Strong May Fishing Action in Naples - Marco Backwaters
Capt. Todd Geroy
May 13, 2012
Naples - Saltwater Fishing Report
May 13, 2012
I admittedly have been on a little bit of a hiatus in the recent week or so, not updating my report. I have been very busy, transitioning into my summer schedule by adding evening trips as well as fishing during the day. It has left me a little tired and short of time recently.
We have had some great action in the last week with countless snook boated and released as well as some good redfish and trout action. Live bait has been plentiful and always takes plenty of fish, but we also mixed in some fly fishing and found some snook willing to take the feathers.
Monday morning, I fished with Monday regulars John and Nancy. They had no trouble getting plenty of snook to the boat for release. Nancy tore them up all morning with live baits as did John, but John also took several fish on fly. We also boated numerous redfish along the way. We started the morning in Gordons Pass with the first snook of the day, a ten pounder caught by Nancy. Here is the couple with her fish before it's release…
As I mentioned, I also fished evenings through the week and found the sunset snook bite to be on fire! Each evening trip out enjoyed catching countless snook as well as some big jack crevalle. We also encountered a few tarpon of all sizes, but did not manage any hookups.
Thursday morning, I fished with brothers Jack and Bill Forte'. We kept busy all morning long releasing countless snook and redfish. Some of the best action the brothers have had in recent months of fishing.
Friday, I spent the day with Mike Jimenez and son Michael (20) of Miami. I had not seen Mike in over 15 years. We enjoyed catching up on our lives while the two boated some nice redfish and snook throughout the morning. A couple reds made it in the box for dinner and Mike released this 29 inch beauty caught tight to a shoreline in Johnson Bay…
In the afternoon we located a school of huge sea trout near Capri Pass in 25 feet of water. Some of the fish were huge, all running from 19 to 25 inches! We caught all we wanted, keeping our limit before packing in the day and heading to the Snook Inn!
Happy Mothers Day!
- Capt. Todd Geroy
Target Species:
Snook, Redfish, Sea Trout
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