Foggy Morning Reds
on Nov 19, 2009 in fly fishing redfish Matlacha Running 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
on Nov 17, 2009 in Pine Island redfish snook Useppa Matlacha Pine 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...

Topwater Reds
on Nov 14, 2009...

Grilling Snook, Perfectly
on Nov 5, 2009A perfectly grilled snook filet is manna from Heaven and ruining one deserves punishment in Hell. Here's how to achieve the former and aviod the latter.First, the hard part. Go out and catch a legal snook. In Florida that's a fish between 28 and 3...

Fishing With Joe
on Nov 3, 2009Every month I write a column for our excellent local paper The Nautical Mile and here's my November article:It was just before sunrise when I met up with Capt. Joe Harley at his dock on Matlacha. We were heading out to hunt some of the big Pine Islan...

Inexpensive Off-Season Rental On Matlacha
on Nov 2, 2009 in Matlacha Right now it's the off-season here on Matlacha and a great time for anyone to come down for a last minute vacation. This house is located on Velma Street and features a pool, dock, and tarpon filled canal. It's wide open until January and can be rent...

Almost A Slam
on Oct 23, 2009 in Pine Island redfish snook sea trout This 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)
on Oct 23, 2009 in Pine Island redfish snook sea trout This 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...

Pine Island Elementary Tournament Results
on Oct 19, 2009 in Pine Island Matlacha sea trout I don't remember being so cold on the water since, well, last year's tournament. For some reason, once again, the first serious cold front of the season chose the night before the P.I.E. tournament to slam into us and drop the temperatures into the m...

Snook (finally) In Matlacha Pass
on Oct 16, 2009 in redfish snook Matlacha My 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...