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On the Water: Inshore fishing constant despite weather By Capt. Bill Russell - | Apr 28, 2021 With warm spring weather, snook are hungry. Dave Lewandoski caught and released this healthy 33-inch snook in Pine Island Sound near Cabbage Key fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED First rain, then came the wind, that is how the week played out on the water. Early in the week, several days of thunderstorms brought us much needed rain, then blue skies returned with windy conditions. Offshor...

On the Water: It was a good week of fishing By Capt. Bill Russell - | Apr 21, 2021 Look for big redfish cruising the mangrove shorelines. Mark Thiel, visiting from Ohio, hooked into this redfish just as the tide turned out. It was caught and released in Matlacha Pass fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED Overall, it was a good week — a fishy week on the water. A little windy at times, but no complaints from the inshore guys, and offshore reports were good as well. Good numbers of ...

Despite a little wind, anglers fared well through the week ahead of a cool front that brought rain and strong winds for the weekend. Offshore reports came ea

On the Water: Beautiful weather to close out the month By Capt. Bill Russell - | Mar 3, 2021 Photo provided Nick and Jane Mohar of St. James City and friends took advantage of beautiful weather to fish nearshore reefs in gulf waters. They boxed good eating sheepshead, snapper and grunts on a morning fishing trip with Capt. Bill Russell. Overall, it was a great week on the water with plenty of sunshine and blue skies to close out the month. Bottom fishing was good in gulf waters and the inshore...

On the Water: It was a windy week out on the water By Capt. Bill Russell - | Feb 24, 2021 Despite the wind, Randy Compton, visiting from Ohio, hooked into some good fish, including this big redfish that was caught and released in Matlacha Pass fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED Between the tides, wind, low water and a drop in temperature heading into the weekend, it was a tough week of fishing for many.   Early through mid-week, fishing was decent inshore for snook, seatrout and...

Spotted seatrout: Western Panhandle harvest closes Feb. 1 Posted on Recreational harvest of spotted seatrout closes Feb. 1 in the Western Panhandle management zone (Escambia County through the portions of Gulf County west of 85 degrees, 13.76 minutes west longitude but NOT including Indian Pass or Indian Lagoon). Spotted seatrout harvest will reopen in the western panhandle region March 1, 2021. Currently, spotted seatrout, redfish and snook are catch-and-release through May 31, 2021, in water...

On the Water: It was a cool week of fishing in Southwest Florida By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jan 20, 2021 On a cool sunny day, Lori Reupert of Fort Myers caught this big pompano in Pine Island Sound while fishing with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED It was a cool week on the water, in fact it’s been a while since we’ve seen 80-degree highs. Cooler days made good fishing for some and not so good for others. Sheepshead fishing was hit or miss across the inshore waters. Often a good mess of ...

On the Water: Ups and downs of winter fishing in Southwest Florida By Capt. Bill Russell - | Jan 13, 2021 Dan Crain of Kentucky with a nice sheepshead he landed over the cool and windy weekend. He was fishing Matlacha Pass with Capt. Bill Russell. PHOTO PROVIDED This past week gave us winter fishing in Southwest Florida — a cold front followed by several sunny days, and another cold front for the weekend. And, of course, some north wind and extreme low tides. Reports of red tide came from ou...

Spotted seatrout, as well as red drum and snook, also remain catch-and-release only in southwest Florida through May 31, 2021.