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2014-10-23
10:25 AM
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Bull Reds moving in - 19 Oct 2014
Bull Reds moving in
Fished this Sunday in the Pine Island Elementary charity tournament and man what a good day of fishing for a good cause. I fished with my wife and son for this tournament and although we caught a lot of big fish we more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha |
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2014-10-09
6:43 PM
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Inshore Slams - 27 Sep & 3 Oct
I haven't reported in a couple weeks but fishing has been great! Last week and the week before we fished pine island sound and Matlacha pass and had a blast. Finding bait is easy and everywhere. Once you have your live wells full don more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha |
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2014-09-05
3:07 PM
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Reds and Snook are biting are biting great on moving current. - 5 Sep 14, Went fishing this morning with a local friend in Matlacha pass starting out about 7:45 a little late in the morning, but still had success. As the tide was coming in for the second part of the high tide the fish were turned on just off the more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha |
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2014-09-02
4:10 PM
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Reds and Snook bite are on target - 2 Sep 14 Out fishing today with Wounded Warrior Anglers founder David Souders fishing Matlacha Pass. Started around 7:45 this morning on the top of high tide and had nothing but catfish until the tide started moving good. Using cut bait and or whole more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha |
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2014-08-20
1:56 PM
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Snook and Red fish bites are great in Matlacha from St. James up - Snook and Red fish bites are great in Matlacha from St. James up through Burnt store. Week ending 15 Aug 2014. Fishing two trips this week with wounded warrior anglers I started south around St James on Wednesday fishing the flats with cut bait. We w more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha |
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2014-05-24
10:42 AM
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A Week Of Bad Weather? - Week ending 5/03/14..........
Again this week I had three trips on the books, and one day to visit with my buddy Frank Faust and get him to RWS on his plane back to Iowa.
First up on Tuesday was Bob Rinear, of Sarasota, Florida, and he was ta more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Matlacha |
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2013-02-01
6:02 PM
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Tammy, Brandon and George from Illinois getting it done - January 30th I got the pleasure with taking out Tammy, Brandon and George from Illinois. This was their first time fishing in our Southwest Florida waters. With a little joking around at the dock I believe I put a little jinks on Tammy. The guys told more...
Capt. Cliff Simer - Matlacha |
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2012-10-25
6:36 PM
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A Fun Day With An Old Friend! - Week Ending 10/20/12.........
I got out Wednesday, with my friend Jim Hider. Hadn't seen him in some time. He had just bought a beautiful Canyon Bay 21 ft. skiff the last time I saw him, and I was excited about spending a day with Jim in her. F more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Matlacha |
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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 |
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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 |
