Pine Island Sound Fishing Reports

A Fast Friendship On A Slow Day! - Week Ending 11/30/13........ Not a lot of fishing going on Thanksgiving week. I made a quick trip to Jacksonville to visit my life-long friend Nancy Holley, and join her on a huge oyster roast put on by one of her friends known as Gator Bob. Wha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SNOOKIN - Tripping on mangroves looking for big SNOOK... Sure beats staring back at a book.... Sometime soon you gotta read my eyes... Casting artificials and what a surprise... Four over 30..we died and went to heaven... The boat headed home a more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

Good Fishing And Tour Through A Mangrove Tunnel - Week ending 11/23/13........... It was a very busy week, with a few trips, a long time friend in town, and a trip to Jacksonville. The week began though, on Sunday, with a great half hour tour over Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass on Kingf more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Anyone got SNOOK? - Some times the day just starts out so right.... Bill made his first cast and the line went tight. A 30 SNOOK turned the surface to white foam... The third cast brought a 32 SNOOK home... An hour later, a short distance away.... A 34 more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

Good Times With Good Friends! - Week ending 11/16/13........... The week began on Sunday morning when my close friend Ellen Hennigan and I delivered Don and Dawn Marano's kayak to them at their condo in Bokeelia. I took two of my Ultimates along so that we could all go do a lit more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

"SNOOKIN" of course - The last couple days were kind of slow... Each day a large SNOOK so we had to go.... Harold caught Snook, Redfish,Trout and Grouper.. But the 32 SNOOK was really super!... AllArtificialLuresOnly Keep the sport in Sportfishing aalur more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

Fishing report for SW Florida - Fishing report for Pine Island Sound Dec. 7th., 2013 Snook: Snook has been on good! With some large ones being caught. They are out of their summer locations and back to the flats and backcountry waters. They can also be found near mouths of c more...
Capt. Terry Pitz - Pine Island Sound

SNOOKIN - Gone for a week and just got back..... Time to try another SNOOK attack...... 7 snook got into the net....... Then hooked one I can't forget...... Pushing 20lb and her head shook...... With that the rod waved goodbye to that SNOOK... more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound

A Great Day of Teaching and Catching! - Week Ending 11/9/13......... I had a busy week on the books, but it blew up a storm for most of the week. I only managed to get out one day! The day was Monday, and I had an instructional trip with a really interesting, fun, and nice guy, Bonn more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

SNOOK of course! - The weather was calling for 25 knot winds This makes it tough to find quality fins The SNOOK were scattered..here and there The wind made casting artificials unfair Cathy cast to the left 'cause she had a notion The result was a major more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound