Fishing Reports by Capt. Bill Russell

Windy Weather Fishing in Southwest Florida - We had to deal with wind much of the week fishing around Pine Island, but fortunately strong tides helped counter it and the bite wasn't too bad. We needed to adapt to the conditions Mother Nature dealt us each day and work around it to find and catc more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing for Redfish, Sharks, Snook and more - Strong tides with big afternoon highs gave us good opportunities for a host of fish around the waters of Pine Island. The bite wasn't always red hot, possibly due to the full moon, but fishing was good overall each day. A mixed bag of sea trout, Sp more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Slammin with Snook, Redfish and Trout in Southwest Florida - Over the week we targeted snook, trout redfish, Spanish mackerel and sharks around the waters of Pine Island. Despite several days with slow tides we still put together southwest Florida inshore slams that include snook, trout and redfish. Of th more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Trout, Snook, Redfish, Mackerel and more in Southwest Florida - After several weeks of perfect weather this past one was more of a challenge as poor tides and days of really strong winds and some rain gave us a challenge. Even so, fishing was good as our waters continue to warm as we move into one of my favorite more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Spring Action Begins in Southwest Florida - The last week of winter closed out in southwest Florida with a whimper as perfect weather and good fishing welcomed the arrival of spring. With blue skies and shirt sleeve temperature fishing continues to get better each day. Large fish continue to more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Sure Feels Like Spring in Southwest Florida - It's less than two weeks until its official, but it sure feels like spring has already arrived in southwest Florida. Bait fish have arrived and we are catching an increasing number of species around Pine Island and larger fish are moving in every d more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fish Respond to Warm Weather - A complete week of mild weather brought up the water temperatures around Pine Island and put fish on a good feed. The sun wasn't shining every day, matter of fact several days a heavy fog never lifted until noon, but it was the first week in a long more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing as good as the Weather - Weather has dictated how and where we fished around Pine Island in Southwest Florida for the better part of the New Year. We are catching a mix of sheepsheads, sea trout and redfish in both Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound. On the good weather more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Getting Back on Track - Fishing in southwest Florida changed dramatically over the past week or so as the mild days of fall fell way to our first real winter cold. On many of the days the weather was just too miserable (cold, wind, rain, fog) to attempt fishing, but we are more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Great Time For fishing in Southwest Florida - Fishing around Pine Island in southwest Florida has been about looking for opportunities and being ready to exploit them. Live bait is still thick and readily available, but to cover any situation that may arise it's the time of year to bring along s more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound