Fishing Reports by Capt. Ron Kowalyk

Nice Redfish Bite - Offshore: Up and running again with caution. Crews reported good grouper action at marks from 20 plus miles out off Boca and Ft. Myers Beach. Snapper continue to be plentiful and hungry, bring Spanish Sardines and a hefty chum bag. Cobia have snaggin more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Great Grouper Action - Offshore: Too good to be true, Nah!! Same old same old good bites at 60 plus feet. Crews reporting great grouper action with live baits top picks, cut-stuff will do. Trollers are again all over the kings, bonito and big Spanish. Cobia are cruising th more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Work'n Hard, Hardly Working - Good results 20-45 miles out, weather permitting. Lousy rain cycle made for rough sledding but soon crews braved the monsoon and reported good grouper, cobia kings and snapper action outa Boca. Livebait was the easy way to go, as usual, pins, blue ru more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

It's Good, Not Easy - Offshore: It was a little windy the past few days but the bravehearts made bit out to the marks from 3-20 plus miles out. Grouper, snapper, cobia and permit were the targets and from what I hear results were good if not easy. The close marks were fis more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Hot Tarpon Bite - Offshore: If you're up for it the tarpon bite is as hot as the weather. Crews fished at first light and came up with bruiser poons to 180lbs. Threads, pins and cutbait all worked. Bite started at the twin Towers off Ft. Myers beach and extended to more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Plenty of Tarpon - Offshore: Plenty of action, tarpon, cobia, snook, permit, snapper from 5-20 plus miles out. Crews gathered up pass crabs and small blue crabs from the permit and tarpon bash and even hooked up a few fat and sassy cobia around Knapp's Point. Other rep more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Close Reefs Best Bet - Guys, good stuff across the board, tarpon, cobia, kings, Spanish, bonito, grouper snapper. Easy living on the close reefs 3-9 miles out. Call for close reef trips, nice snapper on the marks, cobia, Goliaths, sharks. Flats action, reds, trout, sno more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Tarpon Time - Offshore: Let the fun begin! Plenty of tarpon from the pass mouths out 3 plus miles, 16-30 ft. of water. Can't change much from last weeks report but that maybe a good thing. Fish to a 100 plus lbs. typical. Best baits pinfish, threads, grunts. All a more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Back to Basics - Offshore: Back to basics this weekend as wind maybe a factor when tripping off the beach. Not bad wind to 14 knots by midmorning. Otherwise, looking good, had some decent reports on the grouper front. The marks at 20 plus miles gave up legal fish, li more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers

Keep it Simple - Offshore: Time to get out and get into the long awaited hot bite. Good weather, smooth sailing, lots of nice bait! Crew are smiling again as they reach out and touch some bully gamefish. Grouper Grabbers reported good action from 9 to 25 plus miles more...
Capt. Ron Kowalyk - Fort Myers