Fishing Blog

During the winter months, fishing in the waters off the coast of Naples and Marco can be red hot. My clients and I frequently catch  Gag Grouper, Mangrove Snapper, Kingfish and Bonita. Although we need the right weather to fish in the gulf, the days we can get out there are usually pretty memorable. Fishing live bait and light tackle tend  to produce great catches like the kingfish above. The kingfish pictured was 50 inches and 45 pounds caught on Diawa lexa loaded with 10# braided line.

Tarpon fishing in naples has been heating up. There have been schools in the back bays and off the beaches of naples. Most fish in the bays are best targeted with cut bait while fish off the naples beaches eat live thread herring.
Snook fishing has also been productive. Snook fishing in naples is best on a good moving tide. Fish points, shorelines and docks with live pilchards for the most bites.

Gag grouper fishing off Naples, Florida has been great over the last few months. Even though the season on Gag grouper is closed they are still a great sport fish to target. As your dropping baits for grouper you can also be rewarded with snapper, which are in season and fine eating. My clients and I have been using live shrimp and pilchards fished in a variety of ways on or near the bottom.

The backwater fishing in Naples has also been productive. I been using live shrimp and pilchards for trout and redfish. I have also managed a few good days of snook fishing during the warmer periods. Give me a call if you would like to get out.

Craig and I fished for speckled trout last week. We had great action all day and iced a limit of trout. We also caught ladyfish, sheepshead, snapper and whiting. The fishing has been very good on the warmest days of the week.

When the water temps cool the nearshore grouper fishing heats up. The Gag grouper move closer to shore making them a great option for the days we are greeted with calm seas. Even though grouper season is closed right now they are still a great sport fish on light spin tackle. My clients and I have been fishing natural rock bottoms and rock ledges with medium spin tackle. the grouper have been taking pilchards, pinfish and live shrimp.

Over the last month the water temperatures have cooled off in Naples to the mid 60’s. This cooling has slowed the snook fishing down but, it also has fired up species like seatrout and sheepshead. My clients and I have been targeting these winter species with shrimp either fished on a jig head or on a hook with a spilt shot about 6 inches above the hook. The photo above is of a 22lb triple tail that my client ross and I found in North Naples. I will continue fishing for these species until I see a warming trend.