
2008-03-23 7:14 PM
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Another Windy Week With Good Fish and Good Numbers! - It was another week of windy days. I did manage to fish the last two days, after some juggling.
After moving Jeff Howe and his father, Gary, of Polk City, Iowa, from Wednesday to Thursday to avoid the big wind in front of the approaching cold fro more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2008-03-23 8:50 AM
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Wind less wind (25-35 daily) things could get Muy Caliente - OK, I'm droppin' a little international flavor on ya but so what. The fishing is SW FL is moving towards hot (next week), Hotter (week 1-2 of April), and hottest (from April 21 to May 25th). How do I know? Because I am getting a little older and a lo more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers |

2008-03-22 5:33 PM
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Fished in Wind all week in the Naples and Marco Island waters. - I fished everyday last week and found it very challenging is all I can say. As unbelievable as it may seem with winds on some days approaching 40 miles and hour we caught fish. Not a lot of fish but still we caught fish. I sure hope the winds die dow more...
Capt. Roan zumFelde - Naples |

2008-03-22 1:39 PM
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How's Fishing?The Answer,My Friend, is Blowing in the Wind-SWFL - High winds were the theme on Monday, 3/17 so I stayed close in at the artificial reefs with Jay and Ellen Andreoletti. Still, we had three to four foot seas and it was choppy for the duration of our trip. We had a good morning of fishing, though, wit more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers |

2008-03-20 3:39 PM
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Who Turned on The Fans - Over the last two weeks the wind has been out of control. The biggest problem has been finding clean water to fish. The beaches have been rough and the back bays have been pretty dirty with all the wind.
The bait situation has been pretty good wit more...
Capt. Chris McCubbin - Naples |

2008-03-19 1:49 PM
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A tough week of fishing highlighted by multi-Slams and big reds! - I got to run four out of five trips I had on the books this week. The first part of the week we saw big winds out of the north after the big front that passed on Saturday. Dr. John Hitt and I decided it was best to stay in port on Sunday, as the wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2008-03-19 10:58 AM
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Redfish bite is hot despite high winds in Charlotte Harbor - Despite high winds for the past two weeks the redfish bite has been excellent with catches of redfish up to 16lbs daily. High east and NE winds push water out of the bays and rivers and the low tides are making finding large schools of redfish ea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |

2008-03-10 12:36 PM
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Week Ending 3-8-08 Pine Island Sound - This week saw an extreme shift in fishing conditions. The big winds blew in on Friday, and stayed over the weekend. Early in the week we had great fishing. Weather was a little more stable, with low tide mornings, coming in to high enough wa more...
Capt. George Howell - Pine Island Sound |

2008-03-09 4:47 PM
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Big South Wind On The Front Made A Big Bite in Sanibel Waters - To say it has been a windy week would be an understatement! Back to back cold fronts have made it difficult to get out at all.
I did make it out on Friday. What a day! A big front was scheduled to come through during the night on Friday. As Fr more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2008-03-08 12:21 PM
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No consistency in the 10K, "hot and cold"! - The weather this spring has been from hot summer like conditions, back to blustery winter conditions. One day the fishing is red hot, finding fish at every stop willing to comply to every technique. Next day similar conditions, not a fish to be found more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands |