Ten Thousand Islands Fishing Reports

Winter is in the Air - Well as I walked outside this morning I could feel the coolness of winter on the way. We are supposed to get our first cold front tonight, they say the air temp will drop to the lower 60's by tommorrow morning. This will be the start of the transi more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Outside Madness - Well the fall is in full swing with the hordes of bait of the beaches. Schools of mullet have been washing in the inlets in numbers compared to the mullet run on the east coast. This past weekend I witnessed millions of mullet balled up so tight more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Feels like fall is on the way! - Well the weather has finally calmed back down to normal.....thank God! The water clarity has been fairly good on the beaches, and still really tannic in the back. Bait is starting to stack up at every inlet, pass, or jetty. Red fish snook and tarp more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

"Hurricane Blues" - Well everyone knows of the weather we have had for the past month. It has been one close call after another with these storms passing so close! To say the least the weather has been a little erratic! Not the blistering hot calm sultry days we are us more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Tropical Storm Fay - Well here we go again, another hurricane season. 10 days prior to T.S. Fay we had onshore winds out of the west giving us higher tides and dirty water. Most of the fish I have been finding are along the outside where the water salinity levels are more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Double Shift - I have been gone to Jamaica this past week to install new Yamaha motors on my Mom's boat this past week. Let me tell you, one has to think of EVERYTHING when you do a job like that in the third world. All went well and we did our ten hour break in on more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Same Ole Summer Fishing - The heat is on from the temperature to the fishing. Start early end early! Tarpon and snook are all over the beaches! Mackeral and permit as well as cobia are on the inshore wrecks. Pods of bait will give away their positions over any bit of struc more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Summer Rains have started - Well it seems like the sky has opened up and dropped heavy rains on us for the past several days non stop. This has definetly had an impact on he fishing. The salinity levels have changed causing the fish to move. The outside has been consistent more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Summer Snookin' - Fishing this past week has been good to excellent. There is bait packed along the beaches right now. Most of it is small but there are plenty in the mix to be usable. Soft artificial baits and top water lures in the calm, early morning hours are gett more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Summer Weather Heats Up Tarpon and Snook Fishing - Summer and soaring heat is upon us. Fishing has been good to spectacular. The mornings this past week have been still and the water has been glassy. Small to medium sized tarpon have been in many unexpected places and are willing to take a fly, lure, more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands