Blogs Posts on "Redfish"

Foggy Morning Reds by The Pine Island Angler on Nov 19, 2009Running out in bank of solid fog is a little bizarre for me. It felt like we were in the opening scene of "King Kong" and were pushing through heavy mist to get to Skull Island. In the past fifteen years of fishing Puerto Rico and the Keys I've see...

Best Redfishing Of The Year by The Pine Island Angler on Nov 17, 2009Pine Island is tailing redfish heaven right now. We had more great shots at these fish this morning than any other day this fall. My anglers were Ron Smith and Jim Chell of Melbourne, FL. The guys made the trek across the State to check out the ar...

Almost A Slam by The Pine Island Angler on Oct 23, 2009This is my buddy Wild Bill Heindl from Virginia, a long time presence on the bow of my boat from Key West to Puerto Rico and now here on Pine Island, and he's not called Wild Bill because of his loud shirts. Bill landed a Slam with me on Wednesday b...

Almost A Slam (Updated) by The Pine Island Angler on Oct 23, 2009This is my buddy Wild Bill Heindl from Virginia, a long time presence on the bow of my boat from Key West to Puerto Rico and now here on Pine Island, and he's not called Wild Bill because of his loud shirts.Bill landed a Slam with me on Wednesday but...

Snook (finally) In Matlacha Pass by The Pine Island Angler on Oct 16, 2009My Dad and I were doing some pre-fishing for the upcoming Pine Island Elementary Tournament taking place here on Matlacha this Sunday. Redfish and trout haven't been a problem for me lately but I've been banging my head against the wall trying to lan...

Snapper And Reds On Fly, Pine Island Sound by The Pine Island Angler on Oct 14, 2009Capt. Joe Harley and I went out at sunrise this morning to look for one last push of tarpon before a front comes through this week. The big fish were absent but we found a lot of rolling babies in the creeks but got no hookups. We did see a lot of sn...

Red October by The Pine Island Angler on Oct 5, 2009October is prime time for redfish in Southwest Florida. In addition to the perfect weather, low tides are giving us great tailing conditions for these fish. The best news of all is that most of these fish are within the legal slot limit if you deci...

"Secret" New Crab Fly by The Pine Island Angler on Sep 23, 2009Here's a close up of the crab pattern I've been using on the big reds here in Matlacha lately. It was created by Eric Treutel of Idaho, one of my regular anglers who I've guided for bonefish and permit down in Puerto Rico. One of the benefits of li...

Great New Crab Fly by The Pine Island Angler on Sep 23, 2009Here's a close up of the crab pattern I've been using on the big reds here in Matlacha lately. It was created by Eric Treutel of Idaho, one of my regular anglers who I've guided for bonefish and permit down in Puerto Rico. One of the benefits of li...

Redfish On The Fly In Matlacha by The Pine Island Angler on Sep 22, 2009My buddy Capt. Joe Harley and I went out this morning hoping to catch a few late season tarpon. We found a few small fish rolling in their usual haunts but kept getting hit by ladyfish as we blind casted. I didn't want them tearing up my flies or s...