Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Kowalyk

Backbay Action Hot - Backbay: We had excellent redfish action with super slot fatty sows, humpies 26 plus inches and around 9-11 lbs. nice fish. Shiners, shrimp and cutbait all took a share. We got luck and cast netted a patch of finger mullet and our results were more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Hot red, trout and snook action Estero Bay-Matlacha - Guys: There are schooling reds on the incoming tides. The trout bite is on firew, upper slot specks 18-20 inches. We found snook, jacks and tarpon active in the feedercreks, a good time for fly fishers. 239-267-9312 or [email protected] Summer rate more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Hot Redfish bite in San Carlos and Matlacha passes - Backbay: There a real potpourri of biters in the bays and passes. My crews came up with flounder, pomps, snapper, grunts, reds, snook, trout, jacks and macks. We found so bait thick in the passes that you could hardly lift up the cast net. Chick more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Sanibel-Ft . Myers - Backbay: Addendum: Lots of snook on the Oyster bars and in the creeks today 08-29-13!!!! We had some more rain and the zero dark thirty high tides made it for some challenging shallow water fishing. There were reds on the bars and in the potholes on more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Sanibel

Redfish, snook , trout rebound - Guys: The Area has redounded well after the moonsoon rains and freshwater discharges from Big O. Crews have been popping upper slot reds, nice trout and a mixed bag of critters in Estero Bay and on the nearshore Gulf. Snook are on a nice chew more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Reds and snook in the green water - My crews ran to the passes and flats near the Gulf and looked for greewater(salt). Reds, snook and trout were active under the mangroves and on the flats. You needed pinfish and shiners to come with a bite. We had good luck with frozen shrimp on head more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Green Water Bounce Back, Good Stuff - fought our way through the brown water and struck gold or at least copper in the green water under the bushes on the late incoming phase of high tides and first of the outgoing. You can see the crews' in the know pitching stuff to the clear salt u more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Hot red and snook action in Estero Bay and Hellpeckney Bay - Had a Mud Skipper trip this Weekend and came up with nice reds and snook on soft plastics and flies. The weather finaly squared away and we had decent tides. Thr rains have calmed down and we're looking forward to even better results this week. Trout more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Backbay and Nearshore Action - Guys: The weather is straightening out and there are good reports on the redfish and snook front in Estero Bay and Pine Island. We'll be out this weekend and get on it. The beach and nearshore bite is recovering nicely after the stormy weather, Spani more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers