Fishing Reports by Capt. Bill Russell

The Heat Is On in Southwest Florida - You can sure tell summer is here, it's getting hot. The good thing with summer is plenty of fish and fewer anglers, not a bad trade off for a little sweat. Tarpon numbers are still good in Charlotte Harbor and Pine island Sound. Live bait fishi more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

As Good As It Gets In Southwest Florida - I don't know if fishing could have been any better over the past week around Pine Island in southwest Florida. We found tarpon plentiful and more than willing to eat, sharks of all sizes plus all the big mackerel, bluefish and trout you wanted to ca more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

It's All About Tarpon in Southwest Florida - Another week of beautiful weather and pretty darn good fishing around Pine Island in Southwest Florida. Tarpon continue to get the spotlight with good numbers of fish showing off the beaches, in the Passes, Pine Island Sound and Charlotte Harbor. more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon, Goliath Grouper and More in Southwest Florida - Although our primary target was tarpon almost all week we ended up catching a lot of different species in the waters around Pine Island including one unexpected surprise. Over the week we caught tarpon in Charlotte Harbor to our north and off the more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon at Both End of Pine Island in Southwest Florida - We split the week tarpon fishing between the beach off Sanibel to the south and in Charlotte Harbor to our north. Both areas held plenty of fish, some days the bite was great all day and other days we had to work for our fish, but overall it was a go more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon, Snook and plenty of others biting around Pine Island - Fishing around Pine Island in southwest Florida was good for a variety of species from trout to tarpon over the past week. Bait of all kinds have been plentiful so we have been collecting a good mix this way we have the right bait for any opportuni more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Tarpon Numbers Increasing Around Pine Island - This is the first week of spring were the weather has actually felt right, warm days with a light sea breeze. It was windy early on but settled down nicely as the week progressed. Large schools of thread herring are showing up all over Charlotte Harb more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Good Action around Pine Island in Southwest Florida - We found a good variety of fish this week around Pine Island and southwest Florida and pretty good action. We usually start each day with the question, Do you want action or do you have an intended species you want to target? Most anglers opt to star more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Despite the Wind Fish are Hungry around Pine Island - For the better part of the week strong east winds dominated the weather around Pine Island. We still fished every day with the exception of one very rainy day and to my surprise the bite was actually better than what I would have thought. Spanis more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound

Southwest Florida Mackerel Action Non-Stop - You just knew once we had a few consecutive days of warm sunny weather something good was going to bust loose. Well it happened this week as Spanish mackerel invaded Charlotte Harbor in a big way. We've been catching macks for a couple weeks, but thi more...
Capt. Bill Russell - Pine Island Sound