Fishing Reports by Capt. Bill Russell

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

Opportunity Knocks around Southwest Florida - Fishing around Pine Island in Southwest Florida remains good if you keep your options open and take advantage of opportunities that arise. It's that time of year that I can't wait to great the sun in the mornings, the sunrises are spectacular and more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Great Weather and Good Fishing in Southwest Florida - The weather is absolutely perfect and the fishing is pretty darn good too around Pine Island in southwest Florida. Last week started off a little on the breezy and rainy side but by the weekend the temperature, humidity and wind dropped leaving us more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing around Bait Schools in Southwest Florida - I can't remember a time when there has been more bait fish around the waters of Pine Island and Southwest Florida. From small inch long glass minnows to large mullet bait is everywhere, on the calm days it looks like rain on the water except the s more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Redfish, Snook and Tarpon Action in Southwest Florida - We have experienced lots of rain over the last couple weeks in Southwest Florida. In return the water temperature has dropped making for good fishing conditions around Pine Island. Schools of tarpon were found happily feeding on the morning high more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Best Fishing Early and Late in Southwest Florida - The Best fishing around Pine Island has come during the early and late hours of the day. This is the most comfortable time to fish the summer heat in southwest Florida and generally the time fish are most active. The redfish bite was good over more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon, Redfish and more in Southwest Florida - Our weather in southwest Florida around Pine Island continues to search for its consistent summer pattern. A low pressure system brought all day rains for the holiday weekend and now we are on a high with thunderstorms few and far between. It's all more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound