Ten Thousand Islands Fishing Reports

Tarpon Jumping but not Feeding - On May 6 I took James out from Naples. We were looking for tarpon and saw four jumping offshore, but could not get them to feed. The only thing hitting were sharks and more sharks. We caught four 3 foot bonnets and four 3 foot lemon sharks. W more...
Capt. Jeff Buckley - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook,Redfish,Tarpon - Fishing the past couple of weeks has been very hot to luke warm. Winds kept us guessing from time to time but I found snook and redfish in the back bays of the Ten Thousand Islands. I spent a few days fly dishing and caught a few snook up to the s more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Tarpon Hit or Miss in the 10,000 Islands - On April 24 I took Sal out from New York. We were in the backwater and saw juvenile tarpon roll. We hooked on 2 and got a 6 foot spinner shark that we fought for 3 hours. On the 25th and 26th I took out a Fishing Club out of Sarasota through Eve more...
Capt. Jeff Buckley - Ten Thousand Islands

Sightfishing the Everglades in late spring - Had a wonderful week in the infamous Everglades National Park. Fishing out of Everglaged City provided every option an angler could want on a saltwater fly fishing excursion. We started out with sightfishing for red fish and snook on the outside poin more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Tiger Shark Landed - Early morning fishing was good on the 14th. Winds were calm and offshore the water was clear. Water temperature remains warm at around 78- 80 degrees. Talk about excitement!! On Monday I fished John from Eli Lily. He caught a seven and a half f more...
Capt. Jeff Buckley - Ten Thousand Islands

Snook, Redfish, Tarpon - Wind, wind, and more heavy wind. Have bait, will travel. That's right, the wind has been plaguing us this past week. I have been catching plenty of live bait and as a result, the fishing has been nothing short of spectacular. We had a record break more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Ten Thousand Islands

Spring winds and warm water - Well the spring winds are still blowing, yet the water temps are rising. As the water increases to rise in temperature the water clarity is getting worse as the the diatoms and phytoplankton starts to bloom. We have had strong winds from the SE stirr more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

Spring winds are blowing - Well the typical spring winds of March have been here making conditions tough! We'll get a couple nice days, watch the water temp rise as far as 74 and tarpon fever kicks in. They pop up and just when you think its ready to start the front comes and more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands

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

Unusally warm February - Well this February will be one to remember! This year the temeratures have been on the average 10 - 15 degrees warmer than the ordinary. In a way it made things tough at times, the fish did not know where they should be. The warmer water made sigh more...
Capt. Jeff Legutki - Ten Thousand Islands