Fishing Reports by Capt. Jim Conant

Water getting clearer fish moving back in. - 19 May 2016 The last two weeks of fishing has had its ups and downs thanks to the cold front that came through that pushed everything into deep water or even offshore for several days until the water temp flattened out. Huge snook are being caught s more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Fishing just keeps getting better! - May 2, 2016 Since my last report fishing is AWESOME! Snook season closed April 30th and my clients had their share of them and 90% were released to be caught again. Redfishing is going good at this time. When I am targeting them it has been on the t more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

13 Apr 16 Fishing is great in Matlacha! - 13 April 2016 Over the last month everything has been biting form reds, snook, trout, mangrove snapper and so on. All were caught on shrimp and only twice was snook caught on green backs. All were either caught on man-made structure or oyster beds, more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

6 Mar 2016 - 6 Mar 2016 Continued fronts moving through & low salinity levels Since my last report I have had some really awesome days fishing, good days fishing and some days I should have stayed home. Well, as the weather warms up the fishing should get much more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Fishing the fronts - 15 February 2016 Fishing the fronts These first two weeks of February have been a challenge to find the fish. With what seems to be a cold front or storm every other day or two days changes up the bite of the fish. On the cold mornings I have been more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

29 Jan 2016 It's Cold outside! - 29 Jan 2016 It's cold outside! The last two weeks fishing with cold fronts coming through and windy days following has definitely slow the red fish bite down and pretty much everything else. With that being said, the bait fish are gone that I say e more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

16 Jan 2016 Water is cold and I'm loving it. - 16 Jan 2016 Matlacha, Pine Island Sound, Charlotte harbor fishing is good despite cold weather. Since my last report and lower air and water temperatures the bite is still going strong. Still able to get inshore slams and a lot of other species. To more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Matlacha, Pine Island sound fishing in this unusually warm water - 27 Dec 2015 Matlacha, Pine Island sound fishing in this unusually warm water is great! Since my last report fishing hasn't changed at all. Water is on average 76 degrees with this cold front coming down at the beginning of January it's still going more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

Fishing is Hot! - Matlacha, Pine Island sound fishing is one hot! I have been fishing Matlacha Pass and Pine Island sound with great success for my clients. We've been catching a lot of different species of fish inshore here are some of the fish we've caught, Spani more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha

10 Nov 2015 Inshore fishing is hot! - This last week I've done a lot of fishing from the back country to near shore to pine island sound and Charlotte harbor and have caught plenty of a variety of fish. The waters are finally starting to drop a little bit. Yesterday the water temps aver more...
Capt. Jim Conant - Matlacha