Mike and I want to welcome you to a new Column in the Naples edition of the Coastal Angler. Each Month I will be writing a column on fishing in the ma...
Roan zumFelde
August 09, 2016
7-26-16 Today customers would be Curtis and Iren from Indiana. They also wanted some fish to eat on this trip. With the live well full of greenbacks b...
Darel Carter
August 07, 2016
7-25-16 Today's trip was with repeat customers from Tennessee. This year they had seven people that were going to fish. My partner Capt. Scott Fisher...
August 06, 2016
7-18-16 The plan for today's trip was to get on the water at daybreak, catch bait and pick up my customers at 8am. I would have three adults and a sev...
August 04, 2016
2 Aug 2016 Fishing is good if you're out early or late but not in between. Red fish, snook, snapper and trout are all biting on the later part of inco...
Jim Conant
August 02, 2016
{%image_id=49360%}Lasts week's low tides were good for scouting. Worked the back bay of Estero Bay looking for bait and gamefish on the move. There is...
Brad Brown
We have gotten through a very hot July with heavy afternoon inland rains still hitting the area. Everything this time of year is happening early and l...
Joey Benko
July 31, 2016
It has been a very long time since my last report. A client of mine brought that to my attention and I am now trying to get back in the groove of keep...
Joe Angius
July 30, 2016
Fishing early in the mornings for the past week or so has been well worth losing a bit of sleep over. Tarpon have been hanging around fairly consisten...
Greg Stamper
July 28, 2016
There are plenty of options for anglers in and around Estero Bay. With the abundance of whitebait on the beaches snook fishing has been really good on...
Jon Fetter
7-16-16 Kirk, Joe, Cody and I started the day by catching bait at 0615. The greenbacks were very thick in about 18" of water. I made about seven cast...
July 25, 2016
{%image_id=49272%}Southwest Florida is in the midst of summer and the bite is on. Early mornings are best for catches of snook and redfish in the back...