
2012-03-10 5:44 PM
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A good start - Today started out good compared to the last few trips although it took a few minutes to have a trout in the livewell. There are alot of undersize trout hungry to eat a shiner with some bigger ones up to 19 1/2 inches. The wind picked up and it starte more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2012-03-09 7:01 PM
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Nice break from strong winds - Today started out with winds as calm as one could wish. Bait almost jumped into the baitwell it was so easy. It was a nice change from the past week. I picked up the crew from Wisconsin and was headed out just before 9 A.M. They wanted a few trout fo more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2012-03-08 3:08 PM
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Windy March Days - This past week mother nature has been letting off some steam. With strong winds out of the east it was difficult to fish our open water grass flats. The wind has also turned our waters from clear to coffee colored making it difficult to spot fish. I more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2012-02-24 5:35 PM
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South winds help with a great tide - South winds helped push the incoming tide above the prediction. Gary, Mike and Aaron met me at the dock after thier drive from West Palm beach at 10:30 A.M. and we headed out for a limit of trout. I knew I had my work cut out because Gary told me in more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2012-02-23 8:34 PM
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The wait for moving water - With winds out of the south i could not wait for the tide to start its journey in. The fishing was slow with a couple under slot trout and one nice flounder. We bounced around from grass flat to grass flat waiting for the bite to turn on. Well needle more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2012-02-22 6:50 PM
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Warmer water on the way - Anyone on the water the last couple days had to deal with early morning strong cool winds. As the sun came up and the clouds cleared and the winds layed down it got beautiful. We got on a good bight of small trout but nothing worth putting on the rul more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Pine Island Sound |

2011-04-25 7:30 PM
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Good tides, Great fish - This past week with good afternoon high tides was a treat, even though we had the full moon along with them we were able to catch nice trout, snook and spanish macks. I dont claim to know every in and out of the moon phases and how it effects fishing more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha |

2011-04-16 11:43 AM
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Slow moving water and the wait. - 04/15/2011 was decent action for trout, spanish makeral and even a couple of cobia. The snook fishing was a different story waiting for some of the big girls to eat. With a slow moving tide they didnt really want to turn on and grab a bait with a ho more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha |

2011-04-10 6:46 PM
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Calling it a day - Friday April 8th, The tide was playing games with us. We had a decent bite the last half hour of outgoing and the incoming seemed to be running a little late. The guys were patient and caught trout here and there along with one cobia. Just a couple f more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha |

2011-04-07 6:42 PM
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After the storm - Tuesday April 5th was a day to remember. I started out the day with a few check marks on the Honey do list and by the my Fiance and I were ready to drop the boat in the water the front was moving in on Matlacha pass. I looked at Sandi and ask if it w more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha |