With the seabass season one day old, it was time to visit the AC reef for some early season fishing. We had decent weather and some good catching topped off by this 17″ beauty!

I went surf fishing today 5/12 around noon looking to fish the 12:30 high tide. A pod of dolphins were on the other side of the sandbar chasing bunker – usually not a good sign – when the fish hit…

With the weather finally decent on Saturday 4/25, I wanted to get out and run my boat a little. I turned North on the ICW and went under the main span of the Causeway bridge eventually entering the small channel…

Just six weeks after having a knee replacement, Caesar Pesarini called me and asked if I wanted to join him Thursday 4/16 for some white perch fishing. Shrimp were unavailable but he had some blood worms. There were a few…

On February 14, Ken, another NJ fisherman, and I had the best day we ever had down here in Sarasota. We lost count of the number of trout we caught in the thick fog in Sarasota Bay. We also caught…

Not for any lack of trying, but last week was tough for me and several club members as we tried to get in on the striper action. Monday 11/11 started with a charter Bill Dabney arranged on Steve Purul’s Reel…

I am happy to report that the Florida fish are back after last year’s red tide fish kill! Everyone thought it would take 3 years to replenish the stock but the fish proved them wrong.  We caught over 20 Spotted…

In the last Leary report from Saturday August 10th off Barnegat Reef titled, “Improved Fishing at the Northern Reefs”, the day ended on a sour note. During the return trip home before reaching the inlet, they struck something which damaged…