Fishing Reports by Capt. Joey Benko

July Fishing - July has been nothing short of fantastic with big snook and tarpon catches. For snook and the abundance of snappers use pilchards with a 2/0 circle hook and 30 lbs leaders. Going a little smaller may result in the occasional break off when the big more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

July Fishing - July has been a great month to get out on the water. The bait is getting bigger on the beaches and with this you can find schools of snook traveling right behind them. These fish can be easily targeted using pilchards and pinfish. Tarpon can be ta more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

End of February Fishing - Fishing these last few weeks of February have been up & down depending on the changing weather. Fishing with live bait, which at times has been difficult to locate, we've landed some nice redfish, snook, and jacks and my clients have had great days o more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

December Fishing - Fishing in Naples has been pretty solid. Fishing in the beginning of the incoming and the end of the outgoing has been successful in catching some nice fish. We're catching redfish, snook, trout, and jacks. Using pilchards as our live bait. Weather more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

November Fishing - November fishing has been nothing short of fantastic! Bait has been good and lots of large schools of mullet can be found cruising the shorelines. Catching lots of redfish, snook, and trout. Focusing on the start of the incoming as well as the start more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

Late October Fishing - Fishing is still good-catching good sized redfish, snook, and trout. The Fall mullet run should bring good fishing to the area. As the water temps start to drop look for fish in deep holes and try to find good points in the backcountry. more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

October Fishing - The recent storm has given us some rougher waters and strong winds. Afternoon bite has been better than the morning-need to find the bait. Redfish & Snook have still been biting as long as you get the right tide. more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

September Fishing still on fire! - Fishing has been good-big snook & redfish are easy to find. Bait is still good on the beaches. Find clean water and fish the incoming tide on good points. Throw plenty of chummers in the mangrove shorelines. more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

September Fishing - Lots of luck with live bait which has been great to have some nice size pilchards-the morning weather has been free of rain so we've been fishing early. We're catching redfish, snook, some trout and some nice size jacks which put up a good fight. more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples

Hot August Action - Snook are all over the beaches and backcountry. Bait has been easy to find. Focusing on an incoming tide working mangrove shorelines and rock jetties. Throwing out some free swimmers can help get the fish going. Here is a photo of yesterdays redfis more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples