Boca Grande fishing report

The backcountry fishing around Boca Grande has been consistent through the heat of summer in part due to its proximity to the cleaner and a bit cooler water flushing in from the Gulf. Flats on both sides of the Intracoastal are worth poling around and exploring. At...

September outlook

Generally about this time of year, it’s not unusual to find yourself fishing some typical summer patterns while also looking for some new opportunities. For sure, even though we feel like fall should be on the way; it’s still summer. Just like last month, tarpon are...

September from the bench

As we sat down at the fly tying bench for this month, September. It still feels like summer so we’ll continue tying baitfish style flies to resemble the scaled sardines or pilchards that are so prevalent and a favorite of our local gamefish. In addition, as we’re...

Weekly on the fly

As we enter the last week of the month, we’ve still got juvenile tarpon on our minds but they’ve been scattered on the flats and when we find them they’ve been disappearing way to quick. The window has been short. We’re still working shorelines...

Weekly on the fly

We’re still working around the top of the harbor loading out of Ponce Park. For the most part, we’re still looking for juvenile tarpon. Poling mangrove shorelines we did find some rolling tarpon as well as saw quite a few redfish. We also took some time...