Fishing Reports/Blog

This is one of my favorite months. We are putting summer behind but are still a month or so away ...
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Even though it may still feel like summer, the harbor and surrounding bays are beginning to transition. For the most ...
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As we enter the peak of summer heat and humidity it might seem like our options are limited. However, there ...
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As we approach the height of summer, the combination of midday heat and afternoon thunderstorms put an emphasis on getting ...
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Typically, We'd spend most of this month on the beach like last month. This year, we're going to keep working ...
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After what we’ve been through the last two months, hopefully we can all feel comfortable getting back out because without ...
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For the next two months, the combination of water temperature, bait migration, and tide schedules are promising. Now, we’re in ...
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At this point, options around our bays and sounds are beginning to open up. With water temperatures climbing out of ...
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Even though it’s most likely we’ll see a couple cold fronts in March, we’re moving into what should be winter’s ...
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As we enter the height or what could be considered this winter’s midlife, the conditions or elements we face won’t ...
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At this point, the beginning of winter, I find myself looking for windows of opportunity. By that, I mean waiting ...
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Things are about to change and this month marks that beginning. We’re about to enter what could be considered a ...
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Year in and year out, this is one of the better months to be on the water. Being fall, numerous ...
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About this time of year, it’s not unusual to find yourself fishing some typical summer patterns while also looking at ...
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Most likely, we'll continue hunting tarpon this month. It's hot and subsequently it'll limit the time we have on the ...
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Right now, we'll fish early and be looking for rolling tarpon. We'll load out of Punta Gorda and spend our ...
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Towards the end of last month, first thing in the morning, it was noticeably breezy and cooler. This began the ...
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At this point, with the combination of weather changes and the holiday season, I’d have my gear ready and waiting ...
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Well, now that it's cooled off, the reality of working with the wind has set in. That, and the extreme ...
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Located in southwest Florida on Charlotte Harbor ,the states second largest open water estuary, Punta Gorda provides direct access to ...
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As we approach the winter solstice and after just working the new moon tides this week, several observations come to ...
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This is definitely the time of year cold fronts consistently work their way into southwest Florida affecting Charlotte Harbor as ...
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Harbor Size: 701 square miles; 448,640 acres. 365 miles of canals; 190 miles of saltwater and 175 miles of freshwater ...
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So, you have finally made the decision to get that push pole. Well, you are not alone. On a weekly ...
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Due to the fact that I enjoy hunting down fish and exploring skinny water as deep in the backcountry as ...
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We’ve sure been having some low tides this past month. It can be intimidating what many refer to as puddle ...
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For the first time saltwater fly fisher or for even a total beginner there may be no better target than ...
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Did you ever notice how you seem to find certain fish when you are not really looking for them? For ...
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Last week, while spending a few days fishing for redfish in a smaller bay within Tampa bay it became quite ...
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We have all been there, you're sitting on some fish along a mangrove shoreline or some close by potholes or ...
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It’s midwinter and working on the water has a way of making you curse the wind. In a best case ...
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A week or so ago at our annual club casting clinic, I believe it was Rod who brought up the ...
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It is pretty much common knowledge that there isn’t a lot of water out there right now. In the past, ...
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At first glance, Charlotte Harbor and all its bays and sounds seem like an awful lot of territory to learn ...
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There is no way that you can venture out into Charlotte Harbor or any of its surrounding bays, sounds, or ...
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Well, it sure has cooled off and it looks like it's going to continue well into next week. In addition, ...
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To this day, I still have vivid childhood memories of the crystal clear water between the mangroves in Key Largo ...
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It was not too long ago while bringing up the idea of looking for fish closer to home that I ...
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Like many sports, it’s easy to look at the big picture when it comes to fishing. However, with the exception ...
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As you are cruising the bays and sounds of Charlotte Harbor, have you ever wondered why it always seems there ...
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We’ve been going through what I’d consider an extended period of cool weather here in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island ...
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Because of the quarter moon phase, we just finished a week with minimal tide movement. On the other hand, we ...
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We just finished an interesting week in Pine Island Sound where we saw some warmer weather and a good tide ...
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Typically, even though we do get some cold snaps in March, this should be our last cool month and our ...
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After the cool winds and low tides of last month, I’m looking forward to transitioning into spring. Although, it’ll still ...
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For the next two months, the combination of water temperature, bait migration, and tide schedules are promising.  Now, we’re in ...
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This has always been one of my favorite months as opportunities really open up.  Moreover, the wind lies down somewhat ...
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Essentially, this is an extension of last month and I’ll continue to work the same type pattern.  The inshore bite ...
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I like to fish early this time of the year. The cooler morning water temperatures provide the best opportunity to ...
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As we approach the height of summer, it might seem that while enduring the heat, humidity, and thunderstorms our options ...
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With the heat still ever present, I’ll continue woking early and concentrate on outside shorelines that run adjacent to open ...
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In late summer and fall, Black drum and small tarpon continue to hold in the brackish water at the mouth ...
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Already grouping up as their spawn progresses, redfish have been keying on local creek mouths taking advantage of the recent ...
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With fall rapidly approaching, even though the afternoon temperatures don’t feel much different, it’s been cooling off late at night ...
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This is one of my favorite months as southwest Florida transitions out of summer but is still a month or ...
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Well it’s not even a real cold front, but at least for a couple of days the weather that just ...
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Change is in the air. We’re approaching a winter pattern around the harbor as sporadic northern fronts combine with seasonally ...
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The new moon today, November 4th, brought us some of the lowest tides we've seen in quite a while. Moreover, ...
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For the most part, this can be a good month to have a good wind App. I like Windfinder as ...
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As we enter the height or what could be considered this winter’s midlife, the conditions or elements we face won’t ...
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Typically, February is an extension of the previous two months in that the weather is dominated by cool north winds ...
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Finally, its transition time around the harbor, we’re heading into spring. The winter pattern of working deep into the back ...
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This month could be considered the beginning to some of our best fishing. Springtime is always a great time to ...
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Without a doubt, this is one of the best times of year to be on the water.  As always, it’ll ...
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For many, this could simply be an extension of May.  If the tarpon are abundant, it’s difficult not to fish ...
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After waiting for like what seemed forever for our water temperatures to reach the upper 70’s anticipating tarpon season, it ...
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While enduring the current heat and humidity it might seem that our options are limited.  However, there are some unique ...
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Generally about this time of year, it’s not unusual to find yourself fishing some typical summer patterns while also looking ...
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