Fishing Reports by Capt. Bill Russell

Tarpon at Both End of Pine Island in Southwest Florida - We split the week tarpon fishing between the beach off Sanibel to the south and in Charlotte Harbor to our north. Both areas held plenty of fish, some days the bite was great all day and other days we had to work for our fish, but overall it was a go more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon, Snook and plenty of others biting around Pine Island - Fishing around Pine Island in southwest Florida was good for a variety of species from trout to tarpon over the past week. Bait of all kinds have been plentiful so we have been collecting a good mix this way we have the right bait for any opportuni more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon Numbers Increasing Around Pine Island - This is the first week of spring were the weather has actually felt right, warm days with a light sea breeze. It was windy early on but settled down nicely as the week progressed. Large schools of thread herring are showing up all over Charlotte Harb more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Good Action around Pine Island in Southwest Florida - We found a good variety of fish this week around Pine Island and southwest Florida and pretty good action. We usually start each day with the question, Do you want action or do you have an intended species you want to target? Most anglers opt to star more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Despite the Wind Fish are Hungry around Pine Island - For the better part of the week strong east winds dominated the weather around Pine Island. We still fished every day with the exception of one very rainy day and to my surprise the bite was actually better than what I would have thought. Spanis more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Mackerel Action Non-Stop - You just knew once we had a few consecutive days of warm sunny weather something good was going to bust loose. Well it happened this week as Spanish mackerel invaded Charlotte Harbor in a big way. We've been catching macks for a couple weeks, but thi more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Fish are Getting Bigger in Southwest Florida - Were getting there, slowly, but we are getting into spring like fishing. We had a few cool mornings and several windy days however overall fishing is getting better and larger fish are moving in. Most of the week we were on slow two a day tides, more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Spring, Mackerel and Bait have arrived in Southwest Florida - Three good things happened this week, first we said good bye to one long winter and welcomed the arrival of spring (even though it's still kinda cool). Second, Spanish mackerel showed up all around the southern side of Charlotte Harbor and third more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Fishing Getting Better Each Warming Day - We had a good thing going this week then came the wind and rain and boy did it rain. Fishing was getting better each day as we hit our first eighty degree day in a long time. We never left Matlacha Pass the entire week for a couple of reasons, early more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Another Cold Week in the Books - This will be the winter we remember for a long time, I never understood why so many people leave the cold states to our north to move to Florida, but now I know why. A couple days of cold weather is tolerable, but when it's constant it really is mis more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound