October cooled the fishing in the Naples and Marco Area.

Fishing in the Naples and Marco area was definitely hot and cold at the end of October. A cold winter blast came though which interrupted some spectacular Snook and Tarpon fishing. And even though the daytime fishing slowed the night still belonged to the fly anglers. I hope for continued warm weather through November and continued strong fishing. The last part of October was different to say the least. I know in my history of fishing in Naples and Marco I have never experienced temperatures that cold in the month of October. I think the fish must of went into shock a couple of those days. Night fishing even though it was cold held up much better than the day fishing at the end of October. We were going strong with great fishing for Snook and Tarpon along with an occasional Redfish or two and wham we get hit with the cold. The fish shut down but they weren't out. In fact the night time fishing really picked up and I had consecutive nights fishing with a client from Georgia that we boated at least twenty Snook a night and one night we tallied at least 40. He remarked that it was the best fishing he had ever seen in the Naples and Marco area and he fished here back in the 70's and 80's. The daytime fishing turned tough bait was extra hard to come by and the fishing was kind of slow, in fact still is a bit slow.