
2014-01-03 8:59 AM
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Making New Memories With Old Friends - Week ending 12/7/13..........
Ran one trip and lost one this week. Between the economy and the season, things are very slow.
I ran another trip from Chic Bruning's place on Captiva, with Tom Olson, of Madison, Wisconsin, who is good friends wi more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2013-12-29 12:09 PM
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fishing report for Estero Bay - The word for the week is options, anglers can pick their target species and pretty much catch it. With the bait still on the beaches there are plenty of ways to go about it this week. The backbay redfish bite has been very good with some upper slot more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay |

2013-12-29 7:30 AM
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December Winds the Year Down With Some Good Fishing - It's hard to believe that the year is wrapping up! 2013 was a fantastic year to fish the inshore waters of Naples and Marco Island with many memorable trips with great clients and some great catches. December has wrapped up with more of the same.
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Capt. Todd Geroy - Naples |

2013-12-25 10:33 AM
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Winter over bite is on, reds, trout, snook - Guys: We're in full swing with the cool down and better tides in the forecast. Trout are on a chew, pompano on the flats and in the passes. There a dependable mixed bag bite on the many features, docks, canals and channels. Reds are on the oyster bar more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers |

2013-12-23 4:44 PM
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Record high tempertures have turned on the bite! - With the run of warm weather we've been blessed with, it's hard to believe the first day of winter has come and gone and Christmas is right around the corner. The holidays are a very busy time of year with family, shopping and getting ready for the more...
Capt. Rob Modys - Fort Myers |

2013-12-23 3:11 PM
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December Fishing - Fishing in Naples has been pretty solid. Fishing in the beginning of the incoming and the end of the outgoing has been successful in catching some nice fish. We're catching redfish, snook, trout, and jacks. Using pilchards as our live bait. Weather more...
Capt. Joey Benko - Naples |

2013-12-22 11:52 AM
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A Fast Friendship On A Slow Day! - Week Ending 11/30/13........
Not a lot of fishing going on Thanksgiving week. I made a quick trip to Jacksonville to visit my life-long friend Nancy Holley, and join her on a huge oyster roast put on by one of her friends known as Gator Bob. Wha more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2013-12-21 2:37 PM
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SNOOKIN - Tripping on mangroves looking for big SNOOK...
Sure beats staring back at a book....
Sometime soon you gotta read my eyes...
Casting artificials and what a surprise...
Four over 30..we died and went to heaven...
The boat headed home a more...
Capt. George Grosselfinger - Pine Island Sound |

2013-12-21 1:54 PM
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Good Fishing And Tour Through A Mangrove Tunnel - Week ending 11/23/13...........
It was a very busy week, with a few trips, a long time friend in town, and a trip to Jacksonville.
The week began though, on Sunday, with a great half hour tour over Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass on Kingf more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound |

2013-12-20 1:05 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: 30-inch gag best catch ( and release!) - Monday, 12/9, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with long-time customers, Erwin and Millie Metusiak. The couple boxed six nice sheepshead to 17 inches, and released five smaller ones. They also released short black drum, a couple of stingrays, and four more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |