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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. Offshore, there wasn’t much to report due to conditions, but inshore, anglers hooked into a variety of fi...

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 big Spanish mackerel came from inshore, around the gulf passes, and nearshore reefs. Inshore, angler...

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 bite was on and off. In the Gulf of Mexico, fishing depths from 80 to 110 feet yielded red grouper,...

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 redfish. Redfish and snook were caught around islands and oyster bars with wind and water moving in...