Jim Hutchinson Sr and his wife spend the winter down in Pine Island Florida near Ft Myers. On a recent trip, they caught a lot of smaller fish along with two nice keepers – a sheepshead and a black drum.…

On February 6, Ed Valitutto, who was spending a few months in Cape Coral, joined me in Sarasota for some fishing. We departed the dock at 9AM and headed out to the North Bay. A NE breeze took care of…

My neighbor had a reservation on the Osprey out of AC for tog fishing on Sunday 17 December. He couldn’t make it and offered it to me gratis for a past favor. This is a fantastic boat that winters down…

I fished solo and cleared BI at 7:15 and went straight out and slightly south. Picked up my first trolling fish of the year, I REALLY SUCK AT TROLLING, a 27 1/2″ bonus fish on white mojo’s. Had a hit…

I started the day planning on taking my boat out but a call from Alan Goracy regarding West winds and 2 ft. waves changed my mind. We left around 10:00 and were out the inlet by 11:00. We headed out…

I left the dock at 8:30 A. M. and headed to the Sarasota North Bay about 5 miles away. When I got to my spot at 3 foot depth near a grass flat, I grabbed my spinning rod and was…

The fishing alien and his grandson, Mike, left the dock at 5am and broke the BI at 6:05 on 11/23/17 and headed north looking for bunker. We went all the way to Lavallette without finding any. Headed back south and…

On 11/18/17 Ray and I departed Siesta Harbor at 7:45 A. M. with calm wind conditions. We arrived at a reef about 10 miles off shore in the Gulf and began drifting jigs. I got 2 strikes and had my…

I had a beautiful day on the ocean with fishing bud Wil catching a real mixed bag. We caught our 2 tog on a wreck and then went to the LE Reef. We caught sea bass, porgies, a trigger fish,…