Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Kowalyk

Tarpon and Snook on the Gulf Beaches - There are plenty of tarpon off Sanibel, easy pickin's when they in the mood to eat. We'll have to spend some time Sabbiki rigging for big baits since the threads and pins are off the beaches in cooler haunts. Snook are plentiful as well in the more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Good Stuff All Around Redfish, Snook, Sea Trout Others - 4cast SwFl 30-07-14 Capt. Ron Kowalyk Offshore: Excellent reports if you skirted the morning storms on the grouper and snapper fronts. The bite was hot from 5 to 30 miles out, look for features in 26 to 70 ft. of water. The snapper bite ha more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Backbay Slams Reds, Snook, Trout, Tarpon - Backbay: The bays on the southern end of our region clear up nicely. Water was whiskey and soda clear and the bite has responded with the better conditions. Crews reported excellent redfish bites and uptake in trout action and lots of mixed size, mos more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Redfish, snook In Pine Island Sound - : The bay waters are very warm some look for shady deeper mangrove edges around the creek mouths that's where the redfish are hanging out. Early starts are a must and cutbaits and shrimp will fill the bait bill if you don't want to spend fishing time more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

The Hunt for Reds, yes! - Backbay: Redfish continue to chew with the best action in Northern Pine Island (P. I.). Charlotte Harbor is red- redfish hot, lots of overslot fish. My crews managed some slot reds in San Carlos Bay and Estero Bay this week. We had to work and k more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Backbay Slams , can do! - Backbay: The flats were generous this week with reds in very good numbers on the bars and under the bushes. It was easy living with cutbait, shrimp and pins all good offerings. My more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Hot Flats Action - Backbay: Good reports all along the region. The Redfish Rodeo continues with double digit catches the norm with numbers of overslot fish. Crews offered up shrimp in various states of repair and disrepair. As usual we opted for frozen stink more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Sanibel

Good Action all around, Snook, Reds, Tarpon, Trout - Offshore: Another week of windy conditions curtailed most offshore efforts. There were however reports of good bites on the close marks, snapper, a few grouper, nice cobia and gangs of mackerel. Tarpon are showing up all along the region but until th more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Tarpon and Snook Spring Action - Folks it's that time of year to getup,sign up, gear up for the early hot snook and tarpon action. We had double digit snook action the past few weeks and tarpon are starting to show up in numbers. Fish 75- 110lbs are typical. The weather looks good f more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Sanibel

Estero-Pine Island Redfishing - Backbay: Crews floundered around in the roiled up choppy waters much of the week but by Tuesday there was green water to be found on the strong incoming tides. Trout action picked up if you could hold a drift and there were mixed baggers around the c more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers