First Florida Winter Catch

I know from friends and neighbors that the winter of 2026 has been brutal! SWFL (Cape Coral) has also had its coldest winter in 15 years. No sympathy needed but for three weeks we had temps ranging from 40 – 60 degrees and it definitely put the fish bite on...
Costa Rica Is The Place To Be!

Costa Rica Is The Place To Be!

While we have been putting up with freezing weather week after week, Roy Richards has been in Costa Rica getting it done!  First he sends us a photo of a beautiful tuna he got, then he follows it up with an impressive sailfish.  At least someone is making the best of...

Remembering Dan Ludwig

Special outing for me yesterday (12/7) joining Dan’s wife, Cindy, her son, Joey, and his friend Scott on the Ludwig’s boat to chase striped bass.  My last time fishing with Dan was doing the same thing with him and Joey almost exactly two years ago.  Dan was an avid...

Last Trip on The Navigator

Monday, I went out with Tim Naples and his friend on Tim’s boat “Navigator.”  Striped bass were the day’s target.  We left at 6am and went out through the Little Egg Inlet.  Heading north along LBI and not seeing any action, we went past the...

Tough Day on The Water

I was invited to fish with member Drew Kraycirik and neighbor Anthony aka Rig a Tony for Tog and Stripers. I knew Stripers had been recently scarce from Larry Leary’s latest report, but we thought we would give it a try. We started at the north jetty for Tog,...

Thanksgiving Stripers Are Here!

The Jen-Jen headed out of BI with me, Brian, Tyler, Sean and Bryson searching north for stripers. There was a large fleet off the beach. We caught one throw back and then decided to try some tog fishing. We wound up going to GSN but most wrecks were occupied but we...