October Fishing report for Naples and Marco Island

Well September has come and gone and now we are firmly entrenched in October. The Fishing in the Naples and Marco area should continue about the same as for September with a slight increase in our offshore fishing along with an increase in Redfish and a decrease in our Snook and Tarpon activity. Now remember this all depends on the weather and the abundance of bait in our water. If the temps stay high like they did last year then the Redfish that are here will be less active but the Snook and Tarpon will be more active. So far this has been the case. It looks as if at least for the next couple of weeks that the fishing in the Naples and Marco area is going to stay about the same with good numbers of Snook being caught from the back country to the beaches. The near shore wrecks will be producing on many fronts including some inshore species like Snook and Tarpon migrating out early getting ready for the winter slow down and some Redfish moving in to feed on the copious amounts of bait that will be their. Lots of action in the last week of September with great catches of Snook and Tarpon in and near the passes from Naples South through the Everglades. Way south of Everglades you could almost Slam at will with lots of Redfish being caught and Gobs of Snook everywhere. Up in our neck of the woods myself and my clients had some of the best fishing of the year in the Naples and Marco area catching large numbers of Snook and some Redfish. We seemed to Hook Tarpon each day just nothing boated. We seemed to catch Snook from the Beaches to the back Country on my charters. I had a group of gentlemen from Pittsburg that in just one out of the four days boated over 100 Snook a couple of Reds and jumped a couple of Tarpon. I am not sure how many Snook they caught in four days but I will tell you I was pretty tired and tore up from the releasing. They were great guys who just loved catching fish. In the four days we fished together they boated numerous slot sized fish but did not kill one fish the whole time. Bait was the key to their success lots available and the fish were hungry. My Fly anglers were doing well also. Hal Rosen in particular caught one of his best Redfish ever a 17 lb. monster last week along with a couple of 26 and 27 inch Snook using one of his Bungler Fly patterns. (Pictures not developed yet next report)