Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Pinkham

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - The Month of April Offers Lots of Action on the Gulf Catching fish out on the gulf during the month of April is pretty much a sure thing. Just about any fish that swims on the gulf should be hitting this month. One reason for all this fi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Grouper Season Opened March 15th The kingfish bite out on the gulf continues to be red hot! The action has been so good that catching a mess of king mackerel on just about every one of our charters has been pretty much a sure thing. Obviously more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - March Offshore Fishing Forecast All up and down the west coast of Florida the month of March always seems to usher in with it an abundance of high expectations. As the weather and the water temperatures begin to warm, the Gulf of Mexico should h more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Warm February Heats Up Gulf Fishing Action The warm weather all of us experienced here along the Southwest coast of Florida this past January was definitely one of the mildest I can remember. Other than a couple of weak cold fronts that passed t more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Good Week for Fishing on the Gulf Fishing action out on the gulf continues to be good. On the half-day trips we're still doing well with kingfish. It really is late in the season for the kings, but they sure help to make for an exciting 4-hour c more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - January Gulf Fishing Forecast With the New Year of 2007 here, my mind reels with anticipation of what the future may hold. The fishing action over the last couple of months of 2006 has been decent with no real threat of red tides. Good water more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Indian Summer Brings Gorgeous Conditions on Gulf If you’ve had the pleasure of being out on the gulf over this past week and you had not looked at your calendar for a while; you probably would never have guessed it to be the month of December. more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - December Offshore Fishing Forecast Fishing out on the Gulf of Mexico is generally first-rate all year round, and the month of December is no exception. In fact, if weather conditions remain moderate, December can stand out with a mixed bag of ex more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - Approaching Cold Front Turns The Bite On! With the approach of the most recent cold front the fishing action out on the Gulf busted wide open. This is to be expected this time of the year, but with the continual reoccurrences of Red Tide I was c more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice

Venice Inlet and the Gulf of Mexico - November is a great month for fishing the Gulf As we progress forward into the month of November fishing out on the Gulf of Mexico should be heating up as we shift into high gear of the fall kingfish run. The cooler air and water temperatures wi more...
Capt. Dave Pinkham - Venice