’s spring tarpon run is world famous, as the tarpon move in along the coast and up to Boca Grande Pass for the yearly spawn. What many people don’t realize is that there is also a fall migration, and that seems to have started this past week.
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With the winners announced and the awards banquet winding down Sunday night, Redsnook Catch and Release Charity Tournament chairman Andy Hill finally found a moment to let out his breath and relax with a glass of white wine.
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Children of migrant farmworkers spent Saturday learning the techniques and rules of responsible fishing. The 47 children from Immokalee participated in a fishing clinic hosted at Port of the Islands Marina as part of National Wildlife Refuge Week. For days before the clinic, the children eagerly waited for the opportunity to go on the trip. Full story »

Most of the boats in this area have remained at the dock these past few weeks. Whether it was the gas prices or the economy, or just that it was September, there were very few boats on the water.
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Andy Hill has been fishing the annual Redsnook Catch and Release Charity Tournament for more than 12 years. Like every year, he fished it with his partner Terry McMahan when the event was still affiliated with the YMCA. Now in its second year benefiting the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Hill is the 2008 tournament’s chairman but, like the proverbial big one that got away, Hill and McMahan have never landed the top spot. Full story »