This what four white perch look like after they have been caught, carefully cleaned and bagged for freezing or, as in this case, temporarily stored before deep frying in peanut oil. Caught them at the Mill Creek outflow area on…

Grouper fishing is hot down in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s west coast. I caught this nice 28 incher in some of the bluest water I have ever seen in the Gulf.

I went fishing for Tarpon on the Peace River in Punta Gorda, Florida and caught this nice 48 incher!

I caught 13 spotted trout today in Sarasota, FL ranging up to 17 inches. All were caught on white Gulp shrimp with a chartreuse tail pattern fished with a fast retrieve. I was fishing in 3-4 foot of water with…

Fished the beach with shrimp, a 1/2 oz barrel on a 12” leader and a 1.0 circle hook. We caught numerous mullet (AKA Kingfish to us Northerners), ladyfish, catfish & this 16” Sheepshead that came home for dinner with the…

Took a back bay trip on a shared charter with my buddy Tom while down in Marco Island, FL. Fishing was slow along the mangroves with no keepers and only two small snappers. Ended fishing along a sea wall and…

Today we decided to stop at a small inlet feeding the bay area around Pine Island FL. I bought a dozen shrimp for bait and threaded a half shrimp on a small hook with a few split shots for weight.…

Fishing for trout is slow due to the red tide event but bluefish and Spanish mackerel are hitting Gulp on jigs in Sarasota bay. White shrimp with a chartreuse tail Gulp on a 1/16 jig fished fast does the trick.…

For the second year, my wife Pat and I are down in warm Cape Coral in sunny southwest Florida. We arrived January 3rd and will depart on 28 February. As nice as everything is here, the fishing is still recovering…